Sir Raymond Unwin, 1863-1940
Lived at: Wyldes 1906-40
Profession: Architect
Raymond Unwin was a prominent engineer, architect and town planner of the late 19th and early twentieth centuries. Henrietta Barnett asked him to help plan Hampstead Garden Suburb following his success in designing Letchworth. He planned much of the Suburb and moved to Wyldes where lived until he died in 1940.
He was also President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 1931-33 and of the International Federation for Housing and Town Planning, 1928-31.
Blue plaque
