Harold Seymore Scott
Harold Seymore Scott ARIBA (5 October 1883–25 December 1945) was a noted architect best known for designing cinemas during the 1920s and 1930s.
Scott was born in Birmingham in 1883,[1] and he was to live and work here for the rest of his life. However, he designed cinema buildings across the United Kingdom. He married Doris Bailey (1890-1939) in 1910,[1][2] and with her had two sons: John Seymore Scott (1914-2012), and Harold Raymond Scott (1915-1991), both of whom, like their father, were architects. From 1911 to 1925 he was in partnership with Harold William Weedon, the two working together to design several high-quality cinemas in Warwickshire[3] including the Birchfield Picturedrome in Birchfield, completed in 1913,[4] and several upmarket houses in Warwickshire.[5] Scott was an Associate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[6]
On his death in 1945 he left an estate valued at £156214 7s. 7. to his two sons, his wife having predeceased him.
Cinemas designed by Scott[edit]
- The Empire (1934), Aldershot, Hampshire[7]
- The Piccadilly (1930), Stratford Road, Birmingham
- The Electric Picture House (1912), Birmingham[8]
- Regal Cinema (1932), Camberley, Surrey
- The Oak Cinema (1923), Selly Oak[9]
- Regal Cinema, Handsworth, Birmingham[9]
- Pavilion Cinema, Stirchley, Birmingham[9]
- Regal Cinema (1937), Cirencester, Gloucestershire[10]
- Regal Cinema (1932), Lichfield[11]
- Regal Cinema (1933), Farnham, Surrey[12]
Cinemas designed by Scott & Weedon[edit]
- Birchfield Picturedrome (1913), Birchfield, Birmingham[13]
Other works by Scott[edit]
- The Wyche Free Church (1911), Malvern, Worcestershire[14]
- Redmarley (1936), 32 Pritchatts Road, Birmingham
References[edit]
- ^ a b Doris Scott, Census of England and Wales (1911)
- ^ Marriage of Harold S Scott and Doris Bailey (1910), England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
- ^ Harold William Weedon, Encyclopædia Britannica, Oxford University Press
- ^ Eyles, Allen (2002). Odeon Cinemas 1: Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation. London: BFI Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 0-85170-813-7.
- ^ Curl, James Stevens, ed. (2006). "Weedon, Harold William". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Oxford Reference Online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
- ^ Harold Seymore Scott, Midlands and Various UK Trade Directories, 1770-1941
- ^ The Empire Cinema, Aldershot, Cinema Treasures website
- ^ Broadway Cinema, Birmingham Images, the Library of Birmingham
- ^ a b c The Oak Cinema, Wonderland Birmingham website
- ^ Regal Cinema, Historic England database
- ^ Regal Cinema, Lichfield, Cinema Treasures website
- ^ Regal Cinema, Farnham, Cinema Treasures website
- ^ Birchfield Picturedrome, Cinema Treasures website
- ^ The Wyche Free Church, Worcester and Dudley Historic Churches Trust