Laurence Arthur Turner

Laurence Arthur Turner FSA (9 July 1864 – 4 October 1957) was an English artisan and master craftsman.

[1] The brother of the architect Thackery Turner, was a leading figure in woodcarving and ornate stonemasonry, and undertook many prestigious commissions.

Here he upholstered the drawing room with limed chestnut Elizabethan jewel panelling and a chimneypiece from Hinchingbrooke Hall with very fine Jacobean style plaster ceiling.

The elaborate ceiling in this room he embellished and depicts Tudor roses, fleur-de-lis and rabbits, the latter in recognition of the family name.

[2] His other commissions also include tombs for William Morris and Norman Shaw as well as decorative work for commercial and government buildings, churches, and educational establishments.

The carvings at the entrance to 10 Green Street in Mayfair, believed to have been done by Turner in 1895.