Thomas Arthur Darcy Braddell [commonly known as Darcy Braddell] was born in Singapore in 1884 and was articled to Sir Ernest George (1839-1922.) in London. He also attended the Architectural Association Schools in London, He commenced independent practice in London in 1908 and was in partnership with Humphry Deane (1883-1955) as Braddell & Deane [also known as Deane & Braddell] from c.1912. By the late 1930s a third partner had joined the practice and the firm had been renamed Braddell, Deane & Bird.
Braddell was admitted an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1920, and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1922. He joined the Art Workers Guild in 1922. He was the author of How to Look at Buildings published in 1932.
Braddell was the husband of the designer and decorative artist, Dorothy Adelaide Braddell, nee Busse, (1889-1981).
His address was given as 5 Holland Park Avenue, London in 1905; 13 Old Quebec Street, Marble Arch, London 1914 and 1926; and Victor House, Portman Square, London in 1930 and 1939. He died in London on 20 February 1970.
"Priestoun", Forfarshire; "Crossways", Burnham, Som.: Model Cottages at Sundridge and Blackpool; alterations and additions to " Melchet Court", Hants; " Dovery", Porlock; "Nuttall", Staffs.; "Orchards", Windlesham; decorations in Secretary of State's Boom, India Office, and at 86, Lowndes Square; 22, Hyde Park Square; 1, Grosvenor Crescent, &c. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1914]
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In partnership with H. Deane: Alterations to Melchet Court, Romsey, Hants, 1912-14; restoration of Winnington Hall, Cheshire, 1920; restoration and additions to Cut Mill House, Bosham, 1920; war memorials at Winnington and Lostock, Cheshire, 1920; decorations at Combe Bank, Sevenoaks, 1921, and Harecombe Manor, Crowborough; cottages at Sundridge, Kent, and Clifford Chambers, Stratford-on-Avon; small country houses at Burnham (Somerset), Sandwich Bay, Edzell (Forfarshire), Hampstead Garden Suburb. Paston (Norfolk), etc., etc.: London work: 20, Ludgate Hill; 65, Rutland Gate; 28, Avenue Road; 1, Grosvenor Crescent. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1923]
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See also Historic England; UK Modern House, RIBA Architecture Library [links below]
‘A House in Middlesex Designed by Darcy Braddell and Humphry Deane’. Country Life 7 April 1934 pp.352-355
Braddell, Darcy. ‘The Future of English Domestic Architecture IV. The Town House’. Architecture, a magazine of architecture and the applied arts and crafts; London vol. 9, issue 51, September 1931 pp. 124-130 [Features work by Humphry Deane and Darcy Braddell]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
Marriott, Charles. Modern English Architecture. London: Chapman & Hall, 1924
‘Obituary’. Building vol. 218, February 1970 p.9
Who's Who in Architecture 1914. Lindon: Technical Journals Ltd., 1914
Who's Who in Architecture 1923. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: Architectural Press, 1923