Hugh Spencely
Hugh Greville Castle Spencely (1900 - 1983) was a British architect. He mostly worked in partnership with Anthony Minoprio (1900-1988), the two having been friends since they were schoolboys at Harrow School.
Career[]
Minoprio and Spencely designed the 1932 extension to the Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool, founded in 1791 by Edward Rushton.[1]
They also designed Fairacres, Roehampton, a Grade II listed four-storey apartment block at Roehampton Lane, Roehampton, London.[2] It was built in 1936, for the property developer Charles Kearley. The block of 64 flats in a semi-elliptical arc is modern in style with 1930s curved walls, but traditional in construction. It is very little altered since being built.[2]
Personal life[]
In 1931, Spencely married Patricia Emily Manson-Bahr, the daughter of Sir Philip Manson-Bahr. They had four children, Janet Mary, Hugh David, John Despenser and Sally Catherine Spencely.[3]
References[]
- ^ "The Blind School Extension". Friends of Liverpool Monuments. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Fairacres (1065482)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ "A History of the Blessig Family" (PDF). decisionmodels.com. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- 1900 births
- 1983 deaths
- People educated at Harrow School
- 20th-century English architects