The Glass House was a purpose-built stained-glass studio and workshop for independent artists established in 1906, in Fulham

Fulham

Fulham is an area of southwest London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, SW6 located south west of Charing Cross. It lies on the left bank of the Thames, between Putney and Chelsea. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London...

, West London. It was closely connected with the Arts and Crafts Movement

Arts and Crafts movement

Arts and Crafts was an international design philosophy that originated in England and flourished between 1860 and 1910 , continuing its influence until the 1930s...

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The Glass House was established at 11-12 Lettice Street, Fulham by Mary Lowndes

Mary Lowndes

Mary Lowndes was an important British stained-glass and poster artist, and an active member of the Suffragette movement. She was a leading light in the Arts and Crafts Movement and Chair of the Artists Suffrage League .-Work:...

 and A.J. Drury. It closed in 1993 and the building now houses offices and a yoga center. The building was purpose-built with large windows to provide light for the artists. Artists who had studios there, or who were otherwise connected, included Mary Lowndes

Mary Lowndes

Mary Lowndes was an important British stained-glass and poster artist, and an active member of the Suffragette movement. She was a leading light in the Arts and Crafts Movement and Chair of the Artists Suffrage League .-Work:...

, Moira Forsyth, Karl Parsons

Karl Parsons

Karl Parsons was an English stained glass artist.At the age of 15 Parsons became an apprentice in the studio of Christopher Whall where he was strongly influenced by the philosophy and practice of the Arts and Crafts Movement. He was an exceptional pupil and became Whall’s principal assistant...

, Christopher Whall

Christopher Whall

Christopher Whitworth Whall was an English stained glass artist who worked from 1897 into the 20th century.He was an important member of the Arts and Crafts Movement, who became a leading designer of stained glass. His most important work is the glass for the Lady Chapel in Gloucester Cathedral...

, Louis Davis

Louis Davis

Louis Davis was an English watercolourist, book illustrator and stained-glass artist. He was active in the Arts and Crafts Movement and Nikolaus Pevsner referred to him as the last of the Pre-Raphaelites....

 and Wilhelmina Geddes

Wilhelmina Geddes

Wilhelmina Geddes was an Irish stained glass artist. She had a workshop at the An Túr Gloine and was a member of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Important achievements included windows at St. Bartholomew’s in Ottawa, Canada....

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Moira Forsyth (1905-1991) received prestigious commissions for Cathedrals as well as for schools and parish churches. Her commisions included significant works at Norwich Cathedral, Guildford Cathedral, Aylesford Priory and Emmanuel School, Batersea. The largest collection of her work is at the Church of the Holy Family at Farnham, for which she made fourteen windows over a period of sixteen years; amongst which is a great Epihany window and a Last Supper Supper window. Moira received the queen's award for lifelong services to the arts.