Frank Broadbent Explained

Francis George Broadbent
Birth Date:	1909
Birth Place:	Fulham, London, England
Death Date:	13 January 1983
Death Place:	Wandsworth, London, England
Practice:	Goodhart-Rendel Broadbent & Curtis

Francis George Broadbent (1909, Fulham, London – 13 January 1983, Wandsworth, London)^{[1] [2]} was a 20th-century English architect known for his work in designing churches and schools for the Roman Catholic Church.

Career

Broadbent was a partner in the architectural firm Goodhart-Rendel Broadbent & Curtis in the 1950s and 1960s and took over the practice when Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel died.^[3] Subsequently, he became senior partner in Broadbent Hastings Reid & New, retiring in 1980.

Works

Broadbent completed the restoration work on Prinknash Abbey, which had been started by Goodhart-Rendel in 1939.^[4] He also restored the Tyburn convent (1962).^[2] He worked, from 1959 to 1960, with Goodhart-Rendel on the design and construction of St Martin and St Ninian Catholic Church in Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland.^[5]

The churches he designed include:

• Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Richmond, London (1953–54)^{[2] [6]}
• The Church of the Holy Name, Esher (1960)^[3]
• St Ann's, Kingston Hill (1960)^[7]
• St Thomas More, Knebworth (1961)
• The Holy Name, Claygate (1961)^[8]
• St John Fisher, Cannon Hill Lane, Merton (1962)^[9]
• St John the Evangelist, Tadworth (1966)
• The Holy Spirit, Fetcham^[2]
• St Pius X, New Malden^[2]
• St Theodore, Cranbrook^[2]
• Our Lady of Dover, Buckland (1960s)^[10]

Personal life

Broadbent lived at 71 Christchurch Road, East Sheen.^[1]

Death and legacy

Broadbent died on 13 January 1983, aged 73.^{[1] [2]}

His correspondence with Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel from 1941 to 1959 is held by the Royal Institute of British Architects in its Archives and Drawings Collection.^[11]

Notes and References

1. Broadbent, Francis George . . August 1983 . 49438 . 10470.
2. News: Obituary . . 21 January 1983 . 10 March 2021.
3. Web site: Assessment of the architectural and historical importance of the churches belonging to the Diocese . . Architectural & Historic Review of Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton . 11 November 2005 . 3 April 2014 . Sladen, Teresa . Antram, Nicholas . 10 . 6 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306063906/http://www.dabnet.org/ContentDocuments/284.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: Francis George Broadbent . . 3 April 2014.
5. Web site: SS Ninian, Martin and John RC Church . . 3 April 2014.
6. Web site: Our history . . 8 August 2020.
7. Book: The Buildings of England – London 2: South . . . 1983 . London . 313 . 0-14-0710-47-7.
8. Book: The Buildings of England – Surrey . . . 2002 . 163 . 0-300-09675-5.
9. Book: The Buildings of England – Surrey . . . 2002 . 438 . 0-300-09675-5.
10. Web site: Our Lady of Dover – Buckland . Taking Stock: Catholic Churches of England and Wales . 12 March 2019. 20 March 2021.
11. Web site: Royal Institute of British Architects Archives and Drawings Collection: 2004 Accessions . . 3 April 2014.