John Hutchinson Archive

Research papers and notebooks; original and photocopied artwork; correspondence, and photographs and slides relating mainly to architectural subjects (especially churches), 1950s-2000s; rolled architectural drawings, 1950s-2000s.
Papers include Hutchinson's contract of employment with Ron Sims, his research for the Bartholomew Guide to York he co-authored with David Palliser, and research for his contribution to Nikolaus Pevsner's 'Yorkshire: York and the East Riding' in the Buildings of England series.

John Hurworth Hutchinson was born in York in 1934. He had a love of architecture from childhood and trained as an Architect at the School of Architecture at the Regional College of Art in Hull. He was elected a member of RIBA in 1957 and in 1960 he won the RIBA Tite Prize for his work ‘An Open Air Theatre’.
Over the course of his career Hutchinson worked with the well known Yorkshire architects George Pace and Ronald Sims and later created the lettering for George Pace’s memorial inscription at Southwark Cathedral.
He also wrote extensively on architectural history and topography. Works include his contribution to the 1972 ‘Yorkshire: York and the East Riding’ in the Buildings of England series by Nikolaus Pevsner, and co-authorship of a Bartholomew City Guide to York with David Palliser in 1980. He also co-wrote the York Civic Trust guide to St Sampson’s Church in 1974.
Hutchinson was a keen artist and exhibited extensively in York, both in mixed shows and alone. He held nine solo exhibitions between 1989 and 1998, including ‘The Stones of Venice’ at The Stonegate Gallery, York, and ‘Barns and Beach Huts’ at Langwith College, as well as showings at Nunnington Hall and Treasurer’s House, York. He worked mainly in watercolours and his paintings can be found in the collections of the Duke of Devonshire, Lord and Lady Feversham and the University of York.
He was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1987.
John Hutchinson died on 29 April 2018, at the age of 83..

Records are open to the public, subject to the overriding provisions of relevant legislation, including data protection laws. 24 hours' notice is required to access photographic material.

The archive was gifted to the Borthwick Institute in September 2020 by the executor of Mr Hutchinson's estate.

John Hurworth Hutchinson was born in York in 1934. He had a love of architecture from childhood and trained as an Architect at the School of Architecture at the Regional College of Art in Hull. He was elected a member of RIBA in 1957 and in 1960 he won the RIBA Tite Prize for his work ‘An Open Air Theatre’.
Over the course of his career Hutchinson worked with the well known Yorkshire architects George Pace and Ronald Sims and later created the lettering for George Pace’s memorial inscription at Southwark Cathedral.
He also wrote extensively on architectural history and topography. Works include his contribution to the 1972 ‘Yorkshire: York and the East Riding’ in the Buildings of England series by Nikolaus Pevsner, and co-authorship of a Bartholomew City Guide to York with David Palliser in 1980. He also co-wrote the York Civic Trust guide to St Sampson’s Church in 1974.
Hutchinson was a keen artist and exhibited extensively in York, both in mixed shows and alone. He held nine solo exhibitions between 1989 and 1998, including ‘The Stones of Venice’ at The Stonegate Gallery, York, and ‘Barns and Beach Huts’ at Langwith College, as well as showings at Nunnington Hall and Treasurer’s House, York. He worked mainly in watercolours and his paintings can be found in the collections of the Duke of Devonshire, Lord and Lady Feversham and the University of York.
He was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1987.
John Hutchinson died on 29 April 2018, at the age of 83..

The archive has not yet been catalogued. A summary box list is available, this does not yet include the contents of the rolled architectural drawings.

Created by Sally-Anne Shearn, 01/10/2020

A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the document. Copies are supplied in accordance with the Borthwick Institute for Archives' terms and conditions for the supply of copies, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of documents in the custody of the Borthwick Institute must be sought.

No further accruals are expected.

The Pace and Sims Archive is also deposited at the Borthwick Institute.

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