John Wells-Thorpe

John Arthur Wells-Thorpe OBE (1928–2019) was an English architect. He is best known for the breadth of his design capability in both the UK and numerous locations overseas.

Church of the Ascension, Westdene, Brighton
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, formerly known as the Church of the Resurrection, Woodingdean
Holy Cross Church, Woodingdean
St Wilfrid's Church, Chichester
Hove Town Hall

John Wells-Thorpe
Born1928
Brighton, East Sussex, England
Died21 April 2019
EducationUniversity of Brighton
OccupationArchitect

Biography

Early life

John Wells-Thorpe was born in 1928 in Brighton, East Sussex, England.[1][2] He attended the Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School.[3] He graduated from the University of Brighton (then called the Brighton College of Art), followed by three international scholarships to Rome, Northern Italy and Moorish Spain.[1][2]

Career

He designed the Church of the Ascension in Westdene, Brighton, in 1958.[1] From 1958 to 1959, he designed the Church of the Resurrection, now known as St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, in Woodingdean.[1] In 1968, he designed the Holy Cross Church in Woodingdean.[1] Five years later, in 1973, he added an extension to St Wilfrid's Church in Chichester.[1] In 1974, he designed Hove Town Hall.[2] He also designed a "relocatable church", a TV studio in the Arabian Desert, and financial headquarters next door to St Paul's Cathedral in London.[2]

He served as vice-president of the Royal Institute of British Architects and president of the Commonwealth Association of Architects.[2][4] He also served on the Advisory Board of the BBC.[2] He was founding Chair of South Downs Health NHS Trust.[2][4][5]

In the 1995 New Year Honours he was appointed OBE for services to architecture.[6]

He died on 21 April 2019 at the age of 90.[7]

Bibliography
  • Manser, Jose: "The NHS's quality provider. (National Health Service; John Wells-Thorpe, chairman of South Downs Health Trust)" in EMAP Architecture, 1994.[8]
  • Wells-Thorpe, John, Cho Padamsee: Old buildings: new uses, London : Commonwealth Association of Architects, c1983. Includes slides, sound cassette and booklet.[9]
  • Wells-Thorpe, John: "The emerging aesthetic—accident or design?" in Landscape Research, pp. 19–22, vol 13, issue 2, 1988.[10]
  • Wells-Thorpe, John: 'Healing by Design: Feeling Better?', in The Healing Environment, eds. Deborah Kirklin, Ruth Richardson, London: Royal College of Physicians, 2003.[11]
  • Bryan Lawson, Michael Phiri and John Wells-Thorpe: The Architectural Healthcare Environment and its Effects on Patient Health Outcomes, NHS Estates, 2003.
  • Wells-Thorpe, John: 'Behind The Facade: An Architect At Large': Book Guild Publishing, 2009. ISBN 9781846243752.[12][13]

References
  1. Sussex Parish Churches Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. University of Brighton Faculty of Arts Hall of Fame: John Wells-Thorpe Archived 2013-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. BHASVIC Sixth Form College: Past and Present
  4. Design and Health: John Wells-Thompson Archived 2013-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. John James, John Wells-Thorpe, The Guardian, January 07, 2004
  6. "No. 53893". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1994. p. 14.
  7. Wells-Thorpe
  8. National Library of Australia: details of journal article "The NHS's quality provider"
  9. National Library of Australia: details of Old buildings booklet, slides , cassette
  10. Taylor Francis Online: online text
  11. The Healing Environment: Without and Within, p.11, edited by Deborah Kirklin, Ruth Richardson
  12. National Library of Australia: details of "Behind the Facade" book
  13. Visit Brighton: John Wells-Thompson Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
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