Basic Biographical Details Name: | Mervyn Francis Brake | Designation: | | Born: | 1 March 1925 | Died: | February 2006 | Bio Notes: | Mervyn Francis Brake was born on 1 March 1925. He studied for the diploma in architecture in Cardiff. He was elected ARIBA in 1951. In about 1955 he was working in Corby, Northamptonshire but by about 1960 he had a post in the practice of Sir Percy Thomas & Son in Cardiff.
In the mid-1960s he worked with Midlothian County Architects Department. He was elected ARIAS in 1975 (RIAS membership records give the year of his election as 1959). At the time of his retirement in the mid-1980s from the post of Principal Architect, Branch 2, Educational & Social Work Building Division, SDD he living in the Braid area of Edinburgh.
He was living in East Devon at the time of his death in 2006. His death was registered in February of that year. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 47, Constable Road, Corby, Northamptonshire, England | Private | c. 1955 | | | | Aberdour Cottage, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland | Private | 1959 * | | | | Croeso/Top Flat/10, Oxford Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1970 * | | | | 16, Braid Farm Road, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | Before 1979 | 1987 | | | Lark Rise , The Meadow, Newton Poppleford, Sidmouth, Devon, England | Private | 1987 | 2006 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1955 | Kalendar 1954-1955 | | | | | RIBA | 1960 | The RIBA Kalendar 1959-1960 | 1959-1960 | | | | RIBA | 1964 | The RIBA Kalendar 1964-65 | | | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1979 | Directory of members | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIAS Chartered Architect | 2006 | v18, no1 | | Spring issue- death notice |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Courtesy of David Ross | Information sent via 'Contact Us' on website | | Sent January 2013 | | RIAS, Rutland Square | Records of membership | | |
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