Leonard Rome Guthrie
Leonard Rome Guthrie (1880–1958) was an English architect.[1]
Works
His works included:
- In 1912, Townhill Park House, Southampton. Italianate Gardens with planting schemes by Gertrude Jekyll.[2][3]
- Between 1926 and 1931, Grosvenor House, Park Lane London. The design was started by Guthrie but finished by Edwin Lutyens.[4]
- In 1929, the University of London Observatory.[5]
- In the 1930s, the BBC transmitter building at the Brookmans Park transmitting station near London, followed by others at Moorside Edge, Westerglen, Washford, Lisnagarvey, Burghead, Stagshaw, Start Point and Droitwich.[6] These buildings had impressive Art Deco facades in Portland Stone, and many of them survive. The Washford building is Grade II listed.
- In 1932, as part of the firm Wimperis, Simpson and Guthrie and with Maurice Bloom: Marine Gate, Brighton.[7]
- In 1936, Winfield House, the Official Ambassadorial residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.[8]
References
- ↑ U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens: Guthrie, Leonard Rome (retrieved 11 April 2007)
- ↑ U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens: Townhill Park (retrieved 11 April 2007)
- ↑ Web page about Townhill Park House (retrieved 11 April 2007)
- ↑ The Architecture of the Estate: Modern Times, Survey of London: volume 39: The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 1 (General History) (1977), pp. 67-82, 161-70. (retrieved 11 April 2007)
- ↑ University of London Observatory (retrieved 11 April 2007)
- ↑ Pawley, Edward (1972), BBC Engineering 1922-1972, London, BBC, pp. 105-6. ISBN 0-563-12127-0
- ↑ Musgrave, Clifford (1981). Life in Brighton. Rochester: Rochester Press. p. 396. ISBN 0-571-09285-3.
- ↑ National Heritage List, retrieved July 22 2011