Frederick Button

Frederick C. Button ARIBA (1901 – 1969) was a British architect, the co-founder of Adie, Button and Partners.

Career

Born 1901, Button was mentored by Thomas Wallis of Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.^[1] By 1934, Button was an ARIBA and one of five partners in the firm, and "in charge of the execution of all plans and drawings".^[2]

With George Adie he co-founded Adie, Button and Partners. Notable buildings designed by the firm include the Park Lane Hotel in Piccadilly,^[3] the art deco apartment block at 59-63 Princes Gate, South Kensington (1937-8),^[4] the 1930s Charters House, in Sunningdale, Berkshire, which was used as a country retreat by Edward, Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson,^[5] and the Stockwell garage, which opened in April 1952.^[6] He died in 1969, aged 67 or 68.

References

^ Nigel R. Jones (1 January 2005). Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-313-31850-4. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
^ Joan S. Skinner (1997). Form and Fancy: Factories and Factory Buildings by Wallis, Gilbert & Partners, 1916-1939. Liverpool University Press. pp. 17–19. ISBN 978-0-85323-612-2. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
^ Christopher Hibbert; Ben Weinreb (2008). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 625. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
^ 'Princes Gate and Princes Gardens', British History Online
^ "Charters, Sunningdale - 1323676 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
^ Historic England. "Stockwell Bus Garage (1249757)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[Jones2005-1] Nigel R. Jones (1 January 2005). Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-313-31850-4. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

[Skinner1997-2] Joan S. Skinner (1997). Form and Fancy: Factories and Factory Buildings by Wallis, Gilbert & Partners, 1916-1939. Liverpool University Press. pp. 17–19. ISBN 978-0-85323-612-2. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

[3] Christopher Hibbert; Ben Weinreb (2008). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 625. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

[4] 'Princes Gate and Princes Gardens', British History Online

[5] "Charters, Sunningdale - 1323676 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2025.

[6] Historic England. "Stockwell Bus Garage (1249757)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

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