Dennis Lennon

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'''John Dennis Lennon''' (1918-1991) was a British architect and interior designer.

==Early life==
Dennis Lennon was born in 1918.<ref name="Glyndebourne"></ref>

==Career==
[[File:QE2-South Queensferry.jpg|thumb|QE2: Lennon was responsible for the interior design]]
Lennon studied architecture, and worked for [[Fry, Drew & Partners]].<ref name="Glyndebourne"/><ref name="Conran2016"></ref>

Lennon was the first director of London's [[Rayon Centre]], in an 18th century town house close to [[Grosvenor Square]], which opened in 1948.<ref name="Farr1955"></ref> Having seen [[Terence Conran]]'s textiles at
an end-of-term show halfway through his course at the [[Central School of Arts and Crafts]], Lennon offered him a job at the Rayon Centre, where Conran later became art director.<ref name="Conran2016"/> Lennon also gave a job to interior decorator [[David Mlinaric]], early in his career.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

He started his own architectural practice, Dennis Lennon and Partners, in 1950.<ref name="Glyndebourne"/> He did "quite a lot of work" for the 1951 [[Festival of Britain]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="Conran2016"/>

In the late 1960s, Lennon was responsible for co-ordinating the interior design of [[Cunard]]'s ocean liner, the [[Queen Elizabeth 2]], and his team included [[Jon Bannenberg]] and [[Gaby Schreiber]], although his original designs only remained intact for three years.<ref name="scotsman.com">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="Glyndebourne"/> At the time, he said, "What we have tried to create is a setting for the world’s best party."<ref name="scotsman.com"/>

==Honours==
Lennon received an MC for his Second World War service, and a CBE in 1968.<ref name="Glyndebourne"/>

==Personal life==
In the 1950, Lennon took over [[Hamper Mill]], near Watford, restoring decaying buildings and turning them into homes.<ref name="chorleywoodmagazine.co.uk">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He lived at the grade II listed [[Hamper Mill House]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref name=NHLE></ref>

His son Peter Lennon is married to Pam Lennon; they are both interior designers, based at Hamper Mill, and trade as Chess Interiors.<ref name="chorleywoodmagazine.co.uk"/>

==References==



[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:British architects]]
[[Category:British interior designers]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects]]

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