Quennell, Charles Henry Bourne | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

QUENNELL, Charles Henry Bourne (1872-1935), FRIBA, was active in London, England where he is best known for his country and suburban houses erected in many locations in the southern counties. He was also active as the author who produced a widely circulated book in 1906 entitled 'Modern Suburban Homes'. One of his last works completed before his death was the residence in Rockliffe Park for Dr. Hugh Fleming, Crescent Drive, OTTAWA, ONT., 1931-32 (Martha Edmond, Rockcliffe Park - A History of the Village, 2005, 215). The interiors of this Georgian Revival design appeared in Canadian Homes and Gardens, x, May 1933, 22-25, and are the epitome of the style which strongly influenced much of Canadian residential design in the 1930's. A major appraisal of the career and work of Quennell written by Elizabeth McKellar was published in Architectural History [London], Vol. 50, 2007, pp. 211-46. Quennell died in London on 5 December 1935 (obituary in the The Builder [London], cxlix, 13 Dec. 1935, 1055; R.I.B.A. Journal, xliii, 21 Dec. 1935, 212; Directory of British Architects 1834-1900, 1993, 750).