PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AT DELIUS' HOUSE
AT GREZ-SUR-LOING, FRANCE
(from various books as indicated)
FRONT OF HOUSE:
Front of house with
church in background (Letters)
Front of house with
church in background (Palmer)
Front of house - from
the right / west (Hutchings)
Front of house - from
the right / west (Jefferson)
Front of
house - Main portico doors open (Jahoda)
BACK OF HOUSE:
Fred and
Jelka Delius in back courtyard - c. 1919 (Jefferson)
Delius standing in back
courtyard - c. 1920 (Letters)
Full shot of back of house
(Hutchings)
Back of the house from the
garden (Companion)
Same shot - cropped (Fenby)
Percy Grainger standing in back of
house (Grainger Companion)
Courtyard and
garden (Companion)
Vertical long
shot of west wing with Deliuses standing in courtyard - c. 1912
(Pictures)
1950's view of back of
remodeled house (Beecham)
1950's view - east
wing (Jefferson)
BACK OF HOUSE - COURTYARD AND STEPS:
Fred
with Henry Clews sitting in courtyard near steps - c. 1912 (Beecham)
Fred and
Jelka sitting in courtyard near steps - late 20's (Fenby)
Jelka
reading to Fred in courtyard near steps - late 20's (Lloyd)
Jelka
standing by Fred in wheelchair 1920's (Pictures)
Delius in
wheelchair in courtyard 1932 (Companion)
Fenby standing by
Fred in wheelchair (Lloyd)
Grainger standing by Fred in
whellchair (Grainger Companion)
IN THE GARDEN:
Fred and his
sister Clare in garden - east wing in background (Jahoda)
Fred
in wheelchair - with Jelka and Graingers, then with Fenby and Grainger
- 1929 (Letters)
Delius with
Fenby - same as above, with Grainger cropped out (Lloyd)
Far back of
garden, looking back toward church - 1932 (Letters)
Middle of garden,
look back toward church (Letters)
Fenby pushing Delius in
his wheelchair in the garden - 1933 (Fenby)
Karge reading
to Delius in the garden (Letters)
The garden,
looking back toward house from the southwest quadrant (Companion)
Jelka
with the Graingers in the garden (Grainger Companion)
Balfour
Gardiner
and the Graingers in the courtyard next to the garden (Pictures)
Another
photo of Gardiner and the Graingers in the courtyard (Grainger
Companion)
Jelka
standing at the river's edge - wide angle (Palmer)
Same as
above but zoomed in on Jelka (Letters)
The river and
bridge as seen from the garden (Beecham)
The Delius property as
seen from the bridge (Palmer)
The Delius property as
seen from the bridge (Beecham)
Percy Grainger in a rowboat on the
Loing (Grainger Companion)
IN THE MUSIC-ROOM OF DELIUS:
Closeup
of
Delius
playing the piano (Letters)
Wide
angle of Delius playing the piano (Hutchings)
Same photo,
poor quality, cropped slightly on left side (Jahoda)
Same
photo, better quality, cropped slightly on right side (Pictures)
Cecily
Arnold seated behind the piano - second piano in foreground? (Companion)
Delius
and
Lloyd
Osbourne seated with piano in background (Letters)
Jelka reading to
Fred in the music room Larger photo
Later photo
(1936?) showing piano, seating area - different artworks on wall (Fenby)
Same photo,
better quality (Palmer)
Same photo,
zoomed in on piano (Companion)
THE LIVING ROOM:
Wide angle photo
showing entire room (Letters)
Slightly different
angle and cropped (Pictures)
JELKA'S PAINTING of the garden (Pictures)
FLOOR PLANS OF THE HOUSE AT GREZ AS IT WAS IN DELIUS' TIME
FLOOR PLANS
These plans were
reviewed and found to be accurate by Eric Fenby.
(from the Delius
Society Journal, Summer 2005)
These are based
on a view from the STREET SIDE.
NOTE:
The following "estimated" floor plans were
approximated by Bill Thompson based on photographs and contemporary
narratives, prior to the "authorized" plans becoming available.
They are based on a view from the GARDEN SIDE and are provided for
comparison purposes only.
First Floor: Large picture Small picture
Second Floor: Large picture Small picture
