Harold Ridley Hooper

Harold Ridley Hooper (1886, Bury St Edmunds – 1953)[1][2] was an English architect based in Ipswich, Suffolk.

He was elected ARIBA in 1910, having been articled to John Sewell Corder, [1] and started his own practice in Ipswich in 1912. He was a Colonel in the 4th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment during World War I. He was later Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk.

His buildings include the Electric Palace Cinema, Harwich (1911),[3][4] Butlins Skegness holiday camp (1936) and other designs for Butlins Ltd.

References

  1. ^ a b Antonia Brodie, ed (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: A-K. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 945–946. ISBN 0826455131. 
  2. ^ Crawford (1990) 1976
  3. ^ Crawford (1990) 19-21
  4. ^ Eyles, Allen (2001). Old Cinemas. Osprey Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 0747804885.