Died 13 January 1983 Nationality British | Occupation Architect Name Frank Broadbent | |
Practice Goodhart-Rendel Broadbent & Curtis | ||
Francis George Broadbent (1909 , Fulham, London – 13 January 1983, Wandsworth, London) was a 20th-century English architect known for his work in designing churches and schools for the Roman Catholic Church.
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Career
Broadbent was a partner in the architectural firm Goodhart-Rendel Broadbent & Curtis in the 1950s and 1960s and took over the practice when Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel died. Subsequently, he became senior partner in Broadbent Hastings Reid & New, retiring in 1980.
Works
He completed the restoration work on Prinknash Abbey, which had been started by Goodhart-Rendel in 1939.
Broadbent also restored Tyburn convent (1962).
He worked, from 1959 to 1960, with Goodhart-Rendel on the design and construction of SS Ninian, Martin and John Roman Catholic Church in Whithorn, Wigtonshire, Scotland.
The churches he designed include:
Personal life
Broadbent lived at 71 Christchurch Road, East Sheen.
Death and legacy
Broadbent died on 13 January 1983, aged 73.
His correspondence with Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel from 1941 to 1959 is held by the Royal Institute of British Architects in its Archives and Drawings Collection.