1919 – Design for Christchurch Parish Hall, Sutton, Surrey

“This building, the gift of Sir Ralph Forster, Bart., was erected during the war as a soldiers’ canteen for the Labour Battalion quartered at Sutton. It was built with the minimum amount of steel in the trusses and stanchions and of timber in the roofs, which are covered with Rok, owing to the war restrictions; and the walls were formed with 3cm. breeze skibs. The site being chalk, the foundations had to be specially designed to take the wind pressure. The total cost of this structure, including furniture, was £930. The Hall stands in front of the west end of Christ Church, forming with the Vicarage three sides of a quadrangle. It is now proposed to finish the building to harmonise with the church. The walls will be faced with red brick, with Bathstone tracery windows, and the roof covered with red tiling on the roof.”