Claude Russell Corfield was born in Budock, Cornwall, England in 1881. He was articled to Ewen Harper (1853-1920) and J. Alfred Harper of Harper & Brothers in Birmingham from 1901 to 1905 and stayed with them as their assistant for six months. He then worked as an assistant to (?) Taylor from 1905 to 1907 and to Herbert Tudor Buckland (1869-1951) in Birmingham from 1907 to 1909.
Corfield qualified as an architect in 1909 and was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) later that year. Soon after he returned to Cornwall and established his own independent architectural practice in Falmouth, Cornwall in 1911. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1939. His address that year was given as Strand Chambers, 9 Killigrew Street, Falmouth, Cornwall. He died in Falmouth on 5 April 1957.
Alterations and additions: Royal Cornwall Yacht Club; Wetherham, St. Tudy, Cornwall. "The Homestead", Falmouth ; several large houses and shop fronts at Falmouth; bungalow, St. Mawes, &c., &c. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1914]
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