Cecil Greenwood Hare


Cecil Greenwood Hare was an architect and designer based in England.

Life

He was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire in 1875, the son of John Thomas Hare and Mary Ann.

Bodley and Hare

Hare was a pupil of the architect George Frederick Bodley. Bodley, who designed in a Gothic Revival style, had a long partnership with Thomas Garner: this partnership was dissolved after Garner converted to Catholicism. Hare was Bodley's chief assistant, and finally went into partnership with him.
Bodley died in 1907. Hare is described in Bodley's will as his secretary and received a legacy of £400. His brief obituary in The Times describes him as Bodley’s partner. He took over the practice of Bodley and Hare on Bodley's death.
Most of his own church work comprised fittings, and he produced output for Watts & Co.

Later work

He was partner of Albert Victor Heal from 1919 to 1924, by which time Heal and Bodley and Hare shared the same address at 11 Gray's Inn Square.
He died whilst the church of St Mildred, Addiscombe was being built, and a memorial to him was inserted in the church.

Works