As a designer, he often included "his distinctive signature characteristics, such as canals, weirs, bridges, viewing platforms and associated planting by Jellicoe's wife, Susan," as at the Hemel Hempstead water gardens he designed for this new town in the late 1950s.[3] The garden canal he designed in the 1970s for the Royal Horticultural Society's gardens at RHS Wisley to display waterlilies was later renamed the "Jellicoe Canal" as a memorial.[4]
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe (left) with artist Ben Nicholson
Jellicoe was born in Chelsea, London, the younger son of Florence Waterson (née Waylett) and her husband George Edward Jellicoe, a publisher's manager, and later publisher.[2] He trained as an architect at the Architectural Association in London in 1919 and won a British Prix de Rome for Architecture in 1923, which enabled him to research his first book Italian Gardens of the Renaissance with John C. Shepherd. This pioneering study did much to re-awaken interest in this great period of landscape design, and through its copious photographic illustrations publicized the then perilously decayed condition of many of the gardens. He later became principal of the Architectural Association from 1938 to 1942.[5]
Jellicoe taught at the University of Greenwich from 1979 to 1989. He came as a lecturer and visiting critic, usually on six occasions a year.[6]
On 11 July 1936, he married Susan Pares (1907–1986), the daughter of Margaret Ellis (Daisy), née Dixon (1879–1964) and Sir Bernard Pares (1867–1949), the historian and academic known for his work on Russia.[2]
National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/6) with Geoffrey Jellicoe in 1996 for its Architects Lives' collection, held by the British Library.[7]
Design projectsedit
JFK Memorial stone at Runnymede, Surrey. Garden designed by Jellicoe and dedicated in 1965.
Note: All locations below are in England unless stated otherwise.
Italian Gardens of the Renaissance (with J.C. Shepherd) (1926)
Baroque Gardens of Austria (1932)
The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, etc. (1933)
Garden Decoration & Ornament for Smaller Houses (1936)
Gardens of Europe (1937)
Report accompanying an Outline Plan for Guildford prepared for the Municipal Borough Council (1945)
Studies in Landscape Design (1960)
Motopia: A Study in the Evolution of Urban Landscape (1961)[15]
A Landscape Plan for Sark (1967)
The Landscape of Man (1975)
Blue Circle Cement Hope Works Derbyshire (1980?)
The Guelph Lectures on Landscape Design (1983)
The Oxford Companion to Gardens (1986)
The Landscape of Civilisation (1989)
The Studies of a Landscape Designer over 80 years (c.1993)
Gardens & Design, Gardens of Europe (1995)
Referencesedit
^"A Biography of Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe". Nightingale Garden Co. Ltd. 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
^ abcdMatthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/40519. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40519. Retrieved 6 December 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^"AA School". www.aaschool.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
^"Geoffrey Jellicoe and the subconscious". www.gardenvisit.com. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
^National Life Stories, 'Jellicoe, Geoffrey (1 of 5) National Life Stories Collection: Architects' Lives', The British Library Board, 1996. Retrieved 10 April 2018
^"Obituary: Edward Mills". The Independent. 2 February 1998. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^"Kennedy Family Coming For Memorial Inauguration". The Times (56316). London: 6. 8 May 1965. Mr Geoffrey Jellicoe, the architect for the site, said...that the point of the memorial was the landscape rather than any physical monument
^Jellicoe, Geoffrey (1961). Motopia: A study in the evolution of urban landscape. Studio.
Further readingedit
Spens, Michael. The complete landscape designs and gardens of Geoffrey Jellicoe c.1994
Spens, Michael. Gardens of the mind c.1992
External linksedit
Portrait by Derry Moore, 1992 At the National portrait Gallery – accessed November 2021
Portrait by Tara Heinemann, 1984 At the National portrait Gallery – accessed November 2021
Portrait by Anne-Katrin Purkiss, 1990 At the National portrait Gallery – accessed November 2021
January 01, 1970
geoffrey, jellicoe, geoffrey, allan, jellicoe, october, 1900, july, 1996, english, architect, town, planner, landscape, architect, garden, designer, landscape, garden, historian, lecturer, author, strongest, interest, landscape, garden, design, geoffrey, allan. Sir Geoffrey Allan Jellicoe RA VMH 8 October 1900 17 July 1996 was an English architect town planner landscape architect garden designer landscape and garden historian lecturer and author His strongest interest was in landscape and garden design 1 2 Sir Geoffrey Allan JellicoeBorn 1900 10 08 8 October 1900Chelsea London EnglandDied17 July 1996 1996 07 17 aged 95 Lyme Regis EnglandAlma materThe Architectural AssociationOccupationArchitectProjectsJFK Memorial Garden Runnymede Hemel Hempstead Water Gardens Shute House Sutton Place Moody Gardens Galveston The Jellicoe Canal at the RHS Garden Wisley 1970s As a designer he often included his distinctive signature characteristics such as canals weirs bridges viewing platforms and associated planting by Jellicoe s wife Susan as at the Hemel Hempstead water gardens he designed for this new town in the late 1950s 3 The garden canal he designed in the 1970s for the Royal Horticultural Society s gardens at RHS Wisley to display waterlilies was later renamed the Jellicoe Canal as a memorial 4 Contents 1 Life 2 Design projects 3 Books and other publications 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksLife edit nbsp Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe left with artist Ben Nicholson Jellicoe was born in Chelsea London the younger son of Florence Waterson nee Waylett and