Basic Biographical Details Name: | Cecil Stewart | Designation: | | Born: | 8 April 1911 | Died: | 14 January 1964 | Bio Notes: | Cecil Stewart was born at 3 Marshall Place, Perth, on 8 April 1911, the son of Charles Parker Stewart, medical practitioner, and his wife Edith Maud Jayne. His parents had married in Croydon in 1903. He commenced his architectural training at Edinburgh College of Art in 1928. He was awarded the RIBA Silver Medal in 1930 and moved to London in 1932 to join George Grey Wornum as assistant, remaining with him until 1934 and working on the RIBA Headquarters building in Portland Place. During this period he travelled to Italy in 1929 and to Holland in 1930. On leaving Wornum in 1934 he made a journey to Finland and Russia, and in 1935 he returned to Wornum's office. In June that year he received his diploma and in December passed the Professional Practice exam in Edinburgh. His FRIBA nomination papers state that in the same year, 1935, he won the Andrew Grant Scholarship, which enabled him to spend two years on a tour embracing Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey and France. However his ARIBA papers show that he was still in Wornum's office when he applied for admittance as ARIBA in 1936, and he was admitted on 22 June that year, his proposers being Wornum, Philip Dalton Hepworth and Stanley Hinge Hamp.
He commenced practice on his own account in Liverpool in 1937, but took salaried a post with ICI (Foodstuffs Group) at Grangemouth from 1941-43. He would appear to have returned to private practice and combined this with teaching at the Municipal School of Art and was elected FRIBA in 1951, his proposers being Frederick Gibberd, G Jellicoe, J Hubert Worthington. Gibberd noted in his Fellowship Paper what he had a 'brilliant career as a student'. In 1951 he was head of the Department of Architecture at Manchester Municipal School of Art.
Cecil Stewart's death date has not yet been established certainly but he would appear to have died in 1964. This is confirmed by the fact that he is no longer listed in the RIBA Directory of 1967-68. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 22, Pembridge Gardens, London W2, England | Private | 1936 * | | | | Liverpool, England | Business | 1937 | | | | 9, Berkeley Mansions, Fielden Park, Manchester, England | Private | 1951 * | | | | Manchester Municipal School of Art, All Saints, Manchester, England | Business | 1951 * | | | | Kingston House, Kingston Road, Manchester, England | Business | 1960s | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | George Grey Wornum | 1932 | 1934 | Assistant | | | George Grey Wornum | 1935 | 1936 or 1937 | Assistant | |
RIBARIBA ProposersRIBA ProposalsThis proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Dennis John Richard Garnett | 4 June 1960 or 4 October 1960 | for Associateship |
Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | 1932 | RIBA Headquarters | | | London | England | As assistant to George Grey Wornum | | 1938 | Manderley | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | In conjunction with G P K Young |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA | 1964 | The RIBA Kalendar 1963-64 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | The Guardian | 15 January 1964 | | | p3 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no6071 (combined box 117); F no4577 (combined box 22) |
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