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William Whitfield (architect)

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Tusmore Park

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

William Whitfield was born in 1920.[1]

Whitfield is responsible for the Library and Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Extension, 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. He designed the 1987 Department of Health building in Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, London.[1]

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

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.