Seely & Paget
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| Seely & Paget | |
|---|---|
 41–42 Cloth Fair, home and workplace of the partnership from 1930 onward | |
| Practice information | |
| Firm type | Architecture firm |
| Partners | John Seely, Paul Paget |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Dissolved | 1963 |
| Location | London |
| Coordinates | 51°31′08″N 0°06′00″W / 51.5189°N 0.1000°W |
| Significant works and honors | |
| Buildings | Eltham Palace |
Seely & Paget was the architectural partnership of John Seely, 2nd Baron Mottistone (1899–1963) and Paul Edward Paget (1901–1985).
Their work included the construction of Eltham Palace in the Art Deco style, and the post-World War II restoration of a number of bomb-damaged buildings, such as houses in the Little Cloister (Westminster Abbey), the London Charterhouse and the church of St John Clerkenwell.
John Seely, son of John Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone,[1] and Paul Paget, son of Bishop Henry Luke Paget, met at Cambridge University, where Seely studied architecture, though Paget did not.[2][3]
Beginnings as architects
After graduating, Paget worked for a while as a bank clerk in the City of London while Seely remained at Cambridge.[4] When Seely came down from Cambridge, he insisted that Paget join him in architectural practice, even though Paget had no architectural training. In the partnership, Paget concentrated on working with clients on their requirements, while Seely carried out the design work.[5]
The first work of the two together was to remodel Mottistone Manor, a historic property owned by Seely's father, and subsequently by the National Trust, in the village of Mottistone on the Isle of Wight.[6] Seely's father insisted on their plans being approved by Sir Edwin Lutyens.[4] In the garden they built "The Shack", a tiny cabin on wheels intended as their country and retreat.[3]
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