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[[File:Gates to Tusmore Park - geograph.org.uk - 453478.jpg|thumb|175px|Tusmore Park]]
[[File:Gates to Tusmore Park - geograph.org.uk - 453478.jpg|thumb|175px|Tusmore Park]]
Together with his partner [[Andrew Lockwood]], he designed the neo-Palladian mansion [[Tusmore, Oxfordshire#Tusmore Park|Tusmore Park]] in Oxfordshire for the Saudi Arabian financier [[Wafic Saïd]].<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news|last1=Worsley|first1=Giles|title=The English country house rises once more|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1475634/The-English-country-house-rises-once-more.html|accessdate=30 November 2014|work=Daily Telegraph|date=2 November 2004}}</ref>
Together with his partner [[Andrew Lockwood]], he designed the neo-Palladian mansion [[Tusmore, Oxfordshire#Tusmore Park|Tusmore Park]] in Oxfordshire for the Saudi Arabian financier [[Wafic Saïd]].<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news|last1=Worsley|first1=Giles|title=The English country house rises once more|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1475634/The-English-country-house-rises-once-more.html|accessdate=30 November 2014|work=Daily Telegraph|date=2 November 2004}}</ref>


From 1985 to 1990, he was [[Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral]].<ref name="Burman2">{{cite book|last=Burman|first=Peter|title=St. Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London, 604-2004|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2004|chapter=Chapter 23: Decoration, Furnishings and Art since 1900|page=264|editor-last1=Keene|editor-first1=Derek|editor-last2=Burns|editor-first2=R. Arthur|editor-last3=Saint|editor-first3=Andrew|ISBN=9780300092769}}</ref>
From 1985 to 1990, he was [[Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral]].<ref name="Burman2">{{cite book|last=Burman|first=Peter|title=St. Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London, 604-2004|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2004|chapter=Chapter 23: Decoration, Furnishings and Art since 1900|page=264|editor-last1=Keene|editor-first1=Derek|editor-last2=Burns|editor-first2=R. Arthur|editor-last3=Saint|editor-first3=Andrew|ISBN=9780300092769}}</ref>

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William Whitfield
Born1920
OccupationArchitect
TitleSir

Sir William Whitfield (born 1920) of Whitfield Lockwood Architects is a British architect.

Early life

William Whitfield was born in 1920.[1]

Career

Whitfield designed the Glasgow University Library (1968) and the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Extension at the University of Glasgow (1962–81). He designed the extension (1964–70) to Beresford Pite and John Belcher's 1892 Institute of Chartered Accountants Building, Chartered Accountants' Hall, including a new entrance, as well as the 1987 Department of Health building, Richmond House in Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, London.[1]

Tusmore Park

Together with his partner Andrew Lockwood, he designed the neo-Palladian mansion Tusmore Park in Oxfordshire for the Saudi Arabian financier Wafic Saïd.[2]

From 1985 to 1990, he was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sir William Whitfield". Oxford Index. OUP. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. ^ Worsley, Giles (2 November 2004). "The English country house rises once more". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. ^ Burman, Peter (2004). "Chapter 23: Decoration, Furnishings and Art since 1900". In Keene, Derek; Burns, R. Arthur; Saint, Andrew (eds.). St. Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London, 604-2004. Yale University Press. p. 264. ISBN 9780300092769.