Courtenay Melville Crickmer (1879-1971) was an English architect who was closely associated with the development of
Letchworth Garden City
Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It is noted for being the first garden city. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 33,249.
Letchworth ...
and
Hampstead Garden Suburb
Hampstead Garden Suburb is an elevated suburb of London, north of Hampstead, west of Highgate and east of Golders Green. It is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations. It is an example of early twentiet ...
. He was born at St Pancras, London, and educated at
Highgate School
Highgate School, formally Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate, is an English co-educational, fee-charging, independent day school, founded in 1565 in Highgate, London, England. It educates over 1,400 pupils in three sections – Highgate ...
. He designed many buildings at Letchworth and around 70 houses at Hampstead Garden Suburb. He was site architect at Gretna, Dumfries.
[Miller, Mervyn & A. Stuart Gray. (1992) ''Hampstead Garden Suburb''. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. p. 242. ]
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Architects from London
1879 births
1971 deaths
Hampstead Garden Suburb
Letchworth
People from St Pancras, London
People educated at Highgate School
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