Harry Stuart Goodhart-RendelCBE (1887 in
Cambridge[1] – 21 June 1959 in
Westminster,
London[2]) was a British architect, writer and musician.
Life
Harry Stuart Goodhart was born on 29 May 1887 in Cambridge, England. He added the additional name Rendel by royal licence in 1902.[3] He was educated at
Eton College,[4] and read music at
Trinity College, Cambridge. He worked briefly for
Sir Charles Nicholson, and then set up his own architectural practice. He is known for his church projects.[5] In 1936 he converted to Catholicism. [6]
Although he was a good 25 years older than
Michael Noble, later Baron Glenkinglas, the two had a friendly feud based on the much nastier Andrew Noble -
George Whitwick Rendel feud.
Several houses in the Surrey village of
East Clandon were built to his drawings including Antler's Corner, Appletree Cottage, Meadow Cottage and 5 School Lane (1910), Prospect Cottages (1914), Snelgate Cottages (1926) and the St Thomas' Housing Society Cottages (1947)
St Martin and St Ninian Catholic Church, George St,
Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Galloway, Scotland, 1959-60.
[1] His only known building in Scotland. The interior has seen some reordering with the moving forward of the altar from the East wall after the
Second Vatican Council. At that time the
baldacchino was also removed, together with some decorative ironwork. The East elevation has a carved
Hew Lorimer crucifix mounted to wall.[13]
^Robey, Ann (2009). "Eton Manor Boys Club". In Rigg, Lisa (ed.). Hackney - Modern, Restored, Forgotten, Ignored: 40 Buildings to Mark 40 Years of the Hackney Society. The Hackney Society. pp. 96–99.
ISBN978-0-9536734-1-4.