Background
He was born in Lowton and attended Bury High School, before studying architecture under Reginald Cordingley at the University of Manchester.
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He was born in Lowton and attended Bury High School, before studying architecture under Reginald Cordingley at the University of Manchester.
Bachelor in Architect with honors, University Manchester, England, 1951. Master of Arts, University Manchester, England, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Manchester, England, 1963.
He was an authority on the history of architecture and particularly on British vernacular architecture. After a two-year stint with the British Army, Brunskill was appointed to a London County Council commission of architects. He left that position to teach at his alma mater, then spent a year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Commonwealth Fund fellowship
He joined Williams Deacon"s Bank in 1957, and oversaw the maintenance of 250 branch offices, designing twenty new buildings.
Brunskill returned to Manchester as reader in 1960. Brunskill contributed significantly to assessing the date, extent and impact of the Great Rebuilding of England.
Brunskill accepted that for much of England West. G. Hoskins"s thesis that the Great Rebuilding spanned the period from 1570 to 1640. But Brunskill contended that the period varied both by region and by social class: starting in South East England and among the higher-income social classes, and then spreading both geographically west and north and socially to lower-income classes.
In 1990 Brunskill was awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to conservation.
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Vice chairman Royal Commision on the Ancient and History Monuments of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1983-1997. Member Cathedral Fabric Commission, London, 1991-1996, Cathedrals Advisory Commission, London, 1981-1991, History buildings and Monuments communications of England, 1989-1995. Chairman Ancient Monuments Society, London, since 1990, Friends of Friendless Churches, London, 1990-1998.
Vice president Weald and Downland Museum, Chichester, since 1980. Lieutenant British Army, 1953-1955. Fellow Society Antiquaries.
Member Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarianand Archaeol. Society (president 1990-1993), The Wilmslow Trust (chairman 1973-1975), Vernacular Architecture Group (chairman 1974-1977).
Married Mirriam Allsopp, June 20, 1960. Children: Lesley, Robin.