Keith Downes Young
Born12 September 1848
Richmond, Surrey, England
Died1 December 1929(1929-12-01) (aged 81)
Resting placeHighgate Cemetery
EducationTonbridge School
OccupationArchitect

Keith Downes Young (12 September 1848 - 1 December 1929) was an English architect best known for designing hospitals and school sanatoria.

Biography

Young was born in King's Road, Richmond, Surrey on 12 September 1848.[1] He attended Tonbridge School, after which, in 1865,[2] he was articled to his father, George Adam Young.[3] He studied at South Kensington School of Art and the Architectural Association.[3]

He commenced independent practice in London in 1871 and entered into partnership with his father the following year.[4] By 1886 he had entered into partnership with the church architect, Henry Hall, and their practice acquired a reputation for designing hospitals and school sanatoria.[3]

Young practiced for over fifty years, advising on approximately forty hospitals, either as new buildings or alterations,[1] including the Middlesex Hospital, the Royal Eye Hospital, the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis, the Chelsea Hospital for Women and Guy's Hospital Medical School.[3]

He died on 1 December 1929 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

Selected works

Hospitals:[3]

School Sanatoria:[3]

Other works:[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Keith Downes Young". Who's Who 1922. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U219640. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "K D Young & Hall". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gray, Stuart (1985). Edwardian Architecture, A Biographical Dictionary. London: Gerald Duckworth. p. 394. ISBN 1-85326-908-5.
  4. ↑ "Keith Downes Young". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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