BLOMFIELD, SIR REGINALD (1856- ), English architect and author, was born on Dec. 20, 1856 at Aldington in Kent, where his father was rector, and was educated at Hailey bury and at Exeter college, Oxford. He worked for three years under his uncle, Sir Arthur Blomfield, and studied in the Royal Academy school of architecture, where he was largely influenced by Norman Shaw. The Gothic and Mediaeval tradition of his uncle's office had but little effect on his work as an architect, which rather follows the classical spirit and the inspiration de rived from the later Renaissance architecture of England. This is shown in his country houses, among which are Moundmere, Basingstoke; Wyphurst, Cranleigh; and Uretham hall, Norfolk. He also carried out alterations at Brocklesby park, Lincs.; Ape thorpe, Northants.; Chequers court, Bucks., and elsewhere. Amongst his London work are the United University club, Pall Mall; the Goldsmiths' college, New Cross; and Paul's cross, St. Paul's Churchyard. At Oxford he built the new buildings for Lady Margaret Hall, and at Bath the Holbourne Museum. With Sir Aston Webb and Ernest Newton he was appointed to advise as to the architectural treatment of the Quadrant, Regent Street, Lon don, and he designed a portion of the facade. Formal Garden in England (1892), written in collaboration with F. Inigo Thomas, advocated the claim of the architect to consider as his right not only the design of the building but its environment. His History of Renaissance Architecture in England (1897) and his works on French architecture (i9ri and 192o), became standard textbooks.
Blomfield was elected A.R.A. in 1905 and R.A. in 1914. He was professor of architecture at the Royal Academy from 19°6 to 191o, and president of the R.I.B.A. in 1914. During the World War he held a commission as officer in charge of trench work. He was a principal architect of the Imperial War Graves Commis sion, and one of the chief designers of various forms of local war memorial. In 1919 he was knighted. The English memorial church at Ypres and his new bridge at Stratford on Avon are among his recent works.