Basic Biographical Details Name: | Robert Mather Godfrey | Designation: | | Born: | 27 July 1924 | Died: | 8 November 1979 | Bio Notes: | Robert Mather Godfrey was born on 27 July 1924, the son of James Godfrey, ironmoulder, and his wife Magdalene Mather. He was apprenticed to Wilson & Wilson of Falkirk from July 1941 to 1943 while attending part-time classes at the Glasgow School of Architecture. His training was interrupted by war service in 1943-6, when he served as a navigator with the RAF.
In 1946 he returned to Wilson & Wilson as assistant and resumed his studies at the GSA, gaining a silver medallion in June 1949. He then attended Royal Technical College lectures on reinforced concrete and professional practice for a year. He passed the qualifying exam in November 1953 and was admitted ARIBA on 2 February 1954, having been a student member since 1949. His proposers were Alistair Marshall McMichael, Edward Sinclair Bell and Henry Wilson, who described him as 'capable, reliable & well qualified'. By that time or shortly thereafter he returned to Wilson & Wilson as an assistant, and he was taken into partnership in April 1956. He was elected FRIBA on 7 February 1968, proposed by Bell, Robert Scott Morton and Margaret Justin Blanco White.
He died at Glenochil Yard Factory, Menstrie on 8 November 1979, survived by his wife Margaret Lilias Trapp. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Redcroft/87, South Broomage Avenue, Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland | Private | | 1979 | | | 21, Burnhead Road, Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland | Private | c. 1950 | After 1955 | | | Calderwood, South Broomage Avenue, Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland | Private | 1968 * | | | | 39, Vicar Street, Falkirk, West Lothian, Scotland | Business | Before 1968 | 1970s | | | Arnot Grange, Maggie Wood's Loan, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland | Private | 1979 | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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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 | | After 1956 | Bowhouse Church of Scotland | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | After 1956 | Denny & Dunipace Town Centre redevelopment | Denny|Dunipace | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | After 1956 | Denny Old Parish Church | Denny | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | After 1956 | Falkirk Royal Infirmary | Falkirk | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | New kitchen, pharmacy and stores block, and alterations to boiler house, mortuary and post-mortem accommodation | | After 1956 | Five advance factories for Burgh of Denny & Dunipace | Denny|Dunipace | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | After 1956 | Foundry buildings and offices | Falkirk | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | After 1956 | Grangemouth Town Hall | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Further extensions | | After 1956 | House for J Wotherspoon | | | | Scotland | | | After 1956 | House for R Campbell | | | | Scotland | | | After 1956 | Housing schemes for Burgh of Denny & Dunipace | Denny|Dunipace | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | After 1956 | Housing schemes for West Lothian County Council | | | West Lothian | Scotland | | | After 1956 | Housing works for Bridge of Allan | Bridge of Allan | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | After 1956 | Larbert Old Church | Larbert | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Repairs | | After 1956 | St Michael's Parish Church | Linlithgow | | West Lothian | Scotland | Restoration, repair, redecoration and lighting | | After 1956 | Territorial and Auxiliary Forces drill hall | Denny | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | After 1956 | Territorial and Auxiliary Forces drill hall | Falkirk | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | May have been done after Wilson left the practice | | After 1956 | Territorial and Auxiliary Forces drill hall | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | After 1956 | Territorial Army centre, Bog Road | Falkirk | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | After 1956 | Territorial Army centre, Forthside | Stirling | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1958 | Country house for J M Lindsay | | | | Scotland | | | 1959 | Airfield 3 housing scheme | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1961 | Kirk of the Holy Rude | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1962 | Airfield 6 housing scheme | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1963 | Airfield 9 housing scheme | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1963 | Bowhouse 1st housing scheme | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1963 | Cafeteria and tennis changing rooms | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1964 | Bowhouse 3rd housing scheme | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1964 | Bowhouse 4th housing scheme | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1964 | Bowhouse Community Centre | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1964 | Sports stadium grandstand, Kersiebank Avenue | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1965 | Grangemouth Stadium | Grangemouth | | West Lothian | Scotland | | | 1965 | Nine advance factories | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1966 | Bowhouse 6th housing scheme | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1966 | Commercial garage | Falkirk | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1966 | Development of flats over shops | Denny | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1966 | Factory for Whitegates Knitwear, South Lumley Street | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1966 | Small shopping centre of 6 shops and 12 houses | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1967 | Factories for G B Plastics Ltd | | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1967 | Grangemouth Swimming Pool and Sports complex | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1967 | Wholesale warehouse for Renton's of Falkirk | Falkirk | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | Before 1968 | Falkirk Royal Infirmary | Falkirk | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | Accident and Emergency Block, Outpatient Block and X-ray & Records Department | | 1975 | Christ the King RC Church | Grangemouth | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Bailey, Rebecca M | 1996 | Scottish architects' papers: a source book | | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | p115 | | RIBA | 1950 | The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | | | RIBA | 1964 | The RIBA Kalendar 1963-64 | | | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1979 | Directory of members | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIAS, Rutland Square | Records of membership | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A no15586 (stored under F5875); F no5875 (combined box 105) |
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