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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 Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge or Oxford. ...
, where he was a member of the
Pitt Club The University Pitt Club, popularly referred to as the Pitt Club, the UPC, or merely as Club, is a private members' club of the University of Cambridge, with a previously male-only membership but now open to both men and women. History The ...
. He was married to Anne Elizabeth Dorrien-Smith (b.1911), daughter of Major
Arthur Dorrien-Smith Major Arthur Algernon Dorrien-Smith (28 January 1876 – 30 May 1955) was Lord Proprietor of the Isles of Scilly from 1918 to 1920. Family Major Arthur Algernon Smith-Dorrien-Smith was born on 28 January 1876, in Oxfordshire, to Thomas Smith ...
. Their son Francis Stephen Phillimore (b. 1944) succeeded as 5th Baron Phillimore.


Architectural Works

These include: *
Knowsley Hall Knowsley Hall is a stately home near Liverpool in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. It is the ancestral home of the Stanley family, the Earls of Derby. The hall is surrounded by of parkland, which contains the Knowsley ...
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Prescot Prescot is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it lies about to the east of Liverpool city centre. At the 2001 Census, the c ...
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Merseyside Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Mersey Estuary and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wi ...
, (1953–54), reduction and reconstruction of the hall; construction of the New House in the grounds. *11 Binney Street, Mayfair, London (1957), interior remodelled with Aubrey Jenkins for Viscount Ridley. *The Dower House in the grounds of Arundel Castle, Sussex, (1959). *The Durdans,
Epsom Epsom is the principal town of the Borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about south of central London. The town is first recorded as ''Ebesham'' in the 10th century and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner. The ...
, Surrey (1950s), reduction and reconstruction. * Killruddery House, Bray, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland (1950s), reduction and reconstruction. *Rademon House,
Crossgar Crossgar () is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about south of Belfast – between Saintfield and Downpatrick. Crossgar had a population 1,892 people in the 2011 UK Census. History Crossgar has had an inter ...
, County Down - 1950s, rebuilt after a fire. *
Aske Hall Aske Hall is a Georgian country house, with parkland attributed to Capability Brown, north of Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. It contains an impressive collection of 18th-century furniture, paintings and porcelain, and in its grounds a Joh ...
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North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...
, (1963-4), demolition of ballroom and reduction of wings. *Tusmore House, Oxfordshire, (1964), demolished. *
Villa Foscari Villa Foscari is a patrician villa in Mira, near Venice, northern Italy, designed by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. It is also known as ''La Malcontenta'' ("The Discontented"), a nickname which—according to a legend—it ...
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. *Cubberley, a house in the
Wye Valley The Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; cy, Dyffryn Gwy) is an internationally important protected landscape straddling the border between England and Wales. The River Wye ( cy, Afon Gwy) is the fourth-longest river in th ...
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Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthsh ...
(1971), replacing an earlier house.


Arms


References

1911 births 1994 deaths 20th-century English architects Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) officers {{UK-architect-stub