Background
He was born at Regent"s Park, London on 7 July 1859, the son of a coach builder.
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Francis Hooper
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He was educated at Spencer House, Wimbledon Common and at Marlborough College. While he was articled to Arthur Cates, Crown Surveyor, between 1876 and 1879, he studied architecture at University College London and at the Royal Academy.
Career
From c1875 to 1879 he was working for Messrs Saxon Snell. He commenced practice in Westminster in the mid-1880s. This partnership ended in 1896.
In 1894-1895 he was Vice President of the Architectural Association.
He became a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1897. In 1905 he was architect to beckenham School Board.
The Hoopers were resident at Kelsey, Wickham Road, from 1894 - 1896 then at 27 Albemarle Road, from 1896 until around 1912. They then lived at Kelsey Corner, Manor Way.
Hooper died here on 11 June 1938.
22-24 Kensington High Street. Demolished. 1883-1884 Ballroom at 22 Kensington Palace Gardens
1884 Whitehall Court, Victoria Embankment, London (with Archer) (1884)
1888 - 91 Hyde Park Court (Manderin Oriental Hotel), Hyde Park, London
127 Picadilly, London
1896 - 1901 Catesby House Stables, Northamptonshire (with Archer)
1890 - 7 Houses at Wickham Road, including: -
Johanisbad, 54 Wickham Road, (1890). Demolished. Youlegreave, 56 Wickham Road, (1891).
Demolished.
The Gables, 58 Wickham Road, (1891). Demolished. Rostrevor, 60 Wickham Road, (1891). Demolished. Kelsey, 62 Wickham Road, (1891).
Demolished.
Bryansford, 64 Wickham Road, (1891). Demolished. 66 Wickham Road, (c1895). Demolished. 68 Wickham Road, (c1895).
Demolished.
70 Wickham Road, (1897). Demolished. 72 Wickham Road, (1897). Local list. 74 Wickham Road, (1897).
Grade II listed building.
76 Wickham Road, (1898). Grade II listed building.
1891 58 Copers Cope Road. 1891 Vicarage, Court Downs Road, Demolished.
1896 Fairoak, 3 Overbury Avenue, Demolished.
1898 Vestry addition to Christ Church, Fairfield Road,
1901 Christ Church Halls, Fairfield Road,
1912 Church Schools and Hall, Preston Park, Brighton
1914 38 Manor Way,
1914 24 Manor Way,
1930 Landscaping scheme for War Memorial. "The Planning of Town Houses" before the advanced class of construction and practice of the Architectural Association on 26 October 1887
"Artisan"s Dwellings" read at the Congress of the Sanitary Insititue, Brighton, (after 1888). "Building Control in Paris" read before Royal Institute of British Architects, 1889.
Perspective sketches for two houses on Wickham Road, (including a g/f plan of one of them) published in Academy Architecture, 1894.
One is The Gables. The other was not erected on Wickham Road but built instead at 58 Copers Cope Road.
Achievements
Membership
On 6 November 1882 he was elected as a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was an elected member of Urban District Council from 1913 to 1919.
