Stanley Chave Kerr Bate (14 August 1906 – 8 April 1989) was a
British
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architect
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.
He was born in
Chiswick
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, England, the son of Commander Francis William Bate RNR, Surveyor Marine Dept,
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, and his wife Helen Maria Talbot Bate.
[''London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1917''][''1911 England Census''] Kerr Bate began his career with the
inheritance
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of the architectural practice of
Frederick Walters.
In 1953, a south aisle designed by Kerr Bate was added to the
Church of St Anselm and St Cecilia, and the
facade rebuilt. Walters originally had designed the church, which was built in 1909.
Kerr Bate also was the architect for the Catholic
church
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of
St. Joan of Arc, Highbury in London, built in 1960,
and further designed Holy Trinity, Otford, built from 1980.
He died in London in 1989.
[''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995'']
References
1906 births
1989 deaths
British architects
People from Chiswick
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