Leslie Kemp and Tasker
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Leslie H Kemp and Frederick E Tasker were English architects who practiced in the 1930s as Kemp & Tasker.
They are best known for their cinemas, although they are responsible for a number of notable buildings in South London and Kent for a Messrs Morrell Bros. Builders of 60 High Street, Bromley, Kent. These include:
In 1934 a Kemp and Tasker house design won the Daily Mail's Ideal House Competition
and was erected temporarily at Olympia in the 'Village of Tomorrow' at Ideal Home Show
the following year. Morrell's glossy brochure advertised that it could be built to order anywhere and three known examples exist:
They are best known for their cinemas, although they are responsible for a number of notable buildings in South London and Kent for a Messrs Morrell Bros. Builders of 60 High Street, Bromley, Kent. These include:
- Motor Showrooms, Garage and Restaurant, 38 - 40 Croydon Road, Coney Hall, Hayes, Kent
- Dorchester Court flats, Herne Hill, London
- 5 Dorchester Drive, Herne Hill, London
- Tudor Stacks, Dorchester Drive, Herne Hill, London (demolished)
In 1934 a Kemp and Tasker house design won the Daily Mail's Ideal House Competition
Ideal House Competition
The Ideal House Competition was run for many years as part of the Ideal Home Show.Every year designs were invited and the winning schemes would be constructed at Olympia for the Ideal Home Show the following year. The houses were often the product of progressive builders who were keen to secure...
and was erected temporarily at Olympia in the 'Village of Tomorrow' at Ideal Home Show
Ideal Home Show
The Ideal Home Show is an annual event in London, now held at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The show was devised by the Daily Mail newspaper in 1908 and continued to be run by the Daily Mail up until 2009...
the following year. Morrell's glossy brochure advertised that it could be built to order anywhere and three known examples exist:
- 77 Addington Road, Hayes, Kent
- 10 Dorchester Drive, Herne Hill, London
- Stanstead, Mount Merrion, Dublin, Ireland (1936)
Cinemas
- 1932 Regent Cinema, Station Square, Paignton, Devon (demolished)
- 1933 Odeon Cinema, Whalebone Lane, Chadwell Heath, Essex(demolished)
- 1934 Ritz Cinema, Gordon Street, Luton
- 1935 Embassy Cinema, Braintree, Essex
- 1935 Savoy Cinema, Petersfield, Hants.
- Commodor Cinema, High Street, Orpington, Kent (demolished)
- Odeon Cinema, Greenwich, London (demolished)
- Odeon Cinema, Hornchurch, Essex
- Odeon Cinema, Romford, Essex
- Odeon Cinema, St. Albans, Hertfordshire
- Odeon Cinema, Stepney, London
- Rex Cinema, Wood Green, London