Leonard Rome Guthrie (1880 in Glasgow – 1958 in Blyth, Suffolk)[1] was a Scottish architect.[2] His parents were the decorator John Guthrie and his wife Jessie Finlay Stark, Scots who had married in London in 1876 and would later return there. He joined the Wimperis & Simpson partnership in 1925 to form Wimperis, Simpson and Guthrie.[3][4]
Works edit
His works included:
- In 1912, Townhill Park House, Southampton. Italianate Gardens with planting schemes by Gertrude Jekyll.[5][6]
- In 1913 he was appointed architect to the Royal Institution and masterminded its major reconstruction.
- Between 1926 and 1931, Grosvenor House, Park Lane London. The design was started by Guthrie but finished by Edwin Lutyens.[7]
- In 1929, the University of London Observatory.[8]
- 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.[9] 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.[10]
- In 1936, Winfield House, the Official Ambassadorial residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.[11]
References edit
- ^ Scotlands People website
- ^ U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens: Guthrie, Leonard Rome Archived 13 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 11 April 2007)
- ^ "Wimperis, Simpson & Guthrie". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Remarkable 1930s survival listed at Grade II — The Twentieth Century Society". www.c20society.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens: Townhill Park Archived 20 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine (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.
- ^ England, Historic. "WINFIELD HOUSE, City of Westminster - 1389411- Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.