Stephen Gardiner OBE (25 April 1924 – 15 February 2007) was a British architect, teacher and writer.
He then worked for Wells Coates, then for short periods with Richard Blow and Peter Dickinson, and with Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew.
The original building was demolished, but the Tuscan portico was left standing as an architectural feature in front of the house.
Concerned at the precarious nature of his profession, and the number of projects that were never built, he also taught architecture.
Le Corbusier was a significant influence on his professional work, and he knew both Jacob Epstein and Elisabeth Frink.
He married Joan Scotson in 1979, living on the King's Road in Chelsea until 2002, when they moved to Tunbridge Wells.