Morality, Architecture and Belief, Quinlan and
Christine Terry at home and work in Suffolk
27th April
2022
Quinlan
Terry is a deeply serious proselytiser for classical architecture.
His
traditional practice – operating outside
the mainstream architectural establishment – has gained him many plaudits and
the occasional brickbat.
Half-hidden
by a Wellingtonia, the house with its Georgian facade, into which Quinlan and
Christine Terry moved with their four children in 1980. The classical facade
disguises a much older house of red brick. Inside everything is in accord,
harmonious and all of a piece and nothing is superfluous – this house has a
poetic completeness.
Christine
Terry was born in Poland in the year in which war broke out and came to England
on finishing her Baccalaureate at the age of 16, to train at the AA [Architectural Association] where she and Quinlan
Terry met. ‘ I never really liked the Modern. I knew about the classical orders
and how to put washes on watercolours, and Quin rather employed me to help him
do a classical scheme.’(…)
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