Peter Cummings (architect)
Peter Cummings FRIBA FMSA (1879 – 8 June 1957) was a British architect of Russian origin.[1] He was a leading Art Deco architect in Manchester, England.[2]
Peter Cummings | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1879 |
| Died | 8 June 1957 |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Projects | Cornerhouse, formerly Tatler cinema (1934) Ardwick Apollo theatre (1938) Appleby Lodge apartment blocks (1939) Manchester Reform Synagogue (1952, with Eric Levy) |
Cummings was born Peter Caminesky in Minsk. Russia.[2] He moved to Cheetham Hill, Manchester, northern England, in 1880 with his parents, due to persecution. His father was a rabbi. He worked as an architectural assistant in his teenage years. Cummings was elected Associate of the RIBA in 1909.[1] He anglicised his name and became naturalised in 1928.
Cummings was the architect of the Cornerhouse (originally Tatler) cinema (1934) and the Manchester Apollo theatre (1937–1938) in Manchester.[3] The Appleby Lodge apartment blocks on Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, were designed by Gunton & Gunton with Peter Cummings and built during 1936–1939.[1] From 1939, Peter Cummings lived at Appleby Lodge with his new wife Esther.[2] The blocks were Grade II listed in 2003.[4] He also designed the Manchester Reform Synagogue with Eric Levy (1952, opened in 1953), after the original building was destroyed in 1941 during the Manchester Blitz.[5]
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- ^ a b c "Peter Cummings". manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk. UK: Architects of Greater Manchester 1800–1940. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b c Harwood, Elain (2019). "Appleby Lodge". Art Deco Britain: Buildings of the interwar years. Pavilion Books. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-1849946537.
- ^ Harwood, Elain (2019). "Apollo Cinema / O2 Apollo". Art Deco Britain: Buildings of the interwar years. Pavilion Books. pp. 200–201. ISBN 978-1849946537.
- ^ Historic England. "Appleby Lodge (1096151)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Immersive Virtual Reality Project Preserves Historic Manchester Synagogue". UK: Manchester School of Architecture. Retrieved 9 February 2020.