her husband George Edward Jellicoe a publisher s manager and later publisher 2 He trained as an architect at the Architectural Association in London in 1919 and won a British Prix de Rome for Architecture in 1923 which enabled him to research his first book Italian Gardens of the Renaissance with John C Shepherd This pioneering study did much to re awaken interest in this great period of landscape design and through its copious photographic illustrations publicized the then perilously decayed condition of many of the gardens He later became principal of the Architectural Association from 1938 to 1942 5 In 1929 he was a founding member of the Landscape Institute and from 1939 to 1949 he was its president In 1948 he became the founding President of the International Federation of Landscape Architects IFLA From 1954 to 1968 he was a member of Royal Fine Art Commission and from 1967 to 1974 a Trustee of Tate Gallery Jellicoe taught at the University of Greenwich from 1979 to 1989 He came as a lecturer and visiting critic usually on six occasions a year 6 On 11 July 1936 he married Susan Pares 1907 1986 the daughter of Margaret Ellis Daisy nee Dixon 1879 1964 and Sir Bernard Pares 1867 1949 the historian and academic known for his work on Russia 2 He died in Devon of heart failure on the 17 July 1996 He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium 2 National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview C467 6 with Geoffrey Jellicoe in 1996 for its Architects Lives collection held by the British Library 7 Design projects edit nbsp JFK Memorial stone at Runnymede Surrey Garden designed by Jellicoe and dedicated in 1965 Note All locations below are in England unless stated otherwise 1934 36 Caveman Restaurant Cheddar Gorge Somerset 1934 39 Ditchley Park Oxfordshire 1935 Plan for Calverton Colliery Calverton Nottinghamshire 1936 The Great Mablethorpe Plan Lincolnshire 1942 Houses for munitions workers at Whitchurch Cardiff Wales 8 1945 Corbusian plan for Wolverton since 1967 part of Milton Keynes 9 1947 Plan for Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire 1951 52 East Housing Site Lansbury Estate Poplar 10 1952 Church Hill Memorial Garden Walsall West Midlands 11 1956 Harvey s Store roof garden Guildford Surrey 1957 59 Water Gardens Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire 1959 Cliveden Rose Garden Taplow Buckinghamshire 1955 68 Glass Age Development Committee sponsored by Pilkington Glass with Edward D Mills and Ove Arup amp Partners 12 Projects included Motopia the Crystal Span Bridge plans for Soho Sea City and others 1964 65 Kennedy Memorial Garden Runnymede Surrey 13 1970 90 Shute House Donhead St Mary Wiltshire extensive gardens his last work his favourite and considered to be his finest 14 1972 90 St Paul s Walden Bury Hertfordshire garden restoration and additions 1979 89 Hartwell House Garden Buckinghamshire 1980 86 Sutton Place Garden Surrey 1984 Moody Gardens Galveston Texas USABooks and other publications editItalian Gardens of the Renaissance with J C Shepherd 1926 Baroque Gardens of Austria 1932 The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford upon Avon etc 1933 Garden Decoration amp Ornament for Smaller Houses 1936 Gardens of Europe 1937 Report accompanying an Outline Plan for Guildford prepared for the Municipal Borough Council 1945 Studies in Landscape Design 1960 Motopia A Study in the Evolution of Urban Landscape 1961 15 A Landscape Plan for Sark 1967 The Landscape of Man 1975 Blue Circle Cement Hope Works Derbyshire 1980 The Guelph Lectures on Landscape Design 1983 The Oxford Companion to Gardens 1986 The Landscape of Civilisation 1989 The Studies of a Landscape Designer over 80 years c 1993 Gardens amp Design Gardens of Europe 1995 References edit A Biography of Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Nightingale Garden Co Ltd 2008 Retrieved 20 March 2013 a b c d Matthew H C G Harrison B eds 23 September 2004 The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press pp ref odnb 40519 doi 10 1093 ref odnb 40519 Retrieved 6 December 2019 Subscription or UK public library membership required Historic England Hemel Water Gardens 1001710 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 25 March 2024 RHS Jellicoe Canal AA School www aaschool ac uk Retrieved 24 March 2024 Geoffrey Jellicoe and the subconscious www gardenvisit com Retrieved 5 July 2016 National Life Stories Jellicoe Geoffrey 1 of 5 National Life Stories Collection Architects Lives The British Library Board 1996 Retrieved 10 April 2018 The Twentieth Century Society 2017 1942 100 Houses 100 Years London Batsford ISBN 978 1 84994 437 3 Pevsner Nikolaus Williamson Dr Elizabeth 11 March 1994 Buckinghamshire Pevsner Architectural Guides Yale University Press p 119 The Lansbury Estate Gazetteer of permanent developments British History Online The Secret Garden Living with the past Obituary Edward Mills The Independent 2 February 1998 Retrieved 22 August 2020 Kennedy Family Coming For Memorial Inauguration The Times 56316 London 6 8 May 1965 Mr Geoffrey Jellicoe the architect for the site said that the point of the memorial was the landscape rather than any physical monument Historic England Shute House Grade II 1146075 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 16 December 2014 Jellicoe Geoffrey 1961 Motopia A study in the evolution of urban landscape Studio Further reading editSpens Michael The complete landscape designs and gardens of Geoffrey Jellicoe c 1994 Spens Michael Gardens of the mind c 1992External links editPortrait by Derry Moore 1992 At the National portrait Gallery accessed November 2021 Portrait by Tara Heinemann 1984 At the National portrait Gallery accessed November 2021 Portrait by Anne Katrin Purkiss 1990 At the National portrait Gallery accessed November 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Geoffrey Jellicoe amp oldid 1215463028, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
