Harold Ridley Hooper

Electric Palace Cinema, Harwich, designed by Hooper in 1911.

Harold Ridley Hooper (1886, Bury St Edmunds – 1953)^[1][2] was an English architect based in Ipswich, Suffolk.

He was elected ARIBA in 1910, having been articled to John Sewell Corder,^[1] and started his own practice in Ipswich in 1912. He was a Colonel in the 4th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment during World War I. He was later Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk.

His buildings include the Electric Palace Cinema, Harwich (1911),^[3][4] Butlins Skegness holiday camp (1936) and other designs for Butlins Ltd.

References

1. Antonia Brodie, ed. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: A-K. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 945–946. ISBN 0-8264-5513-1.
2. Crawford (1990) 1976
3. Crawford (1990) 19-21
4. Eyles, Allen (2001). Old Cinemas. Osprey Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 0-7478-0488-5.

• Crawford, David (1990). British building firsts: a field guide. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-9271-9.
• "Architectural Drawings of Colonel Harold Ridley Hooper, A.R.I.B.A. (1886-1953) and Others, 1882-1939". National Archives. Retrieved 2011-05-02.