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English architect (1928–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Arthur Wells-Thorpe OBE (1928–2019) was an English architect. He is best known for the breadth of his design capability in both the UK and numerous locations overseas.
John Wells-Thorpe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1928 Brighton, East Sussex, England |
| Died | 21 April 2019 |
| Education | University of Brighton |
| Occupation | Architect |
John Wells-Thorpe was born in 1928 in Brighton, East Sussex, England.[1][2] He attended the Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School.[3] He graduated from the University of Brighton (then called the Brighton College of Art), followed by three international scholarships to Rome, Northern Italy and Moorish Spain.[1][2]
He designed the Church of the Ascension in Westdene, Brighton, in 1958.[1] From 1958 to 1959 he designed the Church of the Resurrection, now known as St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, in Woodingdean.[1] In 1968, he designed the Holy Cross Church in Woodingdean.[1] Five years later, in 1973, he added an extension to St Wilfrid's Church in Chichester.[1] In 1974, he designed Hove Town Hall.[2] He also designed a "relocatable church", a TV studio in the Arabian Desert, and financial headquarters next door to St Paul's Cathedral in London.[2]
He served as vice-president of the Royal Institute of British Architects and president of the Commonwealth Association of Architects.[2][4] He also served on the advisory board of the BBC.[2] He was founding chair of South Downs Health NHS Trust.[2][4][5]
In the 1995 New Year Honours he was appointed OBE for services to architecture.[6]
He died on 21 April 2019 at the age of 90.[7]
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