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Reginald C. Fry (1878–1932) was an English
architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
. Fry's largest body of work can be found at
Park Langley Park Langley is a suburb of south-east London, located in the London Borough of Bromley. Prior to 1965 it was in the historic county of Kent. It borders Shortlands and Beckenham to the north, Bromley to the east, Hayes and West Wickham to th ...
, Beckenham where he was supervising architect for the laying out of the estate and designer of many of the houses. His most memorable house on the estate is 2 Whitecroft Way the design for which won the
Ideal House Competition The Ideal House Competition was run for many years as part of the Ideal Home Show. Every year designs were invited and the winning schemes would be constructed at Olympia, London, for the Ideal Home Show the following year. The houses were oft ...
in 1911 and was erected at Olympia in the
Ideal Home Show The Ideal Home Show (formerly called the Ideal Home Exhibition) is an annual event in London, England, held at Olympia. The show was devised by the ''Daily Mail'' newspaper in 1908 and continued to be run by the ''Daily Mail'' until 2009. It w ...
of 1912. He also designed the Boyne Road Development in Lewisham which is now in a conservation area for the Daily Mail home of the year competition for 1912.


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1878 births 1932 deaths 20th-century English architects Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{UK-bio-stub