Hugh Spencely

Fairacres, Roehampton

Hugh Greville Castle Spencely (1900 - 1983) was a British architect. He mostly worked in partnership with Anthony Minoprio (1900-1988), the two having been friends since they were schoolboys at Harrow School.

Career

Minoprio and Spencely designed the 1932 extension to the Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool, founded in 1791 by Edward Rushton.[1]

They also designed Fairacres, Roehampton, a Grade II listed four-storey apartment block at Roehampton Lane, Roehampton, London.[2] It was built in 1936, for the property developer Charles Kearley. The block of 64 flats in a semi-elliptical arc is modern in style with 1930s curved walls, but traditional in construction. It is very little altered since being built.[2]

Personal life

In 1931, Spencely married Patricia Emily Manson-Bahr, the daughter of Sir Philip Manson-Bahr. They had four children, Janet Mary, Hugh David, John Despenser and Sally Catherine Spencely.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "The Blind School Extension". Friends of Liverpool Monuments. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Fairacres". English Heritage list. English Heritage. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "A History of the Blessig Family" (PDF). decisionmodels.com. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
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