Interior of SS Mary and Giles' Church - geograph

Cecil Greenwood Hare (1875 – 14 July 1932) was an architect and designer based in

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Life

He was born in

Stamford, Lincolnshire Stamford is a town and civil parish in the South Kesteven District of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701 and estimated at 20,645 in 2019. The town has 17th- and 18th-century stone buildings, older timber-framed ...

in 1875, the son of John Thomas Hare (1844-1902) and Mary Ann.

Bodley and Hare

Hare was a pupil of the architect

George Frederick Bodley George Frederick Bodley (14 March 182721 October 1907) was an English Gothic Revival architect. He was a pupil of Sir George Gilbert Scott, and worked in partnership with Thomas Garner for much of his career. He was one of the founders of Watt ...

. Bodley, who designed in a

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style, had a long partnership with

Thomas Garner Thomas Garner (1839–1906) was one of the leading English Gothic revival architects of the Victorian era. He is known for his almost 30-year partnership with architect George Frederick Bodley. Early life Born at Wasperton Hill Farm in Warw ...

: this partnership was dissolved after Garner converted to Catholicism. Hare was Bodley's chief assistant, and finally went into partnership with him. Bodley died in 1907. Hare is described in Bodley's will as his secretary and received a legacy of £400. His brief obituary in ''

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'' describes him as Bodley’s partner. He took over the practice of Bodley and Hare on Bodley's death. Most of his own church work comprised fittings, and he produced output for Watts & Co.

Later work

He was partner of

Albert Victor Heal Albert Victor Heal MC FRIBA (6 May 1887 – 1975) was an architect and designer based in England. Life He was born on 6 May 1887. He married Florence Isabel Reynolds. He worked in the offices of Rattee and Kett from 1904 to 1906. He was arti ...

from 1919 to 1924, by which time Heal (still calling himself Creed and Heal) and Bodley and Hare shared the same address at 11 Gray's Inn Square. He died whilst the church of St Mildred,

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was being built, and a memorial to him was inserted in the church.

Works

* St Peter's Church, Ealing, Lady Chapel reredos executed by Hare in 1921, as well as later choirstalls. *St Benet's Church,

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, London, 1908–1928 *

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Extended 1909–1912 *Dokett Building,

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1912 *St John the Evangelist's Church, Middlesbrough, One-bay west extension to nave and aisles 1914 *Calvary War Memorial,

, 1920 *

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War Memorial 1921 * County War Memorial, Nottingham 1922 *

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(or Wyke) Manor, Worcestershire 1923–1924 *Church of St Mary and St Giles, High Street, Stony Stratford, chancel 1928 * St Mary's Church, Attenborough, choir stalls 1928 *St Mildred's Church,

1931–1937 *Walford War Memorial 1925 *Langrick War Memorial, 1920

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hare, Cecil Greenwood 1875 births 1932 deaths 20th-century English architects People from Stamford, Lincolnshire Architects from Lincolnshire