Francis Pollen

Francis Anthony Baring Pollen, FRIBA (7 December 1926 – 4 November 1987) was an English architect who designed, amongst other significant buildings, Worth Abbey in West Sussex.[1]

He was born in London on 7 December 1926 and educated at Downside School, Somerset and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1950 he married Thérèse Sheridan: they had one son and four daughters. In 1954 he began working for Lionel Brett, becoming his partner in 1959. His first commission was a Carmelite convent at Presteigne. This was followed by other churches, including St John Bosco's at Woodley, and St Peter's, Marlow.[2] He also worked at Downside Abbey, for Barclays Bank and on private houses before going solo in 1971.

His daughter Clare has been Countess of Oxford & Asquith since her husband assumed the earldom in 2014.[3]

Pollen died on 4 November 1987.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Alan Powers, ‘Pollen, Francis Anthony Baring (1926–1987)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2011 accessed 10 April 2015
  2. ↑ The Tablet
  3. ↑ Lundy, Darryl. "Biography Clare Asquith". The Peerage.
  4. ↑ Births, Marriages, Deaths. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 7 November 1987; pg. 37; Issue 62920

Further reading

  • Powers, Alan (1999). Francis Pollen: Architect, 1926-1987. Robert Dugdale. ISBN 978-0946976096.



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