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Frederic Wykeham Chancellor (1865-1945). Chancellor Jr became articled to his father in 1885 until 1893 when he became a partner in his father's business. Frederic the elder's second marriage was to Emma
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Chancellor was a prolific architect; as of 2002 some 730 buildings have been attributed to him, with 570 of these being in Essex. He was as frequent with his ecclesiastical designs as he was with his domestic work, the latter of which include
Pontlands Park,
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Chancellor's building at Grade II in 1951, noted the architect's "sensitivity" when redesigning the church and his reuse of existing materials in order to recreate the spirit of the earlier church, a sentiment shared by the architectural historian
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and the restorations of Durwards Hall (now Kelvedon Park),
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971:, Chelmsford City Council, accessed 21 February 2021.
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