Kemp & Tasker

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:

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
Crownleigh Court, Crownstone Road, Brixton, London
Tudor Stacks, Dorchester Drive, Herne Hill, London

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:

77 Addington Road, West Wickham
10 Dorchester Drive, Herne Hill, London It was granted grade II listed building protection in 2022.
Stanstead, Mount Merrion, Dublin, Ireland

Cinemas

1932 Regent Cinema, Station Square, Paignton, Devon
1933 Odeon Cinema, Whalebone Lane, Chadwell Heath, Essex
1934 Ritz Cinema, Gordon Street, Luton
1935 Embassy Cinema, Braintree, Essex
1936 Regent Cinema, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Towers Cinema, Hornchurch, Essex
1935 Savoy Cinema, Petersfield, Hants.
1936 Ritz Cinema, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1940 Regal Cinema, Camberwell
Commodor Cinema, High Street, Orpington, Kent
Odeon Cinema, Greenwich, London
Odeon Cinema, Romford, Essex
Odeon Cinema, St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Odeon Cinema, Stepney, London
Rex Cinema, Wood Green, London