Hilda Mason (architect)

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Hilda Frances Mason ARIBA (17 June 1879 - 1955) was an English architect. [1] [2]

She designed, with Raymond Erith, St Andrew's church, Felixstowe, in 1929–1930, the first church to be built in England using reinforced concrete. [3] [4] Since 10 February 1986, it has been a grade II* listed building. [5] It has been described as "an intermingling of late-Gothic Suffolk wool-churches ... with the reinforced-concrete-and-glass language of Perret's Notre-Dame, Le Raincy". [2] She also built a modernist home for herself, Kings Knoll, Woodbridge. [1] [6]

She also painted watercolours, exhibiting with the Ipswich Art Club. [1]

She did not marry, and died in Ipswich aged 74. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mason, Hilda Frances". Suffolk Painters. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 Curl, James Stevens; Wilson, Susan (2015). The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 470. ISBN   9780199674985 . Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "St Andrew, Felixstowe". Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Celebrating Women Architects". English Heritage. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Church of St Andrew - A Grade II* Listed Building in Felixstowe, Suffolk". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "6 bedroom detached house for sale". RightMove. Retrieved 14 April 2017.Includes image


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