[2] His distinctive architectural style showed a "singular talent for making his houses appear to grow out of the ground as natural parts of the surrounding scenery.
[4] His more prominent works include the Maitland Building (1910–1911) and Hall (1912–1913) at Somerville College, Oxford,[5] described as "unassertive but admirable",[6] and the Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity in Rome (now demolished).
[2][7] At the outbreak of World War I he was too old for active service, but he spent the summer of 1915 working as an orderly in the Hôpital Temporaire d'Arc-en-Barrois.
He went on to complete his training for the Royal Field Artillery and was accepted for active service from 5 June 1917, serving in the fighting in the Ypres Salient and the Battle of Cambrai.
[2] His obituary in The Times concludes[2] In conversation he was pithy and humorous, in judgment always independent, in observation alert.