Basic Biographical Details
| Name: | Bertie Crewe |
| Designation: | |
| Born: | |
| Died: | 1937 |
| Bio Notes: | Bertie Crewe was born probably in the 1860s and educated at Merchant Taylor's School in London. He was articled to Clement Dowling and attended Atelier Lacoux, Paris. He returned to London as assistant in the office of Thomas Walter Laurence Emden for two years and then to William George Robert Sprague, who was a distinguished theatre architect himself and with whom he was in partnership about 1889-1896. He practised on his own thereafter, specialising exclusively in theatres and 'was one of the most dynamic architects in the 1890 and 1900s'. He formed a new partnership with Herbert Gordon Kay from 1916; the practice title of the partnership is uncertain. Together they built many cinemas and some theatres after the First World War. Kay continued the practice for some years after the death of Crewe in 1937. |
Private and Business Addresses
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| Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | |
 | London, England | Private/business | |||
Employment and Training
Employers
| The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | |||||
| Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | |
| Clement Dowling | 1870s(?) | Before 1883 | Apprentice | |
| Thomas Walter Laurence Emden | Before 1883 | Before 1885 | Assistant | |
| William George Robert Sprague | Before 1889 | Before 1889 | Assistant(?) | |
| Sprague & Crewe | c. 1889 | c. 1896 | Partner | |
| Crewe & Kay | 1916 | 1937 | Partner | |
Buildings and Designs
| This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | |||||||
| Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | |
| 1890 | Paisley Theatre | Paisley | Renfrewshire | Scotland | ||
| 1897 | Zoo Electric Theatre | Cowcaddens | Glasgow | Scotland | Original theatre | |
| 1904 | Palace Theatre | Gorbals | Glasgow | Scotland | Reconstruction of the Grand National Halls of the Good Templars Harmonic Association to form theatre | |
| 1904 | The Pavilion | Glasgow | Scotland | |||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this : | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | p464 (for further bibliography) | ||
| Spain, Geoffrey and Dromgoole, Nicholas | 1970 | Theatre architects of the British Isles | Architectural History v13, 1970, p82-3 | ||
Periodical References
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| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 1937 | 152 | p156, 252 Obituary | |