Portfolio
This portfolio is intentionally selective. Only authentic photographs of Speedwell Manor are shown; no stock, no renderings, no substitutes.
The front elevation at sunset
The Georgian façade framed by mature trees
The front elevation across the lawn
The manor viewed from the eastern lawn
The full front elevation in daylight
The Georgian façade beneath an evening sky
The front elevation at twilight, interiors lit
The historic brick smoke house from the east
The full elevation across the open lawn
The dependency wing seen across the great lawn
The Doric porch and carriage entrance
The side porch at dusk with lit interiors
The side elevation with full porch and open lawn
The rear elevation across the great lawn
The manor at dusk beneath a rose sky
The east dependency wing at golden hour
The side elevation with brick service walk
The manor viewed across the open lawn
The foyer, looking toward the porch beyond
The paneled front-door vestibule with side table
A daylit passage looking through paired doors
The staircase beneath a hanging chandelier
The original staircase — turned spindles and mahogany rail
A parlor with fireplace, tall sash windows, and mirror
A reception room with hearth and river-view windows
The drawing room chandelier above wide-plank floors
A reception room joined to the central hall
The formal drawing room, chandelier and hearth
A reception room, crystal chandelier and hearth
A parlor with carved mantel and marble surround
Enfilade — reception rooms aligned along the central hall
The keeping room — hand-hewn beams and cooking hearth
The keeping-room hearth with wrought-iron cranes
The keeping-room cooking fireplace and utensils
The keeping room, alternative view of the hearth
A hearth room with beamed ceiling and wide-plank floor
The kitchen — vermilion cabinetry and butcher-block counters
The kitchen, wide view toward the breakfast area
Kitchen detail — brick backsplash and heart-pine mantel
A service hall with secondary stair and paneled door
The rear vestibule opening onto the grounds
Inside the smoke house — brick walls and curing beams
The library — floor-to-ceiling cherry paneling and hearth
The library, alternate view with paneled bookcases
The library — hearth wall and river-view sash
A Federal-blue trimmed chamber with paired chandeliers
The blue chamber, view toward the door and hearth
A principal bedchamber with carved gray mantel
A bedchamber with tall sash windows overlooking the grounds
A dressing room with built-in vanity
A period-blue bath adjoining the service passage
The paneled powder-room vestibule
The upper stair — turned mahogany balusters from above
A wainscoted passage with meadow-view sash
The upper hall centered on the Palladian arched window
The upper landing looking down the enfilade
An upper chamber with wide-plank floors and paneled trim
An upper room with corner windows and painted trim
A mid-century en-suite in buttercup tile and rose plaster
A bedchamber with fluted mantel and delft-tile hearth
A generous bedchamber with wide-plank floors
A light-filled bedchamber beneath a ceiling fan
A bedchamber with paired windows and paneled doors
A bedchamber with chandelier and hearth
A secondary bath — wall-hung basin and sash window
A blue-tile bath with enclosed shower and soaking tub
A blue-trimmed chamber with corner windows and hearth
A corner sitting room with delft-tile hearth
The carriage-house apartment — kitchen and dining beneath dormers
The apartment living area with dormer light and kitchen beyond
The apartment bath — sash window and paneled shower
The apartment bath, alternate view with wall-hung basin
The apartment bath with soaking tub beneath the eaves
A back stair to the attic with louvered shutters
An upper room beneath the gable, wide-plank floors
The stone terrace beneath the Doric columns
The open lawn beyond the manor wing
The smoke house among cedars and willows
The great lawn beneath the canopy of hardwoods
The side terrace with iron seating beside the porch
The rear terrace — flagstone paving beneath the porch
The side entrance opening onto the rear terrace
The open meadow from the side of the manor
The historic cemetery adjoining the estate
The brick entry markers at Speedwell Manor's drive
The gated drive through the wooded edge
Aerial: the smoke house on axis with the manor's rear wing
Aerial: the estate clearing above the river valley
Aerial: the manor set within its wooded canopy
Aerial twilight — the meadow descending toward the valley
Original brass doorknob and iron escutcheon
A parlor mantel — fluted pilasters and marble surround
Chandelier detail above the reception room
Crystal chandelier — close view of pendant drops
A working fireplace with polished brass andirons
A twelve-over-twelve sash framing the meadow beyond
Original iron lock and brass keeper on a paneled door
The lower level — original brick walls and hewn joists
The workshop and storage rooms beneath the manor
An upper-hall sash window against painted plaster
The Georgian façade behind a southern magnolia in bloom
Knoxville Voice — the Peter E. Blow feature (January 2009)
An early rendering of the manor — green wash on paper
The Speedwell Manor brochure — Ante-Bellum Museum House
A principal bedchamber at the hearth
The library — mantel clock and paneled bookcases
The manor in winter — the full elevation among bare hardwoods
A landing beneath the arched Palladian window
The four-poster bed and tufted bench
The Keeping Room hearth — mantel clock and iron ring
The gun room — collected long arms at the fireplace
The manor at rest — brick façade among mature trees
The historic brick smoke house
Twin drawing rooms — chandeliers and gilded candelabra
The manor across the meadow — mid-century archival photograph
The residence framed by winter trees
A drive-court perspective at ground level
The Georgian façade — three-bay front elevation
Right-side elevation — the architect's drawing
Front and rear elevations — the architect's drawings