Keith Young
Keith Downes Young | |
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 Photographic portrait of Keith Downes Young. | |
| Born | 12 September 1848 |
| Died | 1 December 1929 (aged 81) |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery |
| Education | Tonbridge School |
| Occupation | Architect |
Keith Downes Young (12 September 1848 - 1 December 1929) was an English architect best known for designing hospitals and school sanatoria.
Biography
[edit]Keith Downes Young was born in King's Road, Richmond, Surrey on 12 September 1848.[1] He attended Tonbridge School, after which, in 1865,[2] he was articled to his father, George Adam Young.[3] He studied at South Kensington School of Art and the Architectural Association.[3]
He commenced independent practice in London in 1871 and entered into partnership with his father the following year.[4] By 1886 he had entered into partnership with the church architect, Henry Hall, and their practice acquired a reputation for designing hospitals and school sanatoria.[3] The partnership of Young and Hall was considered to be the pre-eminent British architects in the designing of hospitals. By 1922 sixteen hospitals had been built to their designs and over thirty-five others had been remodelled and rebuilt under their direction.[5]
Young practiced for over fifty years, advising on approximately forty hospitals, either as new buildings or alterations,[1] including the Middlesex Hospital, the Royal Eye Hospital, the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis, the Chelsea Hospital for Women and Guy's Hospital Medical School.[3] Young held long-term positions as architect to the London Fever Hospital and the Middlesex Hospital. He was also appointed as Honorary Architect to the Royal Eye Hospital.[5]
Keith Downes Young died on 1 December 1929 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
Selected works
[edit]Hospitals:[3]
- Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby
- Royal Eye Hospital, Southwark
- Victoria Hospital for Children, Tite Street, Chelsea
- Evelina Hospital for Children, Southwark
- Royal Dental Hospital, Leicester Square
- East Sussex Hospital, Hastings
- Great Northern Hospital, Holloway
- Hampstead General Hospital, Pond Street, Hampstead
- Bolingbroke Hospital, Battersea
- Chelsea Hospital for Women, Dovehouse Street
- London Fever Hospital, Islington (Isolation Block)[6]
- Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Gray's Inn Road
- Maida Vale Hospital, Maida Vale
- Chest Hospital, Putney
- Miller Hospital, Greenwich
- Middlesex Hospital, Marylebone
School Sanatoria:[3]
- Harrow School, Harrow
- Clifton College, Bristol
- Shrewsbury School, Shrewsbury
- Sherborne School, Dorset
- Blundell's School, Tiverton
Other works:[3]
- Evening Standard Building, Shoe Lane, City of London
- Dunsley Hall, near Whitby, North Yorkshire
- Extension to Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields
Gallery
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Derbyshire Royal Infirmary. -
Victoria Hospital for Children, Chelsea. -
Hampstead General Hospital, Pond Street, NW3. -
Bolingbroke Hospital, Battersea. -
Grave of Keith Young in Highgate Cemetery.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Keith Downes Young". Who's Who 1922. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U219640. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "K D Young & Hall". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Gray, Stuart (1985). Edwardian Architecture, A Biographical Dictionary. London: Gerald Duckworth. p. 394. ISBN 1-85326-908-5.
- ^ "Keith Downes Young". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ a b Notable Londoners, an Illustrated Who's Who of Professional and Business Men (1922), London: London Publishing Agency, page 13; accessed 20 July 2024.
- ^ "London Fever Hospital, New Isolation Block". The Builder. 22 December 1883.
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