a tenant in one of Etchells's flats in Mayfair, this was during the period when Betjeman was a journalist with The Architectural Review. One of his restorations was St Andrew's Church, Plymouth; he also restored St George's Church, Donnington, West Sussex after a fire in 1939, and St James's Church, Abinger Common, Surrey in 1950 after bomb damage during World War II. He contributed articles to the journal The Studio., though often anonymously and to Artwork. He was an active member of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) and a founding member of the Georgian Group. In the 1930s Etchells purchased a weekend cottage in West Challow then called Holme Lea, a Queen Anne property. He lived there between 1939 and 1944, having moved out of London. During that time he acquired and renovated a second smaller house in West Challow into which he, his wife and daughter moved in 1944. He was married to Hester Margaret Sainsbury who was a book illustrator, painter and artist known for her performances to music. References Sources Aldham, Dinah Frederick Etchells, Artist and Architect. London, Architectural Association (dissertation), 1977. Dickson, Malcolm. Etchells (1886–1973). London, Architectural Association Library (thesis), 2005.https://aaschool.academia.edu/MalcolmDickson Ind, Rosy & Wilson, Andrew "Frederick Etchells: Plain Homebuilder Where is your Vortex?" International Centrum voor Structuranalyse en Constructivisme. (ICSAC) Cahier 9/9: Vorticism. Brussels: 1988. 1886 births 1973 deaths 20th-century English painters English male painters Architects from Northumberland Vorticists Conservation architects Group X 20th-century English male artists