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Howard Earnest Bernard Cavanagh FRIBA (17 August 1910 – 3 August 1960) was an English architect.

Career

H.E.B. Cavanagh was born in India, the eldest son of Bernard Cavanagh (b. 1877) and Annie. He arrived in London on the P&O ship Mongolia from India on 2 May 1915. He married fellow architect Beryl Joy Sarita Read (1908-1982) on 27 October 1934 at St Mary’s Church, Wootton-under-Edge. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs H. A. Read of Holywell Cottage, Wotton-under-Edge, and an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects. They have two sons. Their eldest, Terence D Cavanagh, was born on 1 November 1940. Their second son, Sean M Cavanagh, was born on 30 July 1949. During the Second World War he was a Lieutenant in the King’s Regiment. In 1947, he was appointed by the

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as Assistant Architect at Paddington. He later became Architect to the

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. He worked with Frederick Curtis and R.H. Jones on the western extension of the

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. In 1956 he started work with Ian J Campbell on the redesign of

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, but he died before its completion. The work was completed by

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. He died in a boating accident off the Isle of Wight on 3 August 1960.

Notable works

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1948 with Frederick Curtis and R.H. Jones *

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1956 (additions) *

Banbury railway station Banbury railway station serves the historic market town of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England. The station is a stop on the Chiltern Main Line; it is operated by Chiltern Railways and has four platforms in use. History Banbury Bridge Street stat ...

1958 *

1958-62 (with Ian Campbell)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cavanagh, Howard 1910 births 1960 deaths Architects from London British railway architects Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects Associates of the Royal Institute of British Architects King's Regiment (Liverpool) officers Great Western Railway people British Rail people British people in colonial India