Alec Clifton-Taylor OBE (2 August 1907 – 1 April 1985) was an English architectural historian, writer and TV broadcaster.
Two of his other books are studies of ecclesiastical architecture: The Cathedrals of England and English Parish Churches as Works of Art.
Along with Nikolaus Pevsner (to whose Buildings of England series he was a contributor) and John Betjeman, Clifton-Taylor is considered one of the three most significant figures in the study of English churches.
The Alec Clifton Taylor Memorial Garden is located behind St Mary Abbots Church in Kensington.
[5] Clifton Taylor was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1982 for "services to the study of architecture.