Francis James Watson-Hart
Francis James Watson-Hart, 1880-1953
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Professional work:
- Worked as an assistant to John Belcher (1841-1913), and to Francis Atkinson (1888-1952).
- Commenced professional work as an architect in London in 1909, in partnership with Herbert Arthur Welch (1883-1953) in London from c.1910.
- 1914 - 1918 he was architect to the Ministry of Works.
- From 1929 he was in partnership with George Valentine Myer (1883-1959) in the architectural firm Myer & Watson-Hart [Val Myer & Francis James Watson-Hart].
- Among their commissions was Broadcasting House at Portland Place, London in 1930-32, and the redesign and rebuilding of Aldford House on Park Lane, London for the Grosvenor Estate, 1930-32.
Awards:
- Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (L.R.I.B.A.) 1931;
- Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (F.R.I.B.A.), 1939.
- Awarded the Professor Banister Fletcher Medal by the Architectural Association in 1904; and the Royal Academy Bronze Medal in 1906.
