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Robert Potter (architect)

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and was known for his design and conservation work on ecclesiastical buildings. Their partnership lasted 11 years, after which Potter established his own firm with a new partner, Richard Hare, based in De Vaux House in Salisbury.
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Potter married Geraldine Buchanan when he moved to Salisbury in 1935. They had three children together but divorced in the early 1960s. He married again to Margaret and had two stepchildren. He enjoyed
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in northern India where he was involved in constructing road and rail networks to enable troop movements to the war in the Far East. He attained the rank of
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Potter's work was not purely on new builds. He was involved in substantial renovation works to a number of well known buildings including
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in 1935, aged 26, establishing an architectural practice there. Within three years he was commissioned to design
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In 1989 Potter's designs were used to extend the St Edward the Confessor Roman Catholic Church in
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Potter's designs included military and residential buildings (such as the extensive extension to
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After the war he returned to Salisbury and began a professional partnership with
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in the city, which has subsequently become a listed building.
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Notable buildings that Potter designed or worked on include:
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Architect of major extension including 17-storey tower block
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The original Grade II* listed manor house still stands.
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Assisted with renovation; established masons' workshop
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Lincoln College Library (formerly All Saints Church)
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Index

Guildford
Regent Street Polytechnic
OBE
St Francis's Church, Salisbury
Church of the Ascension, Crownhill
South Stoneham Tower
Chichester Cathedral
Bodleian Library
St Stephen Walbrook
All Souls Church, Langham Place
St Paul's Cathedral
St Peter Mancroft
OBE
church buildings
Salisbury
Guildford
engraver
printing blocks
Bank of England
banknotes
Regent Street Polytechnic
Salisbury
St Francis's Church
Second World War
Royal Engineers
lieutenant-colonel
William Randoll Blacking
Ninian Comper
South Stoneham House
Southampton

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