English architect
Francis George Broadbent
Born 1909 Died 13 January 1983 Occupation Architect Practice Goodhart-Rendel Broadbent & Curtis
Francis George Broadbent (1909, Fulham , London – 13 January 1983, Wandsworth , London)[ 1] [ 2] was a 20th-century English architect known for his work in designing churches and schools for the Roman Catholic Church .
Broadbent was a partner in the architectural firm Goodhart-Rendel Broadbent & Curtis in the 1950s and 1960s[ 3] and took over the practice when Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel died.[ 4] Subsequently, he became senior partner in Broadbent Hastings Reid & New, retiring in 1980.[ 3]
Broadbent completed the restoration work on Prinknash Abbey , which had been started by Goodhart-Rendel in 1939.[ 3] He also restored the Tyburn convent (1962).[ 2] He worked, from 1959 to 1960, with Goodhart-Rendel on the design and construction of St Martin and St Ninian Catholic Church in Whithorn , Wigtownshire , Scotland.[ 5]
The churches he designed include:
Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Richmond , London (1953–54)[ 2] [ 6]
The Church of the Holy Name, Esher (1960)[ 4]
St Ann's, Kingston Hill (1960)[ 7]
St Thomas More, Knebworth (1961)
The Holy Name, Claygate (1961)[ 8]
St John Fisher, Cannon Hill Lane, Merton (1962)[ 9]
St John the Evangelist, Tadworth (1966)
The Holy Spirit, Fetcham [ 2]
St Pius X, New Malden [ 2]
St Theodore, Cranbrook [ 2]
Our Lady of Dover, Buckland (1960s)[ 10] Broadbent lived at 71 Christchurch Road, East Sheen .[ 1]
Broadbent died on 13 January 1983, aged 73.[ 1] [ 2]
His correspondence with Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel from 1941 to 1959 is held by the Royal Institute of British Architects in its Archives and Drawings Collection.[ 11]
^ a b c "Broadbent, Francis George" (PDF) . The London Gazette (49438): 10470. August 1983.
^ a b c d e f g "Obituary" . Catholic Herald . 21 January 1983. Retrieved 10 March 2021 .
^ a b c "Francis George Broadbent" . Dictionary of Scottish Architects . Retrieved 3 April 2014 .
^ a b Sladen, Teresa; Antram, Nicholas (11 November 2005). "Assessment of the architectural and historical importance of the churches belonging to the Diocese" (PDF) . Architectural & Historic Review of Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton . Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton . p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2014 .
^ "SS Ninian, Martin and John RC Church" . Dictionary of Scottish Architects . Retrieved 3 April 2014 .
^ "Our history" . Our Lady Queen of Peace Church . Retrieved 8 August 2020 .
^ Cherry, Bridget and Pevsner, Nicolaus (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South . London: Penguin Books . p. 313. ISBN 0-14-0710-47-7 .((cite book ))
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^ Pevsner, Nikolaus and Nairn, Ian (2002). The Buildings of England – Surrey . Yale University Press . p. 163. ISBN 0-300-09675-5 .((cite book ))
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^ Pevsner, Nikolaus and Nairn, Ian (2002). The Buildings of England – Surrey . Yale University Press . p. 438. ISBN 0-300-09675-5 .((cite book ))
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^ "Our Lady of Dover – Buckland" . Taking Stock: Catholic Churches of England and Wales . 12 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2021 .
^ "Royal Institute of British Architects Archives and Drawings Collection: 2004 Accessions" . The National Archives (UK) . Retrieved 3 April 2014 .