Brierley Groom
{{Short description|British architecture firm}}
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Brierley Groom is an architecture practice in York, England, founded in 1750 by architect John Carr, making it the longest running practice in the United Kingdom, and one of the oldest in the world.{{cite book |last1=Sinha |first1=Sumita |title=Autotelic Architect; Changing World, Changing Practice |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge |location=Abingdon |isbn=978-1-138-82042-5 |page=21}} It was once run by Walter Brierley, known for having created over 300 buildings in the York area and across the north of England.{{cite news |last1=Aslet |first1=Clive |title=Period property: Arty-crafty leanings that lurk behind local style |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/period-property/3364037/Period-property-Arty-crafty-leanings-that-lurk-behind-local-style.html |accessdate=16 August 2018 |work=The Telegraph |date=27 September 2008}} The company has won several design awards.{{cite web|last=Groom|first=Greg|title=About our practice|url=http://www.brierleygroom.co.uk/|publisher=Brierley Groom|accessdate=26 October 2012}} The practice operates from an office in York and is currently owned by brothers, partners and chartered architects Greg and Matthew Groom.
Principals
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- John Carr (1723–1807){{cite web |title=Records of Atkinson Brierley - Borthwick Catalogue |url=https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/atkb |website=borthcat.york.ac.uk |accessdate=16 August 2018}}
- Peter Atkinson (1735–1805){{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |title=Yorkshire: York and the East Riding |date=2005|orig-date=1952 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New York |isbn=0-300-09593-7 |page=71 |edition=2}}
- Peter Atkinson II (1776–1838){{cite web |title=Atkinson, Peter, 1776-1838, architect - Borthwick Catalogue |url=https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/atkinson-peter-1776-1838-architect |website=borthcat.york.ac.uk |accessdate=16 August 2018}}
- John Bownas Atkinson (1807–1874){{cite web |title=Atkinson, John Bonas, 1807-1874, architect - Borthwick Catalogue |url=https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/atkinson-john-bonas-1807-1874-architect |website=borthcat.york.ac.uk |accessdate=16 August 2018}}
- William Atkinson (1810–1887){{cite web |title=Atkinson, William, 1810-1887, architect - Borthwick Catalogue |url=https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/atkinson-william-1810-1887-architect |website=borthcat.york.ac.uk |accessdate=16 August 2018}}
- James Demaine (1842–1911){{cite web |title=Demaine, James, 1842-1911, architect - Borthwick Catalogue |url=https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/demaine-james-1842-1911-architect |website=borthcat.york.ac.uk |accessdate=16 August 2018}}
- Walter Henry Brierley (1862–1926)
- James Harvey Rutherford (1874–1946){{cite web |title=Rutherford, James Harvey, 1874-1946, architect - Borthwick Catalogue |url=https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/rutherford-james-harvey-1874-1946-architect |website=borthcat.york.ac.uk |accessdate=16 August 2018}}
- John Stuart Syme (1872–1958){{cite web |last1=Goold |first1=David |title=Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (August 16, 2018, 2:25 pm) |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=203537 |website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk |accessdate=16 August 2018}}
- Cecil Leckenby (1891–1977)
- John K Keighley (1924–2003)
- David A Leckenby (1925–2012)
- Keith Groom (1939–1999)
- Gregory C Groom (1965-)
- Matthew R Groom (1971-)
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Notable buildings
- 1771 - Harewood House{{cite news |title=Top architect remembered |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/7948545.Top_architect_remembered/ |accessdate=16 August 2018 |work=York Press |date=3 January 2001}}
- 1896 - Church of St Mary, Goathland{{NHLE|desc=Church of St Mary|num=1174270|grade=II*|accessdate=16 August 2018}}
- 1906 - County Hall, Northallerton{{Cite web |title=Brierley Groom, architects of York - Borthwick Catalogue |url=https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/brierley-groom-architects-of-york |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=borthcat.york.ac.uk}}
- 1911 - Sledmere House - renovation by Walter Brierley after being gutted by fire{{NHLE|desc=Sledmere House|num=1083802|grade=I|accessdate=16 August 2018}}
- 1927 - Goddards House and Garden{{NHLE|desc=Goddards and attached gateway, terrace and loggia to side and rear|num=1256461|grade=I|accessdate=16 August 2018}}
- 1991 - Scalby Mills ticket office - northern terminus of Scarborough Bay Railway{{cite web |title=Architect's plaque North Bay Railway... (C) Stephen Craven |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5333294 |website=www.geograph.org.uk |accessdate=16 August 2018}}
- 2016 - Scarborough lifeboat station{{cite news |title=Lifeboat station has designs on top award |url=https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/lifeboat-station-has-designs-on-top-award-1-8413961 |accessdate=16 August 2018 |work=The Scarborough News |date=2 March 2017}}
- 2017 - Bridlington lifeboat station{{cite news |title=Work begins on lifeboat station |url=https://www.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk/news/work-begins-on-lifeboat-station-1-7452345 |accessdate=16 August 2018 |work=The Scarborough News |date=10 September 2015}}