Leonard Rome Guthrie (1880 in Leeds – 1958 in Blyth,

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) was an English architect. He joined the Wimperis & Simpson partnership in 1925 to form

Wimperis, Simpson and Guthrie Wimperis, Simpson & Guthrie were a firm of British architects based at 61, South Molton Street, London, W1, most active in the 1920s and 1930s. They were known for their design of buildings such as Fortnum and Mason on Piccadilly, the Cambridge Th ...

Works

His works included: * In 1912, Townhill Park House, Southampton. Italianate Gardens with planting schemes by

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. * Between 1926 and 1931, Grosvenor House, Park Lane London. The design was started by Guthrie but finished by

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. * In 1929, the University of London Observatory. * In the 1930s, the BBC transmitter building at the

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near London, followed by others at Moorside Edge, Westerglen, Washford, Lisnagarvey, Burghead, Stagshaw, Start Point and Droitwich.Pawley, Edward (1972), ''BBC Engineering 1922-1972'', London, BBC, pp. 105-6. These buildings had impressive Art Deco facades in

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, and many of them survive. The Washford building is

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. * In 1932, as part of the firm Wimperis, Simpson and Guthrie and with Maurice Bloom:

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. * In 1936,

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, the Official Ambassadorial residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

References

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