Frank Broadbent

Francis George Broadbent (1909, Fulham, London – 13 January 1983, Wandsworth, London) was a 20th-century English architect known for his work in designing churches and schools for the Roman Catholic Church.

Career
Broadbent was a partner in the architectural firm Goodhart-Rendel Broadbent & Curtis in the 1950s and 1960s and took over the practice when Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel died. Subsequently, he became senior partner in Broadbent Hastings Reid & New, retiring in 1980.

Works
Broadbent completed the restoration work on Prinknash Abbey, which had been started by Goodhart-Rendel in 1939. He also restored the Tyburn convent (1962). He worked, from 1959 to 1960, with Goodhart-Rendel on the design and construction of St Martin and St Ninian Catholic Church in Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

The churches he designed include:
 * Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Richmond, London (1953–54)
 * The Church of the Holy Name, Esher (1960)
 * St Ann's, Kingston Hill (1960)
 * St Thomas More, Knebworth (1961)
 * The Holy Name, Claygate (1961)
 * St John Fisher, Cannon Hill Lane, Merton (1962)
 * St John the Evangelist, Tadworth (1966)
 * The Holy Spirit, Fetcham
 * St Pius X, New Malden
 * St Theodore, Cranbrook
 * Our Lady of Dover, Buckland (1960s)

Personal life
Broadbent lived at 71 Christchurch Road, East Sheen.

Death and legacy
Broadbent died on 13 January 1983, aged 73.

His correspondence with Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel from 1941 to 1959 is held by the Royal Institute of British Architects in its Archives and Drawings Collection.