Edward Maufe, architect

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Maufe, Edward Brantwood (1882-1974)


Summary of life and works - LinkExternal link

As far as possible images have been drawn from those available on Geograph. Where there are no images on Geograph (this is particularly the case with private houses) links to other sources have been provided. The Royal Institute of British Architects RIBApix online database of images is a prime source of reference for those who wish to investigate further the work of Edward Maufe. Many of Maufe's buildings are listed, links to the official schedules are provided where appropriate.

A comprehensive list of Edward Maufe's work may found in Appendix 1 of: Dunmur, Juliet Edward Maufe : architect and cathedral builder Bury : Mayhill Publishing, 2019.


1. Amesbury : Lloyds Bank

The list of works in Dunmur's biography of Maufe includes a bank at Amesbury, probably this one



2. Andover : Andover War Memorial Hospital (with Leslie Thomas Moore)(1924)



3. Bradford : Bradford Cathedral

Bradford Cathedral is dedicated to St Peter and became a cathedral when the diocese was created in 1919. The cathedral was extended in the 1950s and 1960s by architect, Edward Maufe. Grade I listed - LinkExternal link



4. Chatham : Chatham Naval Memorial surround

One of the statues on the surround of the Chatham Naval Memorial, beside the entrance gate to the memorial.
Part of the Surround (around the central obelisk), designed by Sir Edward Maufe. The bronze plaques are for the 10,098 additional names of the sailors from the later conflict (the Second World War).

On Remembrance Day, hence wreath of Red Poppies.
by David Anstiss
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5. Eastbourne : Church of St Mary, Hampden Park



6. Englefield Green : Runnymede Memorial (1953)



7. Goodrington : Church of St George


8. Guildford : Cathedral of the Holy Spirit

Guildford Cathedral, or to give it its full name, The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, viewed across the area of grass in front of its west end. Consecrated in 1961, having been completed in stages from the laying of its foundation stone in 1936, it was designed by the architect Edward Maufe. The land was donated by Lord Onslow. Grade II* listed - see LinkExternal link.
by Ian Capper



9. Hook : Church of St John the Evangelist



10. Hove : Bishop Hannington Memorial Church

Built 1938/1939. Grade II listed -LinkExternal link



11. Kelling : Kelling Hall

Image at this LinkExternal link


12. London : 81 Redington Road, Hampstead

No. 81 Redington Road was built in 1921 to a design by architect Edward Maufe
by Jim Osley



13. London : Church of St Alphege, Lower Edmonton



14. London : Church of St Bede, Clapham



154. London : Church of St Columba, Knightsbridge

Grade II listed Presbyterian church building 1950-1955 to a design by architect Edward Maufe -
LinkExternal link
by Jim Osley



16. London : Church of St Saviour and Institute

Built as St Saviour's Church and Institute, 1924-5 by Edward Brantwood Maufe for the Royal Association in aid of the Deaf and Dumb. Grade II listed - LinkExternal link
by Jim Osley


Built as St Saviour's Church and Institute, 1924-5 by Edward Brantwood Maufe for the Royal Association in aid of the Deaf and Dumb. Grade II listed - LinkExternal link
by Jim Osley



17. London : Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Hanwell



18. London : Golders Green Crematorium War Memorial

Built in 1949 to a design by architect Edward Maufe.
by Jim Osley



19. London : The Heal's Building extension

The Heal's Building on Tottenham Court Road is Grade II* listed and extensively described at this LinkExternal link. The image shows a section of the southern extension built to a design by architect Edward Maufe between 1936 and 1938
by Jim Osley



20. London : Holker Library, South Square, Gray's Inn

Built in a design by architect Edward Maufe. It replaced the former bomb-damaged earlier library, and opened in 1958.
by Jim Osley



21. London : Lloyds Bank, Muswell Hill

Neo-Georgian bank built in 1927 to the designs of architect Edward Maufe. Ref: Buildings of England. London 4: North, p. 565.
by Jim Osley



22. London : Lloyds Bank, 50 Notting Hill Gate

Built in 1930 to a design by architect Edward Maufe, with an unsympathetic later frontage
by Jim Osley



23. London : Morley College extension



24. Ongar : Little Roothings, Moreton


25. Poole : House on Round Island (1935)

House on a private island. No image available apart from one in Dunmur, p.218-220

26. Poole : Yaffle Hill, Broadstone

Grade II listed - LinkExternal link
Image at LinkExternal link
Dunmur, p. 215-217

27. Runnymede : Magna Carta Memorial

The Magna Carta Memorial was established by the American Bar Association to commemorate the sealing of the Magna Carta, (the great charter), which is held as being the first "bill of human rights", and established the principle of freedom under the law. The charter was sealed by King John on the 15th June 1215 at a location on the opposite side of the Thames to the memorial.
by Len Williams



28. St Albans : Lloyds Bank

Bank building in Chequer Street, dating from 1914 originally for the Capital and Counties Bank (which was acquired by Lloyds Bank in 1918), designed by Edward Maufe.
by Ian Capper



29. Saltdean : Church of St Nicholas

This new church was dedicated in May 1965.
by Dave Spicer



30. Weston Green : Church of All Saints (1938/1939)



31. Woking : Brookwood Memorial


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