Leonard Rome Guthrie

Leonard Rome Guthrie (1880 in Leeds – 1958 in Blyth, Suffolk)[1][2] was an English architect.[3] He joined the Wimperis & Simpson partnership in 1925 to form Wimperis, Simpson and Guthrie.[4][5]

Works

His works included:

• In 1912, Townhill Park House, Southampton. Italianate Gardens with planting schemes by Gertrude Jekyll.[6][7]
• Between 1926 and 1931, Grosvenor House, Park Lane London. The design was started by Guthrie but finished by Edwin Lutyens.[8]
• In 1929, the University of London Observatory.[9]
• 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.[10] 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.[11]
• In 1936, Winfield House, the Official Ambassadorial residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.[12]

References

1. "Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006 - findmypast.co.uk". search.findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
2. "Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 - findmypast.co.uk". search.findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
3. U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens: Guthrie, Leonard Rome Archived 13 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 11 April 2007)
4. "Wimperis, Simpson & Guthrie". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
5. "Remarkable 1930s survival listed at Grade II — The Twentieth Century Society". www.c20society.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
6. U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens: Townhill Park Archived 20 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 11 April 2007)
7. Web page about Townhill Park House (retrieved 11 April 2007)
8. 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)
9. University of London Observatory (retrieved 11 April 2007)
10. Pawley, Edward (1972), BBC Engineering 1922-1972, London, BBC, pp. 105-6. ISBN 0-563-12127-0
11. Musgrave, Clifford (1981). Life in Brighton. Rochester: Rochester Press. p. 396. ISBN 0-571-09285-3.
12. England, Historic. "WINFIELD HOUSE, City of Westminster - 1389411- Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.