Leslie Benjamin Cook [also known as Leslie B. Cook] was born the son of Benjamin Gough Cook (1853-1927), a builder, in Battersea, Surrey [now London], England in 1885. In the 1901 England and Wales Census his occupation was given as Draughtsman. He subsequently worked as an architect and as as painter, however, it is not known where or with whom he trained.
A watercolour painting of a bedroom and a watercolour drawing of a dining-room designed by Cook and executed by Maple & Co. are illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1912 (pp. 25, 41).
Cook exhibited at the Royal Academy in London between 1910 and 1915. His address was given as 36 Beaconsfield Road, Leyton, London in 1910, and 30 Queen's Road, Leytonstone, Essex in 1916. He died in Penmaenmawr, Carnarvon, Wales on 7 January 1916
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
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