Paul Phipps was born in New York City on 3 March 1880. Within a year he had moved to England and was living in Wavertree, Lancashire. After studying at Balliol College, Oxford from 1898 to 1901, he was articled to Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869-1944) in London from 1901 to 1904. He also attended classes at the Architectural Association in London. He subsequently practised as an independent architect in London from 1904.
Between 1911 and 1913 or 1914 he practised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where he was in partnership Samuel Hoult Horton (1864-1933) as Horton & Phipps.
After military service during World War One, he returned to England and in 1919 formed a partnership with Oswald Partridge Milne (1881-1968) as Milne & Phipps in London. Among their clients was Prime Minister Lloyd George, who commissioned them to reconstruct his residence at 86 Vincent Square, London (1921-22). The Milne & Phipps partnership was dissolved in 1924 and, thereafter Phipps worked alone. Notable among his projects was the Seventh Church of Christ Scientist in Wright's Lane, Kensington, London (1926-27).
Phipps 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 1921.
His address was given as 10 Queen Anne's Chambers, Westminster, London and 29 Montpelier Square, London in 1911; 64, Wigmore Street, London in 1923; 2, Boyle Street, London in 1926 and 1935; and 14 Pont Street, Belgrave Common, London in 1939. He died in Chelsea, London on 23 August 1953.
"Rest Harrow", Sandwich Bay; houses at Newbury; alterations and additions to Alderley Park, and to houses at Harefield, etc.: houses and other work In British Columbia and U.S.A. In partnership with Oswald P. Milne: Reconstruction and decoration, etc., at 4, St. James's Square, S.W.1; 18, Carlton House Terrace, S.W.1; and 2, Hyde Park Street, S.W.1 (1919 to date). Lodges and cottages at Chequers, etc.; country houses at Bourne End, Brockenhurst, Brasted, and elsewhere; War memorials for King's Lynn, County or Pembroke, etc. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1923]
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Country houses at Rest Harrow (Sandwich Bay); Little Weirs (Brokenhurst); and at Newbury, Brockenhurst, Littlestone and elsewhere. Alterations and additions to Alderley Park, and the Dean Farm (Oaksey). Reconstruction and decoration at 4, St. James's Square, S.W.1; Cowley House, Westminster; and 16, Curzon Street, W.1. Farm buildings at Hever Castle, White Place (Cookham), and the Warren House (Stanbrook); cottages st Lingfield and Cranbrook; squash racquet courts at Reigate and Sandwich Bay; memorial church at Alderley. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
'Obituary'. Architect & Building News vol. 204, 27 August 1953 p. 238
'Obituary'. The Builder vol. 185, 28 August 1953 p. 311
‘Obituary’. R.I.B.A. Journal vol .61, November 1953, pp. 38-39
‘Obituary’. The Times [London] 24 August 1953 p. 8
Who's Who in Architecture 1923. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: Architectural Press, 1923
Who's Who in Architecture 1926. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: Architectural Press, 1926