Harold Ridley Hooper
Illustration — Electric Palace Cinema, Harwich, designed by Hooper in 1911. Harold Ridley Hooper (1886, Bury St Edmunds – 1953) was an English architect based in Ipswich, Suffolk. He was elected ARIBA in 1910, having been articled to John Shewell Corder, and started his own practice in Ipswich in 1912.
Harold Ridley Hooper
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- Born
- Harold Ridley Hooper was born on 1 January 1886.
- Died
- Harold Ridley Hooper died on 1 January 1953.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- architect
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Electric Palace Cinema, Harwich, designed by Hooper in 1911. Harold Ridley Hooper (1886, Bury St Edmunds – 1953) was an English architect based in Ipswich, Suffolk. He was elected ARIBA in 1910, having been articled to John Shewell Corder, and started his own practice in Ipswich in 1912.
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He was a Colonel in the 4th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment during World War I. He was later Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk. His buildings include: • Electric Palace Cinema, Harwich (1911), • Butlins Skegness holiday camp (1936) and other designs for Butlins Ltd. • Belstead House • Margaret Catchpole Public House, (1936)
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1886
Harold Ridley Hooper was born on 1 January 1886.
1953
Harold Ridley Hooper died on 1 January 1953.
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- 1.Crawford (1990) 1976
- 2.Antonia Brodie. Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: A-K. Continuum International Publishing Group. 945–946. 2001. 0-8264-5513-1.
- 3.Crawford (1990) 19-21
- 4.Eyles, Allen. Old Cinemas. Osprey Publishing. 6. 2001. 0-7478-0488-5.
- 5.British Listed Buildings. Belstead House, Pinewood, Suffolk. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
- 6.l. HOLYWELLS PARK CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL AND MANAGEMENT PLAN. www.ipswich.gov.uk.
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Harold Ridley Hooper is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Recorded with the occupation architect.
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