Frank Minshull Elgood

Northgate Mansions, St John’s Wood High Street

51 Harley Street, London 1891

Dewar House, Haymarket, London 1908

34 Weymouth Street, London 1908

34-38 Mortimer Street, London 1915

Sir Frank Minshull Elgood CBE FRIBA (1865-1948) was an English architect based in London. ^[1]

Life

He was born on 5 March 1865 in London, the son of George James Elgood (1883-1914) and Susan Minshull Jones (1838-1921).

He married Frances Isabel Lloyd Allen (1868-1940), daughter of Charles John Allen (1832-1887) and Augusta Maria Lloyd, on 17 November 1891 in All Souls’ Church, Hampstead, and they had the following children:

• Cyril Lloyd Elgood (1892-1970)
• Reginald Lloyd Elgood (1896-1917)
• Dorothy Hope Elgood (1902-1986)
• Francis Rosemary Elgood (1906-1995)

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 Birthday Honours, Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1931 New Year Honours ^[2] and Knighted in the New Years’ Honours in 1943 for his work as Chairman of the Executive Board and Honorary Treasurer of the Church Army. ^[3]

He died on 17 May 1948 in Haywoods Heath. ^[4] and left an estate valued at £98,827 (equivalent to £4,539,100in 2023). ^[5]

Career

He was articled to Alexander Payne from 1882 to 1886 and then served as assistant to Goymour Cuthbert in 1886. Later in that same year he was associated with Alexander Payne, but also practiced independently.

He was a member of Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Council from 1904 to 1917. He was chairman of the Ruislip-Northwood Town Planning Committee from 1910 to 1915, and housing commissioner for the Ministry of Health from 1919 ^[6] to 1921. He was Chairman of the National Housing and Town Planning Council from 1921 to 1923, and the surveyor to the Hope-Edwardes and Howard de Walden Estates in London.

He entered into a business partnership with Edward Hastie from 1919.

He was appointed Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1889 and made a Fellow in 1908.

Works

• 80 Wimpole Street, London 1885 ^[7]
• 11 Harley Street, London 1886 (with Alexander Payne) for William Morrant Baker, physician and surgeon
• 7 Wigmore Street, London 1889 (with Alexander Payne) ^[8]
• 81 Wimpole Street, London 1891 ^[7]
• 41-42 Devonshire Street, London 1891 ^[9]
• 9 Harley Street, London 1891 ^[10]
• 39 Harley Street, London 1894 ^[11]
• 51 Harley Street, London 1894 for William Bruce Clark, surgeon ^{[12] [13]}
• 39 Harley Street, London 1892-95 ^[10]
• 8-10 Wigmore Street, London 1896 ^[14]
• 7 Charles Street, London 1900 ^[15]
• 49 Harley Street, London 1901 ^[16]
• 8 Bulstrode Street, London 1902 ^[17]
• 11 Welbeck Street, London 1905 ^{[18] [19]}
• Northgate Mansions, St John’s Wood High Street/Prince Albert Road, London 1907 ^[20]
• Emmanuel Church, Northwood 1908 ^{[21] [22]}
• 34 Weymouth Street, London 1908 ^{[23] [14]}
• Dewar House, Haymarket/Orange Street, London 1908 ^{[24] [25]}
• 19-21 Great Portland Street, London 1908 ^[26]
• 71-74 Marlebone High Street, London 1910 ^[27]
• 59 New Cavendish Street, London 1910
• 85 Wimpole Street, London 1913 ^{[28] [7]}
• Radiant House, 34-38 Mortimer Street, London 1915 (with Francis Léon Pither) ^[29]
• 50 Great Portland Street, London 1928 (with Edward Hastie) ^[26]

Sources

• Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). London 3: North West. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN   0-300-09652-6.
• Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2003). London 6: Westminster. The Buildings of England. Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-300-09595-1.

References

1. Antonia Brodie; British Architectural Library; Royal Institute of British Architects (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z). A&C Black. p. 599. ISBN   978-0-8264-5514-7.
2. "The New Year Honours" . Naval & Military Record and Royal Dockyards Gazette. United Kingdom. 7 January 1931. Retrieved 19 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "No. 35841". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 29 December 1942. p. 1.
4. "Sir Frank Elgood" . Marylebone Mercury. United Kingdom. 22 May 1948. Retrieved 19 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth . Retrieved 7 May 2024.
6. "Mr F.M. Elgood" . Harrow Observer. United Kingdom. 4 April 1919. Retrieved 19 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. Cherry 2002, p. 657. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCherry2002 (help)
8. "Nos. VII. and IX. Wigmore Street" . Building News. United Kingdom. 2 August 1889. Retrieved 19 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. Cherry 2002, p. 637. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCherry2002 (help)
10. Cherry 2002, p. 640. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCherry2002 (help)
11. Historic England. "39 Harley Street W1 (Grade II) (1230011)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 January 2025.
12. Historic England. "51 Harley Street W1 (Grade II) (1066672)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 January 2025.
13. Cherry 2002, p. 641. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCherry2002 (help)
14. Cherry 2002, p. 656. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCherry2002 (help)
15. Bradley 2003, p. 512. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBradley2003 (help)
16. Historic England. "549Harley Street W1 (Grade II) (1230021)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 January 2025.
17. Cherry 2002, p. 634. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCherry2002 (help)
18. Historic England. "11 Welbeck Street W1 (Grade II) (1066111)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 January 2025.
19. Cherry 2002, p. 655. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCherry2002 (help)
20. Cherry 2002, p. 665. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCherry2002 (help)
21. "Emmanuel Church, Northwood" . West Middlesex Gazette. United Kingdom. 19 December 1908. Retrieved 19 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
22. Cherry 2002, p. 341. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCherry2002 (help)
23. Historic England. "34 Weymouth Street W1 (Grade II) (1357388)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 January 2025.
24. "The House of Dewar" . Illustrated London News. United Kingdom. 23 May 1908. Retrieved 19 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
25. Bradley 2003, p. 416. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBradley2003 (help)
26. Cherry 2002, p. 639. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCherry2002 (help)
27. Cherry 2002, p. 644. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCherry2002 (help)
28. Historic England. "85 Wimpole Street W1 (Grade II) (1066059)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 January 2025.
29. Cherry 2002, p. 645. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCherry2002 (help)