Sir Edward Brantwood Maufe KBE, R.A, F.R.I.B.A. (1882-1974)

Lloyds Bank, Notting Hill Gate (c.1930)

Ink and wash

60 x 37 cm

In original white-painted frame.

Signed ‘Edward Maufe, Architect’ lower right; also signed ‘Drawn by H A Townsend’.

This bank, designed by Maufe, still stands; contrary to the flourishes of the architectural design, however, it was executed in a slightly more restrained style. Sadly, a gratuitously unattractive modern front now defaces the front of the original bank building.

Maufe is probably most famous for his Guildford Cathedral, the Air Forces Memorial, and his work for the Imperial War Graves Commission, for which he received his knighthood in 1954. He served a five-year apprenticeship under William Pite and then attended St John’s College, Oxford as an undergraduate. He then studied Design at the Architectural Association. His architecture is notable for its strong arts and crafts influence; this likely arose from his having lived in The Red House, Bexleyheath, which Philip Webb designed for the most famous of the Arts and Crafts designers: William Morris.

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