Conversion of buildings

NOTES: The Holburne Museum of Art was originally built as the Sydney Hotel (later becoming Sydney College). It was designed 1796 by Charles Harcourt Masters, but was converted by Blomfield for use as an art gallery between 1913 and 1916.

NOTES: The Holburne Museum of Art was originally built as the Sydney Hotel (later becoming Sydney College). It was designed 1796 by Charles Harcourt Masters, but was converted by Blomfield for use as an art gallery between 1913 and 1916.

NOTES: This auditorium for the newly formed London Studio Theatre (1935-1939) was a conversion of Providence Hall, an old Methodist chapel. The auditorium featured stackable chairs (shown here) by Alvar Aalto.

NOTES: Henly's, a car showroom for Studebaker and Jaguar cars, opened on the east side of the Smith's Crisps factory in 1937 and later became a warehouse for Martini. After a fire in 1989, it was redeveloped into offices and the distinctive tower was retained.

NOTES: Welch Cachemaille-Day & Lander converted this drill hall and ammunition room into a sailors' chapel.

NOTES: These buildings, together with Flatford Mill, Valley Farm and Willy Lott's House, the location for the pastoral paintings of John Constable, were the property of the National Trust and Sissons was appointed architect for their adaptation into a Field Studies Centre in 1949.

NOTES: This branch of the Chartered Bank was the first bank to open in Kuala Lumpur, in 1888.. It moved its premises to this site in 1891 but the original building proved to be inadequate and had to be replaced by this three-storey structure, attributed to A C Norman, in 1909. The building was renovated in 1996 and turned into the Natural History Museum.

NOTES: The design of the country residence La Martinere, built in 1785-1802, is attributed to its owner, the French adventurer Major-General Claude Martin. The main building, Constantia, became home to this private boys' boarding and day school established posthumously in the 1800s and which opened in 1845.

NOTES: BEA was formed in 1946 and ceased operations in 1974 when it was merged with the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) to form British Airways (BA).

NOTES: BEA was formed in 1946 and ceased operations in 1974 when it was merged with the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) to form British Airways (BA).

NOTES: This building was an adaptation and extension of the Waterloo entrance to the 1951 Festival of Britain also by Sir John Burnet, Tait and Partners. BEA was formed in 1946 and ceased operations in 1974 when it was merged with the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) to form British Airways (BA).