Clare Arnold Clayton Greene [also known as C.A. Clayton Greene; and as Clare Arnold Clayton-Greene] was born London, Lancashire, England in 1875. He was articled to Benjamin Ferdinand Simpson in Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1894 to 1898 and then worked as an assistant to Charles James Chirney Pawley (1854-1922) in 1899-1900. In 1900 he commenced independent practice as an architect in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In c.1911 he relocated his practice to Sunderland, where for a period he was in partnership with Hugh Taylor Decimus Hedley.
Greene's practice was best known for work on schools and churches. He was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1911 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1913.
His address was given as 18 Norfolk Street, Sunderland in 1911; Ashburne Court, Ryhope Road, Sunderland in 1911 and 1913; Barclay Chambers, Fawcett Street, Sunderland in 1913 and 1935; and 1 Linden Gardens, Cinders West, Sunderland in 1939. He died in Sunderland on 28 February 1949.
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