Cecil Jacob Eprile [also known as Cecil Jacob Epril; Cecil J. Eprile; and as Cecil Aprile] was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 11 March 1897 and was articled to Sidney Burgoyne Kitchener Caulfield (1877-1964) in Lincoln's Inn, London. He also attended Central School of Arts and Crafts in London and worked as an assistant to Ernest Newton (1856-1922)
Eprile qualified as an architect in the early 1920s and subsequently practised as an architect in London. During the 1930s he was in partnership with Percy Vivian Burnett (1896-1958) as Eprile & Burnett. They designed Beechcroft Court, Golders Green, London (early 1930s); and the Times Furbishing Company Building, Birmingham (1938).
Eprile was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1921 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1930).
In 1945 Eprile changed his surname by deed poll to Epril. His address was given as 74, Eccleston Square, Westminster, London in in 1923; 94, Jermyn Street, St. James's, London and 22, Pembury Road, Westcliffe, Essex in 1926; 107 Jermyn Street, St. James's, London in 1939; and Warrender Park Road, Edinburgh in 1945. He died in Chichester, West Sussex on 19 January 1982
Gates to the Ark of the Holy Covenant, New Cross Synagogue (1921); War Memorial, New Cross Synagogue (1922); Synagogue at East Ham (1925-26); Synagogue at Willesden Green (1925); reconstruction of Southend Synagogue (1925) ; factory buildings, Cambridge Heath (1926); the Times Furbishing Company Building in Birmingham, with Percy Vivian Burnett (1938); and various business premises, warehouses and private houses.
Who's Who in Architecture 1923. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The Architectural Press, 1923
Who's Who in Architecture 1926. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The Architectural Press, 1926