Frank Broadbent
Francis George Broadbent (1909, Fulham, London – 13 January 1983, Wandsworth, London) was a 20th-century English architect known for his work in designing churches and schools for the Roman Catholic Church. Career. Broadbent was a partner in the architectural firm Goodhart-Rendel Broadbent & Curtis in the 1950s and 1960s and took over the practice when Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel died. Subsequently, he became senior partner in Broadbent Hastings Reid & New, retiring in 1980. Works. Broadbent completed the restoration work on Prinknash Abbey, which had been started by Goodhart-Rendel in 1939. He also restored Tyburn convent (1962). He  worked, from 1959 to 1960, with Goodhart-Rendel on the design and construction of St Martin and St Ninian Catholic Church in Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland. The churches he designed include: Personal life. Broadbent lived at 71 Christchurch Road, East Sheen. Death and legacy. Broadbent died on 13 January 1983, aged 73. His correspondence with Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel from 1941 to 1959 is held by the Royal Institute of British Architects in its Archives and Drawings Collection.