Stanley Churchill Ramsey was born in Wandsworth, London, England on 2 December 1882. From 1899 to 1902 he trained as an architect at King's College, London where he was a Gold Medallist. He then worked as an assistant to Charles Stanley Peach (1858-1934). He qualified as an architect in 1906 and later that year was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA). From 1907 to 1910 he attended the Royal Academy Schools in London.
In 1911 the architect Stanley Davenport Adshead (1868-1946) was invited to design the Duchy of Cornwall Estate in Kennington, London, and he took Stanley Churchill Ramsey into partnership. They remained partners as Adshead & Ramsey until at least 1939. Their office was at 46 Great Russell Street, London. The firm was probably dissolved following the outbreak of World War One. In the late 1940s Ramsey formed a partnership with Keith Murray (1892-1981) and Charles Stanley White (1893-1966), which operated as Ramsey, Murray & White. The firm had an office at 32 Wigmore Street, London. In 1955 Basil Ward (1902-1976) became a partner in the practice which was renamed Ramsey, Murray, White & Ward.
Ramsey was the author of books on architectural history. He also wrote for the Town Planning Review, Architectural Review.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1920.
He died in Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on 25 December 1968.
A biographical file on Stanley Churchill Ramsey is available on request from the Enquiry Desk, Royal Institute of British Architects Library, London
Works by Ramsey included Worthing Pier Pavilion and Band Enclosure, Marine Parade, Worthing, Sussex (1925); Winter Gardens, Margatem Kent (1930); Selwyn Court, Church Road, Richmond, London (1936); private houses at Purley, Surrey and Uckfleld, Sussex; and, with Adshead, housing schemes at Newburn, Dover and Totnes. In addition to architecture the Adshead & Ramsey partnership also designed the Princess Mary Christmas gift fund boxes that were issued to "every sailor afloat and every soldier at the front" during World War One in 1914 and in 1915. Ramsey, Murray, White & Ward designed numerous industrial and office buildings, including the Hong Kong air terminal and the British European Airways engineering base in London airport.
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’. Building vol. 216, 10 January 1969 pp. 2, 96
Ramsey, Stanley Churchill. ‘The ready built house’ in The Book of the Modern House. A Panoramic Survey of Contemporary Domestic Design. Edited by Patrick Abercrombie. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939 pp. 129-152
Ramsey, Stanley C. ‘Speculative house building’. [Paper read before RIBA on Monday 21 March 1938]. RIBA Journal 1938 pp. 529-535
Who’s Who in Architecture 1923. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: Architectural Publications, 1923
‘Working-class flats, Stepney’ [Architects: Adshead & Ramsey]. Architects’ Journal 5 August 1937 p.219
‘Working-class flats, Stepney’ [Architects: Adshead & Ramsey]. The Builder 6 August 1937 p. 231