Henry Bingham Towner
Henry Bingham Towner (1909–1997) was an English architect. He is best known for designing churches in Southern England.
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Biography[]
Early life[]
He was born and raised in Uckfield, Sussex.[1][2][3] After giving up on becoming a Roman Catholic priest, he studied architecture.[1][2][3]
Career[]
He started his architectural firm in Uckfield in 1938.[1][2][3]
He is best known for designing many churches in Sussex, Kent and Surrey in South-East England, starting in the 1950s.[1][2][3] For example, he designed St Wilfrid's Church in Hailsham in 1954.[2][3] In 1957, he designed the located at Whiteway Lane in Rottingdean and the in Mayfield.[2][3] In 1959, he designed in Bexleyheath and the Church of St Teresa of Avila in Chiddingfold.[2][3]
Two years later, in 1961, he designed and started work on St Michael and All Angels Church in Locksbottom, Farnborough, Kent (completed in 1964).[2][3][4] In 1962, he designed in East Worthing, Sussex, and a year later in 1963, in Patcham, a suburb of Brighton.[2][3] He designed the in Pevensey Bay in 1964.[2][3] In 1969, he designed an extension to the Church of St Thomas More in Seaford, Sussex and to the in Moulsecoomb, a suburb of Brighton.[2][3] The same year, he designed St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Milford, Surrey.[2][3] A year later, in 1970, he designed both in Langney near Eastbourne and the in Lancing, West Sussex.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Sussex Parish Churches". Archived from the original on 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Our Lady of Lourdes, Queen of Peace, Rottingdean Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m St Thomas of Canterbury, Mayfield Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Farnborough – St Michael and All Angels". Catholic Trust for England and Wales and Historic England. 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- 1909 births
- 1997 deaths
- People from Uckfield
- English ecclesiastical architects
- English Roman Catholics
- Architects of Roman Catholic churches
- 20th-century English architects
- Architects from Sussex