Kemp & Tasker

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Addington Road Health Centre, Addington Road in West Wickham, built by Kemp & Tasker Addington Road Health Centre 11CT23.jpg
Addington Road Health Centre, Addington Road in West Wickham, built by Kemp & Tasker

Leslie H. Kemp and Frederick E. Tasker were English architects who practiced in the 1930s as Kemp & Tasker.

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They are best known for their cinemas, although they are responsible for a number of notable buildings in South London and Kent for a Messrs Morrell Bros. Builders [1] of 60 High Street, Bromley, Kent. These include:

In 1934 a Kemp and Tasker house design won the Daily Mail's Ideal House Competition and was erected temporarily at Olympia in the 'Village of Tomorrow' [2] at Ideal Home Show the following year. [3] Morrell's glossy brochure [4] advertised that it could be built to order anywhere and three known examples exist:

Cinemas

The Odeon, St Albans (re-opened as the Odyssey, 2015) The Restored Odyssey Cinema (geograph 4533115).jpg
The Odeon, St Albans (re-opened as the Odyssey, 2015)
Towers Cinema Hornchurch (demolished 2017) Towers Cinema Hornchurch.jpg
Towers Cinema Hornchurch (demolished 2017)

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  1. 77 Addington Road coordinates: 51°22′12″N0°00′09″W / 51.369951°N 0.002496°W
  2. 10 Dorchester Drive coordinates: 51°27′31″N0°05′52″W / 51.458577°N 0.097780°W
  3. Stanstead coordinates: 53°17′51″N6°12′42″W / 53.297489°N 6.211570°W

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