Cyril Farey

Illustration by Cyril Farey of Edwin Lutyens' unrealized design for Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

Kingston Guildhall designed by Maurice Webb. Architectural illustration by Cyril Farey exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1935

Cyril Arthur Farey FRIBA (1888–1954) was a British architect and architectural illustrator. Known most widely for his detailed pencil and watercolor perspective depictions of architectural and engineering landmarks in the first half of the 20th century. Nominated as a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1941.

Farey provided commissioned illustrations for numerous leading architects including Edwin Lutyens and Frank Lloyd Wright and was considered along with William Walcot to be one of the preeminent architectural draftsmen of the period. Farey travelled extensively in Europe and was commissioned to provide technical illustrations for both Frank Lloyd Wright's 1923 Tokyo Imperial Hotel and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Also known also for:

• Illustrations for Lutyens' unrealized design for Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.
• Depictions of St. Paul's Cathedral and the City of London during World War II, where he volunteered as a member of the Fire-Guard Watch protecting the Cathedral from incendiary bombs.

Practiced architecture in the United Kingdom and with Graham Dawbarn in 1924 provided the winning design for classroom and administrative structures of Raffles College in Singapore.

Early life and education

Born in London in 1888 and educated at Tonbridge School, the Architectural Association and the Royal Academy School of Architecture. Winner of the RA Schools Bronze Medal in 1911. Farey subsequently won the Tite Prize in 1913, the Soane Medallion in 1914, and in 1921 both the Edward Stott Travelling Studentship prize and the Royal Academy Gold Medal.^[1]

Farey served his articles in the offices of architect Horace Field. During the First World War he served in the Royal Army Service Corps, attaining the rank of Captain. Farey also worked for a period in the offices of Sir Ernest Newton, before setting up his own architectural practice.

Selected architectural work

• Bukit Timah Campus, National University of Singapore (Former Raffles College buildings - opened in 1928)
• St. George's Church Hall (1929), (Grade II Listed, 2006), Headstone, Harrow.^[2]
• St. Mark's Church, Teddington (1939)
• St. Peter's Church (1941), Grange Park, Enfield, London.^[3]
• All Hallows' Church (1941), North Greenford, Ealing

Publications

• "Architectural Drawing, Perspective, and Rendering" Published with A. Trystan Edwards in 1931^[4]

References

1. Bold, John (1993). English Architecture Public and Private. London: The Hambledon Press. p. 312. ISBN 1 85285 095 7.
2. "Building St. George's Hall". St. George's Headstone, Harrow.
3. Selley, Cela (2014). "1941: St Peter's Church, Grange Park". 100 Buildings 100 Years. Twentieth Century Society. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
4. Steil, Lucien (2014). The Architectural Capriccio. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited. p. 358. ISBN 978-1409431916.