L. Rome Guthrie

Leonard Rome Guthrie (1880 - 1958) was an architect. [ [http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/designer/guthriel.htm U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens: Guthrie, Leonard Rome] (retrieved 11 April 2007)]

Works

His works included:
* In 1912, Townhill Park, Southampton. Italianate Gardens with planting schemes by Gertrude Jekyll. [ [http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/sites/townhill.htm U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens: Townhill Park] (retrieved 11 April 2007)] [ [http://www.note-ability.com/celebrating.htm Web page about Townhill Park House] (retrieved 11 April 2007)]
* Between 1926 and 1931, Grosvenor House, Park Lane London. The design was started by Guthrie but finished by Edwin Lutyens. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=41849 "The Architecture of the Estate: Modern Times", Survey of London: volume 39: The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 1 (General History) (1977), pp. 67-82, 161-70.] (retrieved 11 April 2007)]
* In 1929, the University of London Observatory. [ [http://www.ulo.ucl.ac.uk/telescopes/development/ University of London Observatory] (retrieved 11 April 2007)]
* In the 1930s, the BBC transmitter building at the Brookmans Park transmitting station 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. ISBN 0-563-12127-0] These buildings had impressive Art Deco facades in Portland Stone, and many of them survive. The Washford building is Grade 2 listed.

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