Philip Speakman Webb, 1831-1915 , is often called the father of the Arts & Crafts Movement Architecture.  Webb is famous for his comfortable, unpretentious country homes, he also designed furniture, wallpaper, tapestries, stained glass, and tiles.

As an architect, Webb is best-known for his unconventional country manor homes and urban terraced houses (townhouses or row houses). He embraced comfortable, traditional, and functional instead of the prevailing ornate Victorian ornamentation of the day. His homes expressed traditional English building methods; red brick, sash windows, dormers, gables, steep-sloped roofs, and tall Tudor-like chimneys. He was a pioneering figure in the English Domestic Revival Movement, a Victorian residential movement of grand simplicity. Although influenced by medieval styles and the Gothic Revival movement, Webb's highly original, yet practical designs became the germ of modernism.

William Morris and Philip Webb first worked together on the Red House, a home designed bt Webb For William Morris and his family.  Red House is a significant Arts and Crafts building located in Bexleyheath, south-east London, England.

William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti were three of his partners in the interior decorating and furnishing business, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., which later became Morris & Co.

Webb and Morris formed an important part of the Arts and Crafts movement and founded the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in 1877. With Morris, Webb wrote the SPAB Manifesto, one of the key documents in the history of building conservation. He attended over 700 SPAB Committee meetings as well as undertaking numerous site visits. Webb also joined Morris's revolutionary Socialist League, becoming its treasurer.

The Raven Tile was inspired by the above sketch of 4 beasts by Philip Webb as a precursor of the Forest.

These Ceramic Tiles of Birds were designed for the Red House by Philip Webb and William Morris.  .