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TILDEN, PHILIP #
- Born: 1887 Died: 1956
Architect, of London, for whom see Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 (RIBA 2001), II, 811. In the decade following World War II, Tilden designed a new house, Blackhall, Co. Kildare, for Sir Harold Wernher and Lord Astor and reduced the accommodation at Rockingham, Co. Roscommon, by sealing off the basement and upper floors.
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All information in this entry is from Philip Tilden, True Remembrances: the memoirs of an architect (Country Life, (1954), 170-171.
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Building: | CO. KILDARE, BLACKHALL |
Date: | 1940s? |
Nature: | Mew 9-bedroomed concrete house for Sir Harold Wernher and Lord Astor. |
Refs: | Philip Tilden, True Remembrances: the memoirs of an architect (Country Life, 1954), 171. |
Building: | CO. ROSCOMMON, ROCKINGHAM (BOYLE) |
Date: | 1940s? |
Nature: | Reduction of accommodation by sealing off basement and upper floors, leaving exterior intact. Changes took 'three years of hard work'. |
Refs: | Philip Tilden, True Remembrances: the memoirs of an architect (Country Life, 1954), 170-171. |