Henry Medd

Henry Medd

Henry Alexander Nesbitt Medd (September 21, 1892 - October 26, 1977), was a British-born architect, whose career was made in India.

Son of the Reverend Canon Peter Medd of North Cerney, Cirencester, a founder of Keble College, Oxford, Henry Medd was a Young and Summers Scholar at Abingdon School. He was articled to F C Eden (1911) and entered the office of Sir Edwin Lutyens (1915).

He was Sir Herbert Baker's representative in New Delhi (1919-31) and designed the Cathedral Church of the Redemption and the Church of the Sacred Heart in Delhi (1927-28). He designed law courts at Nagpur (1937) and was Chief Architect to the Government of India (1939-47). He was Master of the Art Workers Guild (1959).


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