Sir Edward (Brantwood) Maufe

(b Ilkley, Yorks, 12 Dec 1883; d Shepherd's Hill, Buxted, E. Sussex, 12 Dec 1974). English architect. He was articled to William A. Pite in 1899 before going up to St John's College, Oxford, in 1904. His first major commission, Kelling Hall (1912) at Kelling, Norfolk, for Sir Henry Deterding shows his early links with the Arts and Crafts Movement. After service in World War I, he came to prominence in 1924 with his design for the Palace of Industry at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley (1924-5). Two churches, St Bede's (1922-3), Clapham, London, and St Saviour's (1924-6), Acton, London, are of the simplified Gothic Revival kind and show affinities with contemporary Swedish architecture, of which Maufe was a constant champion.

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Commonwealth Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede, UK

Guildford Cathedral, Maufe's brick masterpiece

Sir Edward Brantwood Maufe was an English architect born 12 December 1883 in Ilkley. He died on his birthday in 1974 in Buxted, East Sussex. His works include Kelling Hall in Norfolk, the Festival Theatre in Cambridge, the Air Forces Memorial overlooking Runnymede, the Oxford Playhouse, St Columba's Church (Pont Street, London SW1) and Guildford Cathedral 1932. He was the architect chiefly responsible, in the 1950's for the rebuilding of much of Gray's Inn and the Inner Temple which had been heavily damaged in bombing during World War II.

Apparently indexed in the 1901 Census (now online [1]) as "Edward B. Muff", an architect in Hampstead, he moved with his parents during the next decade to Red House, Bexleyheath, London which was originally designed for, and owned by William Morris. When he received a knighthood early in 1954, Maufe lived at 139 Old Church Street, Chelsea, London SW3.

External links

• The Grove Dictionary of Art
• Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA
• RIBA
• St Columba's Church, London
• 207 Squadron Royal Air Force Association, The Air Forces Memorial
• Short story about the last Anglican Cathedral at Guildford
• Images & information about the Air Forces Memorial Runnymede

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