Frederick Tibbenham

[2] He progressed to cabinet making, and in 1904, established the firm of Frederick Tibbenham Ltd, furniture makers in Ipswich.

[3] In its workshops in Turret Lane, the company made high-quality reproduction pieces, particularly in "Jacobethan" (Tudor or Elizabethan) style,[4] which were frequently exported to the US.

The firm also manufactured wooden Bren gun grips, butts and carrying handles as part of the war effort.

[8] In 1934 Tibbenham was on the board of Frinton Park Estate Limited, the management company for an ambitious Art Deco development planned between Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze which was intended to be a showcase for British design.

The estate Hill envisaged was only partially finished and the company collapsed, but it is still one of the country's largest collections of Art Deco houses.