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during this period. The practice was established in the 1930s by Frank Quentery Farmer and Bernard Frankland Dark.

Selected works

* Willington Power Station *

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factory, Gillingham * Loewy offices, Poole * Fanum House, Basingstoke * Glenmere Community Primary School in

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was built in 1964 and listed at Grade II in 2025.Twentieth Century Society https://c20society.org.uk/news/lincolnshires-innovative-glenmere-school-listed

References

{{reflist Architecture firms of England