Frank Matcham & Co
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- Author(s) Wilmore, David (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2008
- Pages 226pp; illus
- Publisher Theatreshire Books
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Includes essays on 'Matcham & Co' by David Wilmore [pp124-41]; 'Matcham Office at Work' by John Earl; and 'Frank Matcham in perspective' by Andrew Saint [pp10-29]. The latter essay deals with Matcham's office, the way the design process was organised and the precise relationship between the architect and his appointed specialisation' as well as with his clients. It has sections: 'The drawing office'; 'The Matcham archive'; 'The Hackney Empire'; 'Pro bono Oswald Stoll'; 'Harrogate Royal Hall'. The volume also contains a family tree of Matcham family descended from George Matcham, c1766-1852