Charles Hutton

Charles William Hutton FRIBA (28 July 1905 – 11 September 1995) was an architect and former master of the Art Workers' Guild, who was known best for his work with Charles Holden on the London Underground. Arnos Grove tube station and the former Murphy Radio factory in Welwyn Garden City are regarded as some of his best work.

Early years Hutton was born in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway on the 28 July 1905. His father was an engineer and his early life saw him live in Sheffield, Glasgow and Bolton. Hutton attended Bellahouston Academy, before gaining employment at Richard Herman Crook's architecture practice in Bolton. Hutton was also responsible for the detailing and perspective drawings of Senate House, London that Holden designed. buildings for the Danish Bacon Company; the University of Oxford farm (now John Krebs Field Station) at Wytham; buildings for the Wellcome Trust, the Social Club at the Guinness Brewery at Alperton and schools for Berkshire County Council. Hutton also shared his knowledge and experience by serving on BSI committees, acting as a RIBA representative on the boards of Wimbledon College of Arts and Kingston School of Art, and as an adviser to the National Council for Voluntary Organisations on designs for village halls.

He was a skilled cabinet maker and metal worker, and kept active right into later life, still running up stairs three at a time when 75.