Douglas Rogers Stark was born was born in West Ham, London, England on 22 July 1908. After training at the Architectural Association School in London, he was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1933. He subsequently practised as an architect in London. Among his architectural projects was the design of Trinity Church [now the Calvary Charismatic Baptist Church] in Lansbury, Poplar, London in collaboration with Cecil Charles Handisyde (1908-2000). The church was built between 1949 and 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain 'Live' architecture exhibition.
Stark's address was given as 16 Queen's Gate Place, Kensington, London in 1936; 58 Cornwall Gardens, London and "Wickwood" Landpit Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1939; and "lime Tree Cottage, East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire in 1971 and 1991. He died in East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire on 22 February 1991
Mills, Edward David. The New Architecture in Britain 1946-1953. London: The Standard Catalogue Co., 1953 [Discusses Trinity Church in Lansbury, Poplar, London designed by Cecil Charles Handisyde and Douglas Rogers Stark in 1951 pp. 141-150]