Frank Loughborough Pearson

Frank Loughborough Pearson was the son of lead architect, John Loughborough Pearson. Given his father’s age it seems that Frank not only supervised the works but might also be better credited as a co-author of the Two Temple Place project – as he is in the Incorporated Accountants documents from the 1950s. Two Temple Place signals a move away from the Gothic toward an open-minded blend of styles that ran through the Pearsons’ work for Astor, but the drawings held at RIBA all bear the John Loughborough Pearson signature where they are signed.

The work at Cliveden for Astor is credited to Frank including the chapel which was designed immediately before Two Temple Place. A successful architect in his own right he must have been popular with Astor as he has the major role at the greatest of all the Astor projects, at Hever, as well as at the London family home at 18 Carlton House Terrace. He was also used by Incorporated Accountants in 1929 when they made some modifications to the Ground Floor Lower Gallery.