Elcock and Sutcliffe

In 1923 Charles Ernest Elcock took his former pupil Frederick Sutcliffe (1891‑1958) into partnership. Sutcliffe had previously served his articles with Elcock (Porter and Elcock?) and had worked as a senior assistant to Rudolph Maximilian Butler in Dublin. Elcock and Sutcliffe rapidly established a flourishing practice, specializing in hospital design with commissions throughout the United Kingdom.

In 1925 the firm won two hospital competitions in succession, namely Davyhulme near Manchester and Harrogate, followed quickly by that for a new out-patients’ department, operating and X-ray departments: Royal Hospital Wolverhampton. These successes brought many more hospital contacts, and later C E Elcock was invited to join the International Hospital Association, and on behalf of his firm visited the annual conferences held in Vienna, New York, and Brussels. New hospitals included: Oldham Maternity, Scunthorpe, Warminster, Hull, Women’s Royal Bethlehem (in association with the late Mr John Cheston FRIBA), Runwell Mental (Essex), Grantham, Driffield, Keswick, Cardiff Pathological Extensions to many others, including Chelsea Hospital for Women, and Hertford Hospital, where the “verandah ward” was first introduced, a principle which revolutionised hospital planning, and which C E Elcock evolved. Among general work may be mentioned The Daily Telegraph new building, Fleet Street, London, Epsom Grandstand; and extensions to Crewe Hall.

Address
1924-29        Charles Ernest Elcock (Elcock and Sutcliffe) Avenue House 21 Northumberland Avenue London WC2
1930-1933    Charles Ernest Elcock (Elcock and Sutcliffe) Adam House 60 Strand London WC2 [RIBA Kalendar]
1936             Charles Ernest Elcock (Elcock and Sutcliffe) 20 Grosvenor Square London W1 and Adam House 60 Strand London WC2 [RIBA Kalendar]