1942
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
St. Mary's Homes and Chapel, Godstone is a 1942 watercolor by Barbara Jones, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a small group of old-style buildings by a pond. The main building has a steep roof, white walls, and dark wooden beams. A little tower with a cross sits next to it, and a bridge crosses the water in front. The colors are soft—mostly browns, greens, and yellows—with a quiet, peaceful feel. The artist signed it "Barbara Jones, 1942" in the corner. The text also names the place: *St. Mary’s Homes and Chapel, Godstone*. Check out Victoria and Albert Museum to see more of this painting.
A watercolour by Barbara Jones from 1942 depicts St. Mary's Homes and Chapel in Godstone, featuring picturesque timber-framed almshouses designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1872, with the chapel’s slender spire visible behind a chimney in the foreground. The work was part of the "Recording Britain" project, a wartime initiative funded by the Pilgrim Trust and directed by Sir Kenneth Clark to document Britain’s changing landscape and national identity during the Second World War. Artists were commissioned to record scenes such as buildings, rural landscapes, and industries, with a focus on…
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Barbara Mildred Jones (25 December 1912 – 28 August 1978) was an English artist, writer and mural painter. She is known for curating the exhibition Black Eyes and Lemonade (1951) and her book The Unsophisticated Arts (1951).
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