Claud Phillimore, 4th Baron Phillimore
Claud Stephen Phillimore, 4th Baron Phillimore (15 January 1911 – 29 March 1994) was an English architect specialising in larger country houses who succeeded to his family's title in 1990.
He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Pitt Club.[1]
He was married to Anne Elizabeth Dorrien-Smith (b.1911), daughter of Major Arthur Dorrien-Smith. Their son Francis Stephen Phillimore (b. 1944) succeeded as 5th Baron Phillimore.
Architectural works
[edit]These include:
- Knowsley Hall, Prescot, Merseyside, (1953–54), reduction and reconstruction of the hall; construction of the New House in the grounds.[2]
- 11 Binney Street, Mayfair, London (1957), interior remodelled with Aubrey Jenkins for Viscount Ridley.[3]
- Brocklesby Hall, Lincolnshire, (1957-58), drastic reduction and remodelling.[4]
- The Dower House in the grounds of Arundel Castle, Sussex, (1959).[5]
- The Durdans, Epsom, Surrey (1950s), reduction and reconstruction.[6]
- Killruddery House, Bray, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland (1950s), reduction and reconstruction.[7]
- Rademon House, Crossgar, County Down - 1950s, rebuilt after a fire.[citation needed]
- Aske Hall, North Yorkshire, (1963-4), demolition of ballroom and reduction of wings.[8]
- Tusmore House, Oxfordshire, (1964), demolished.[9]
- Villa Foscari near Venice, Italy: renovation work; Phillimore inherited the house in 1965 from Alberto Clinton Landsberg, but sold it to architect Prof. Antonio ("Tonci"), Count Foscari (b. 1938), in 1973.
- 23 St Anselm's Place, Mayfair, London, (1966–67) as a private residence for the fourth Duke of Westminster.[10]
- Cubberley, a house in the Wye Valley, Herefordshire (1971), replacing an earlier house.[11]
Arms
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References
[edit]- ^ Fletcher, Walter Morley (2011) [1935]. The University Pitt Club: 1835-1935 (First Paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 102–103. ISBN 978-1-107-60006-5.
- ^ Pollard, Richard; Nikolaus Pevsner (2006), The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, pp. 217–218, 222, ISBN 0-300-10910-5
- ^ Sheppard, F. H. W., ed. (1980), "Duke Street Area: Redevelopment by Seth Smith in the 1820s", Survey of London: volume 40: The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings), British History Online, retrieved 24 August 2008
- ^ Historic England. "Brocklesby Hall (Grade I) (1359800)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ Robinson, John Martin (June 2006), "Arundel Castle ducal splendour revived", Apollo, Press Holdings, p. 2, retrieved 24 August 2008
- ^ Bauckham, Tim; E. Manterfield (2006), The Durdans, Epsom, Epsom and Ewell History Explorer, retrieved 24 August 2008
- ^ Kilruddery House, Bray, County Wicklow, Buildings of Ireland, retrieved 24 August 2008
- ^ Zetland estate website
- ^ Binney, Marcus; Sean O'Neill (2 November 2004), "Stately £30m home wins classic award", Times Online, London: News International Group, retrieved 24 August 2008[dead link]
- ^ Sheppard, F. H. W., ed. (1980), "Davies Street Area: St. Anselm's Place", Survey of London: volume 40: The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings), British History Online, retrieved 24 August 2008
- ^ Davidson, Max (26 June 1999), Saying a last farewell to rural seclusion, Telegraph Group, retrieved 24 August 2008[dead link]
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1973.
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