Harry Bell Measures

British architect

Harry Bell Measures (1862–1940) was an English architect.

He had a varied career. In 1884 to 1892 he was in house architect for William Willett, producing high quality housing for the wealthy in London and South East England; these were normally in the ornate red brick Queen Anne style popular at the time. The buildings designed included 69 – 79 The Drive, Hove, built in 1887. He was also responsible for a number of English "improved" working class housing developments, such as the Rowton Houses in London and Birmingham. He designed the original station buildings for the Central London Railway (CLR), now the Central line of the London Underground, which opened on 30 July 1900. He was later the Director of Barrack Construction for the British War Office and was responsible for buildings such as Redford Barracks in Edinburgh, the new cordite incorporating houses at the Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills and New Building, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Measures was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1918 New Year Honours for his work on barrack design. Measures is the paternal great grandfather of the author, Christopher Joll.

Works for Artizans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company on Leigham Court Estate, Streatham. Union Jack Club, London, 1907 King Edward VII opened the club and appointed Measures a Member 4th Class of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for the work. The building was badly damaged in the Blitz and demolished in 1970.