What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke 1877 - 1953. Founder of Bassett-Lowke Ltd, a manufacturing company specialising in trains, ships and architectural models. A patron of modern design and the arts, he commissioned Charles Rennie Mackintosh to remodel 78 Derngate, his home from 1917 to 1926. Recorded plaque organisation: West Northamptonshire Council.
Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke was a prominent manufacturer and patron of modern design, known for founding Bassett-Lowke Ltd which specialized in intricate models of trains, ships, and architectural structures; he significantly contributed to the arts by commissioning Charles Rennie Mackintosh to remodel his home at 78 Derngate.
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