Education
He was educated at Eton College, and read music at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was educated at Eton College, 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. He was Oxford"s Slade Professor of Fine Art, from 1933 to 1936.
His 1934 lectures on Victorian architecture were considered important, as part of the informed revival of interest in Victoriana, by Nikolaus Pevsner.
He served as president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (Royal Institute of British Architects) from 1937 to 1939. He was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1955.
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. Eton Manor Boys Club, Riseholme Street, London E9 (1912 demolished 1969)
Street Olaf House, London (1928-1932)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Banstead Wood, Surrey (1948)
Street John the Evangelist"s Church, Street Leonards-on-Sea (rebuilding after war damage, 1951)
Friary Church of Street Francis and Street Anthony, Crawley (1955-1959)
Our Lady of the Rosary, Marylebone
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 Street Thomas" Housing Society Cottages (1947)
Goodhart-Rendel designed a cover for the organ at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great Park.
His father was Harry Chester Goodhart (1858–1895), a former international football player who became Professor of Latin at the University of Edinburgh.
His mother was Rose Ellen Rendel, the daughter of Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel, from whom in 1945 he inherited a substantial estate including Hatchlands Park.