About

• Summary:
   

  Clement Stretton, born in 1879, was the third generation christened as Clement andf followed in their footsteps choosing a professional career. He grew up and was educated in Leicester. Articled in 1896 he won a bronze medal for building construction in the South Kensington Examinations and was elected as an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects, later to become a Fellow. He commenced practice in Leicester in 1904. Clement was a keen sportsman, golfer and motorist and is remembered for his quiet manner, unselfish character and sound judgement. More of his life can be read in the RIBA obituary here.

• Archive link: Link to Clement’s documents and images
• No of documents: 14
• No of Images: 14
• Born: Monday, 12 May 1879
• Birthplace: Leicester
• Died: Tuesday, 30 May 1950
• Bio:
   

  Family:
  Clement married Winifred Gertrude McNarny in 1906 and they had two daughters, Joan and Monica, neither of whom married.

  Career:
  Clement started his architectural practice in Leicester in 1904 and was responsible for the design and erection of a wide range of buildings including factories, domestic properties, the Roman Cathoic church at Aylestone and, with George Nott, the well-known Leicester Palais-de-Danse. Due to il-health he retired from practice in 1947.

  Notable aspects:
  • Accompanied his father on a tour of America in 1893, a record of which is here
  • Designed the Leicester Palais-de-Danse
  • President of the Leicester Branch of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1935-37
  • Systematically visited every church and building of historic importance in Leicestershire producing three volumes of records and notes now in the RIBA’s reference library.
  • Family home badly damaged by bombing in WW2.

  Death:
  Clement's father bought the Freehold to a piece of land for a Vault in Leicester Cemetery, the Deed for which can be seen here. Three generations of the family are burried here. These pictures show the Vault in 2016.

• Place of Death: Leicester
• Spouse: Winifred Gertrude (Née McNarny)
• Father: Clement Edwin Stretton
• Mother: Alice Hannah (Née Thompson)
• Sibling-1: Alice Stretton
• Child 1: Joan Winifred Alice Stretton
• Child 2: Mary Monica Stretton