Sir Percy Scott Worthington (31 January 1864 – 15 July 1939) was an English architect. He was born in

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, the eldest son of the architect

Thomas Worthington Thomas or Tom Worthington may refer to: *Thomas Worthington (Douai) (1549–1627), English Catholic priest and third President of Douai College * Thomas Worthington (Dominican) (1671–1754), English Dominican friar and writer * Thomas Worthington ...

. He was educated at

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, and

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, where he graduated in 1887, and he qualified as an architect in 1890. He subsequently worked as assistant to

John Macvicar Anderson John Macvicar Anderson (11 July 1835, Glasgow – 9 June 1915, London) was a Scottish architect. He was born in Glasgow in 1835, the son of John Anderson, merchant and the nephew of architect William Burn and his wife, Eliza Macvicar. He was ...

in London, attending the Royal Academy Schools and University College London, before returning to his father's office where he was made a partner in 1891. He continued the business after his father's death along with his much younger brother

Hubert Worthington Sir John Hubert Worthington (4 July 1886 – 26 July 1963) was an English architect. Early life Worthington was born at Alderley Edge, near Stockport, the youngest son of architect Thomas Worthington. He was educated at Sedbergh School from ...

, who became a partner in 1913. Percy's son Thomas Scott Worthington later joined the partnership. In his early years he was interested in the Arts and Crafts movement and this was reflected in the

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, which he designed with his father. From 1904 he became more involved in the revival of

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. He was awarded the gold medal of the

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in 1930 and was

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ed in 1935. He died at his home in

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, in 1939. ()

Projects

In a professional life of almost fifty years Worthington was responsible for more than a hundred projects—domestic, educational, ecclesiastical, and medical—and won many of his major commissions in competition. His work on hospitals was described by his obituarist and confrère W. G. Newton as pioneering. Plaque, Ullet Road Unitarian Church

* War Memorial Cottage Hospital, Northwich Road,

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*Kerfield House, Chelford Road,

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*Woodgarth, Legh Road, Knutsford *Convalescent Home,

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*War Memorial,

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; Grade II listed *

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, original part.

Citations

References

* 1864 births 1939 deaths 20th-century English architects Architects from Greater Manchester People from Crumpsall People educated at Clifton College Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal Arts and Crafts architects {{UK-architect-stub