Granger, William Fraser 1888 - 1969

William Fraser Granger was born in Kingston, Surrey, England on 20 January 1888.  By the early 1920s he had qualified as an architect and by the mid-1920s was in partnership with Julian Rudolph Leathart (1891-1967) as W F Granger & Julian Rudolph Leathart [also known as Granger and Leathart].  The partnership with Leathart was dissolved in 1935. Granger then practised alone.

Granger was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1922 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1927.  

His address was given as 308 Ivydale Road Nunhead, Camberwell, Surrey in 1911; 8, New Square, Lincoln's Inn, London in 1923 and 1926; 7 John Street, Adelphi, London in 1930; 9 Savile Row, London in 1935 and 1939; and 106, Avondale Road, Bromley, Kent in 1939; Appledore, 2, Haynes Road, West Worthing, Sussex in 1955; and 11 Manor Lea, Boundary Road, Worthing, Sussex in 1969. He died in Worthing, Sussex on 4 April 1969

Worked in
UK
Works

Kensington Ciema, london (1926); Dreamland Cinema, Margate, Kent, with Julian Rudolph Leathart (1935); East Barnet Secondary School, Hertfordshire (1937)

Bibliography

Binney, Marcus. 'Saving the super cinema'. Country Life vol. 210, no. 15, 13 April 2016 pp. 68-72 [The Dreamland Cinema in Margate, Kent designed by Julian Leathart and W. F. Granger in 1935 is discussed]

'East Barnet Secondary School, Hertfordshire'. Architecture Illustrated March 1937 p. 91 [Architect: W. Fraser Granger]

'East Barnet Secondary School, Hertfordshire'. The Builder 29 January 1937 p. 259 [Architect: W. Fraser Granger]

'Obituary'. Building vol. 216, 11 April 1969 pp. 15, 77

'Obituary'. Building vol. 216, 25 April 1969 pp. 17, 85

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