Henry "Harry" Redfern (April 1861 – 6 March 1950) was a British architect.

Early life

Born in April 1861, he was educated at

Abingdon School Abingdon School is a day and boarding independent school for boys in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The twentieth oldest independent British school, it celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2006. The school was described as "highly ...

from 1871 to 1877.

Career

Redfern designed work in Oxford, Cambridge, Abingdon and Carlisle. At the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

he was the architect of the chemical, metallurgical, physical and biological laboratories, and restored portions of Christ's College and

Magdalene College Magdalene College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary ...

. At Oxford he carried out additions and restoration work at

Oriel College Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, wh ...

and St John's College; and was architect of the biochemistry laboratories. At Abingdon he completed work at St Michael's church, the Malthouse, designed the lodge at

(where he was educated) and restored the school's Roysse Room (1911). He was responsible for designing, in an imaginative and varied manner, a number of notable public houses in the

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...

district, as chief architect of the Home Office State Management Scheme (SMS). The scheme built fourteen

New Model Inn The New Model Inn was a style of English public house championed and designed by Harry Redfern under the State Management Scheme which had the aim of reducing drunkenness among munitions workers. All but one of the scheme's 14 public houses were ...

s to Redfern's designs, with a strong theme of the Arts and Crafts movement. He was particularly interested in restoring and designing churches. He was commemorated towards the end of his work for the SMS by the naming of the Redfern Inn (1938), one of the distinctive New Model Inn designs, in Etterby, a district of Carlisle. The Redfern was designed by his assistant architect, Joseph Seddon FRIBA (with Redfern's collaboration). It was a tribute to a man who had dedicated his talents to the quest for an improved public house style. Redfern practised from Porchester Gardens, London, and later lived at St Dunstan's Gardens, Ealing. His early business partner was J. J. Stevenson FSA (1831–1908). He was author of the article: ''Some Recollections of William Butterfield and Henry Woodyer'' (1950). His obituary is found in the ''Journal of the RIBA'' following his death on 6 March 1950.

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Dictionary of Scottish Architects
{{DEFAULTSORT:Redfern, Harry 1861 births 1950 deaths 19th-century English architects 20th-century English architects People educated at Abingdon School

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