[Vwoolf] Google recommends these Woolf-related articles...

Thu Mar 8 12:29:14 EST 2018

Hi Sarah,

Thank you so much for this rich trove of information about the Hogarth House and its history. I am looking forward to reading that article!

Vara

Vara Neverow
Department of English
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT 06515
203-392-6717
neverowv1 at southernct.edu

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I've visited the new Hogarth House -- or rather, Suffield House, which is the one that's been prepared for sale, and had a meeting in that 'amazing kitchen'. The whole building is now Hogarth House, and the two houses are named 'Leonard' and 'Virginia'. The building has a chequered history, beginning in 1750, when it was built (Leonard Woolf was told 1720). Rather inappropriately, Hogarth was the national headquarters of the British Union of Fascists in 1934/5, and Suffield was owned from the 1930s to 1970s by the Conservative Association: I was shown a basement room where they had their own private pub, according to a local resident. During this development, the basement has been deepened to extend the floor-to-ceiling height.

It is all very luxurious, and in muted greys, the polar opposite of what it must have been in the Woolfs' time. It's very well located and I suppose would attract a well-heeled buyer wanting somewhere within reach of London, but with a semi-rural feel. Unfortunately, I think the reason it's still on the market is something they can't do anything about: the lack of garden space at front or back. Leonard Woolf recalls a 'good sized garden' in Beginning Again, but most of this has been sold off and only a small courtyard remains.

I'm preparing an article about the history of Hogarth House for the Virginia Woolf Bulletin, using a report prepared by the historical architect employed to do background research before redevelopment began. It's mostly his work, so I'm not being immodest when I say it's fascinating.

Sarah M. Hall
VWSGB

Note: As you might expect, the Daily Mail article is riddled with errors ('TS Eliot novels'? 'Leonard Wolfe'? 'John Middleton Murray'?), as well as my personal bugbear, 'a founding member of the Bloomsbury set'. But it's interesting to see pictures of how the house has been 'upcycled'.

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Greetings,

Below is a list of my most recent "Google Alerts" on Virginia Woolf.

Bronze statue of Woolf on a bench on Paradise Road in Richmond:
http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/16062356.People_could_one_day_share_a_bench_with_Virginia_Woolf_in_Richmond/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk%2Fnews%2F16062356.People_could_one_day_share_a_bench_with_Virginia_Woolf_in_Richmond%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cneverowv1%40southernct.edu%7C77ea847ee56848fc300608d584d6aae2%7C58736863d60e40ce95c60723c7eaaf67%7C0%7C0%7C636560979885294109&sdata=x671ehPOAvQi5g7TgoUP6ZmRwu5KoUUypm0xfx9FF08%3D&reserved=0>

Hogarth House on the market (again?):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5449455/Virginia-Woolfs-London-townhouse-sale-3-25m.html<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticle-5449455%2FVirginia-Woolfs-London-townhouse-sale-3-25m.html&data=02%7C01%7Cneverowv1%40southernct.edu%7C77ea847ee56848fc300608d584d6aae2%7C58736863d60e40ce95c60723c7eaaf67%7C0%7C0%7C636560979885294109&sdata=w2GVhY9xWG6%2BNeUC2xtqNj5qrL0x0NgjPJ5AFCmZCT8%3D&reserved=0>
The do-over makes the interior look like a sterile, high-end hotel to me, but I guess the house would be unlikely to sell for more the asking price  three and a quarter million pounds if it weren't so neutral.

And there's more about Alexa Chung's "Virginia" collection--this time, it's the shoes:
http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/16062356.People_could_one_day_share_a_bench_with_Virginia_Woolf_in_Richmond/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk%2Fnews%2F16062356.People_could_one_day_share_a_bench_with_Virginia_Woolf_in_Richmond%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cneverowv1%40southernct.edu%7C77ea847ee56848fc300608d584d6aae2%7C58736863d60e40ce95c60723c7eaaf67%7C0%7C0%7C636560979885294109&sdata=x671ehPOAvQi5g7TgoUP6ZmRwu5KoUUypm0xfx9FF08%3D&reserved=0>

Vara

Vara Neverow
Department of English
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT 06515
203-392-6717
neverowv1 at southernct.edu
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