Harold Rogers Houchin was born in Felsted, Essex, England on 4 June 1877 and was articled to Frank Edward Smee (1865-1942) in London. He also attended the Royal Academy Schools, the Architectural Association and Regent Street Polytechnlc in London. He commenced independent practice in London in 1902 and by 1914 was in partnership with Smee as Smee & Houchin. The partnership was dissolved in 1930. Houchlin then practised alone. He was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1925. He died in Braintree, Essex on 16 August 1949.
Many Nonconformist churches and schools and private residences In the provinces; among the churches were: Wycliffe Congregational, Ilford; Independent, Seven Sisters Road; Congregational, Bush HUM Park; Baptist, St. John's Wood Road; Presbyterian, Goodmayes; Baptist, and school, Walthamstow; Baptist, Hounslow; Congregational, Hornchurch; Congregational Lecture Hall, Winchmore Hill, and others, jointly with Frank B. Smee, Private residences at Sanderstead. Halstead, Oxford, Rulslip, &c , &c Also business premises for Cook & Son at Ludgate Circus and Pall Mall (Jointly with Arnold Mitchell and Frank B, Smee)
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