Leslie Gooday
| Leslie Gooday | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 June 1921 Croydon |
| Died | 16 March 2013 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Order of the British Empire |
| Practice | Leslie Gooday & Associates |
| Buildings | Pools on the Park, Richmond, London; Longwall, St George's Hill, Weybridge, Surrey (both Grade II listed) |
Leslie Gooday OBE was a British architect.
Biography
Gooday was born in the former Croydon registration district of Surrey on 14 June 1921.[1] Elected to the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1951,[2] he assisted Hugh Casson in designing the boating-pool and leisure area at the 1951 Festival of Britain on London's South Bank.[3]
He designed, in 1961,[4] the Grade II listed[5] Richmond Baths, now known as Pools on the Park, a swimming pool and leisure facility in Old Deer Park in Richmond, London. Completed in 1966,[6][7] it received a Civic Trust award in 1967[5][8] and is recognised by Historic England as illustrating "the more ambitious use of glazed curtain walling and the post-Wolfenden Report[nb 1] emphasis on providing large banks of spectator seating".[9]
His architectural practice, Leslie Gooday & Associates, based in East Molesey,[2][10] Surrey, was appointed in 1967 to design the British pavilion at the Japan World Exposition at Osaka in 1970.[11]
In 1956 he designed two houses in post-war modernism in Ham Farm Road,[12] Ham, London[13] which were cited by Nikolaus Pevsner as representative of the "quiet elegance of the modern style of the fifties".[14] He also designed houses in other parts of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, the London Borough of Croydon, Surrey and East Sussex.[15] The Bosphorus House in Kippington Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, that he designed in the 1960s, was described in the local volume of The Buildings of England in 1983 as "ingenious".[16][17] He made alterations to the Mormon Church in Balham, London, in 1979–80.[18]
He died on 16 March 2013.[3][19]
Personal homes
Gooday designed the two homes in which he lived successively with his wife Rosemary and children:[19][20]
- 36 West Temple Sheen, East Sheen, London
- Longwall (built 1964–66) St George's Hill, Weybridge, Surrey – described in its statutory listing in the initial (Grade II) category as "perhaps his most successful work".[21][22]
Note
- ↑ The Wolfenden Report referred to in this instance is that of the Committee on Sport & the Community, chaired by John Wolfenden, whose report, commissioned by the Central Council of Physical Recreation, reported in 1960. "Sport & the Community: the report of the Wolfenden committee on Sport 1960". Sports Development. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
References
- ↑ "Leslie Gooday OBE". Toby Walker. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- 1 2 "In Memoriam". RIBA Journal. June 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- 1 2 "Shot Tower, boating-pool and riverside pavilions, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London". Gallery. RIBA. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ Cherry and Pevsner, p.93
- 1 2 Historic England. "Richmond Baths, Old Deer Park (1246189)". National Heritage List for England.
- ↑ Cherry and Pevsner, p.520
- ↑ "The Old Deer Park, Richmond – A Framework for Conservation and Development" (PDF). Friends of Richmond Green and others. June 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ Played in Britain (2015). "28.14 Pools on the Park" (PDF). Played in London: a directory of historic sporting assets in London. English Heritage, now Historic England. p. 139. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ "Sports and Recreation Buildings". Designating Heritage Assets. Historic England. December 2012. p. 7. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ↑ "Leslie Gooday & Associates". Find Kingston. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ "Designers for the Japan world fair". Design Journal (231): 23. 1967.
- ↑ Martin, Hugh; Anderson, Dave. "Building 8692". UK House Database. Cambridge 2000. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ Cherry and Pevsner, p.476
- ↑ Cherry and Pevsner, p.92
- ↑ Martin, Hugh; Anderson, Dave. "Leslie Gooday & Associates". UK House Database. Cambridge 2000. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ Martin, Hugh; Anderson, Dave. "Building 581". UK House Database. Cambridge 2000. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ Newman, John (1983). The Buildings of England – North East and East Kent (Third ed.). Penguin Books. p. 121. ISBN 0 14 071039 6.
- ↑ Cherry and Pevsner, p.664
- 1 2 Gooday, Max (March 2013). "Leslie Gooday O.B.E.". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ Architect's house, 36 West Temple Sheen, East Sheen, London: the entrance patio. RIBA.
- ↑ Historic England. "Long Wall, and Retaining Walls (1375675)". National Heritage List for England.
- ↑ Nairn, Ian and Pevsner, Nikolaus (1971). The Buildings of England – Surrey (Second ed.). London: Penguin Books. p. 520. ISBN 0 300 096 75 5.
Sources
- Cherry, Bridget and Pevsner, Nikolaus (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 93. ISBN 0 14 0710 47 7.