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Name:
Leonard Rome Guthrie
Designation :
Architect
Date of Birth:
Exact Date
Exact DOB:
10/08/1880
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Exact DOD:
08/02/1925
Year of Death:
1958
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Bio Notes :
Leonard Rome Guthrie was born on 8 October 1880 at 595 Suachiehall Street, Glasgow, the son of John Guthrie, Master Painter and Decorator and his wife Jessie Finlay Stark, the daughter of Robert Stark and Janet (or Jessie) Rome. John Guthrie and Jessie Finlay Stark had married in Highbury, London on 18 July 1876 and in 1881 the family was living with Jessie's parents in Islington, at which time John Guthrie is recorded as as Master Painter employing 30 men and 8 boys.
Leonard Rome Guthrie was educated at Glasgow High School. He was articled to William Leiper from 1895 to 1899, during which period he studied under William James Anderson at Glasgow School of Art. He won the Thomson Scholarship in 1899, enabling him to spend eight months travelling in Italy, Spain, France and Germany the following year. On his return in 1901 he spent some time travelling in Scotland, preparing drawings of Scottish gardens for Harry Inigo Triggs' book 'Formal Gardens of England and Scotland', and in the same year became head draughtsman to William Flockhart, marrying Marguerite Whyte Flockhart, one of Flockhart's two daughters, in late 1909 or early 1910 in Paddington.
He left Flockhart in 1907 but stayed in London to commence practice on his own account at 3 Gray's Inn Square. He passed the qualifying exam in 1909 and was admitted ARIBA on 28 February 1910, his proposers being Flockhart, Andrew Noble Prentice and Edwin Alfred Rickards.
Guthrie specialised in domestic architecture and landscaping, but was also appointed architect to the Royal Institution in 1913. By about then Guthrie appears to have been taken into partnership by Flockhart, who died in that year and whose practice he inherited, as Flockhart & Guthrie.
He was elected FRIBA on 8 June 1925, his proposers being Edward Prioleau Warren, James Glen Sivewright Gibson and William Curtis Green. In that year he was taken into partnership by Edmund Walter Wimperis and William Begg Simpson of the London firm Wimperis & Simpson, who had recently achieved fame by winning the limited competition for the rebuilding of Fortnum & Masons in 1923. The practice title became Wimperis, Simpson & Guthrie. Over the following years Guthrie was largely responsible for the Grosvenor House project on Park Lane, for which Edwin Landseer Lutyens was consultant. He was also responsible for the rebuilding of Winfield House, subsequently the US Ambassador's house in the 1930s. Guthrie had joined the Art Workers Guild in 1925.
Guthrie was a friend of Voysey, through the Arts Club. he commissioned a bookplate from Voysey in 1929.
Wimperis died in retirement in 1946. The practice was continued by Simpson and Guthrie with Douglas James Fyffe who had been taken into partnership in 1931. Simpson retired in 1951, and Guthrie in 1953. He died in April 1958.
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Additional Notes
Addresses
The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:
Private Addresses
Private Addresses2 classic
Address
Class
Date From Char
Date From Type
Date To Char
Date To Type
Notes
The Croft Hairmyres, East Kilbride Lanarkshire Scotland
Private
3 Caithness Road Brook Green London England
Private
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Business Addresses
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Address
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Date From
Date From Type
Date To
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395 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow Scotland
Business
37 Bruton Street London England
Business
61 South Molton Street London England
Business
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Employment and Training
The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this person (click on an item to view details):
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Name
Name Link
Date From
Date To
Position
Notes
Flockhart & Guthrie
207410
Before 1912
After 1913
Partner
William Leiper
200002
In year 1895
In year 1900
Apprentice
William Flockhart
200115
In year 1901
In year 1907
Chief Draughtsman
Wimperis, Simpson & Guthrie
203699
In year 1925
Partner
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RIBA Proposers
The following individuals proposed this person for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
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Proposer
Proposer Link
Date Proposed
Notes
William Flockhart
200115
1910/02/28
for Associateship
Edwin Alfred Rickards
201938
1910/02/28
for Associateship
Andrew Noble Prentice
200170
1910/02/28
for Associateship
James Glen Sivewright Gibson
100337
1925/06/08
for Fellowship
William Curtis Green
200936
1925/06/08
for Fellowship
Edward Prioleau Warren
205086
1925/06/08
for Fellowship
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RIBA Proposals
This person proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
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Person
Date Proposed
Notes
Alexander Robert Fordyce Anderson
Early 1932s
for Associateship
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Buildings and Designs
This person was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
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Building Name
Date Started
Town, District or Village
Island
City or County
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Design for an unspecified cottage
In year 1899
Glasgow
Scotland
The Croft, Hairmyres
In year 1900
East Kilbride
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Interiors
Fortnum & Mason
In year 1925
Piccadilly
London
England
Dupplin Castle
After 1925
Forteviot
Perthshire
Scotland
Alterations
Grosvenor House
In year 1926
Park Lane
London
England
with Edwin Landseer Lutyens as consultant architect
Flats, Brook House site
In year 1932
London
England
Appointed for job
North Scottish Regional Broadcasting Station
1935 or 1936
Burghead
Morayshire
Scotland
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References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this person:
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Author
Title
Date
Publisher
Part
Notes
Survey of London
Survey of London
v39 & 40
Beauty's Awakening
Beauty's Awakening: The Centenary Exhibition of the Art Workers' Guild
Brighton Museum September -November 1984, Royal Pavilion Brighton
Livingstone, Karen
Ther Bookplates and Badges of CFA Voysay
2011
p118, fig 59
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Periodical References
The following periodicals contain references to this person:
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Periodical Name
Publisher
Date Circ
Edition
Notes
Builder
1958/04/18
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Obituary
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Archive References
The following archives hold material relating to this person:
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Archive Name
Source
Source Cat No
Building Id
Item Name
Notes
RIBA Nomination Papers
RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum
100005
F no2223 (microfilm reel 17)
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