A community architect who help shape and preserve the face of Kettering and its surrounding towns and villages has hung up his drawing board and mechanical pencil.
Paul Ansell, owner of Kettering Community Architects practice in Headlands, has provided the plans for numerous buildings including houses, sheltered accommodation, a museum and even a bus stop.
As borough architect with Kettering Borough Council for many years, he designed many civic buildings in the area and remodelled the interiors of many well-known Kettering landmarks, including the Manor House Museum.
He said: “My favourite thing was the range of housing. I was happy to be part of what was happening in the Kettering, Burton Latimer, Desborough, Rothwell and Broughton areas.”
Mr Ansell was born and grew up in Weston Favell. He studied at Northampton Technical School and the town’s college of art before moving to Oxford School of Architecture.
After five years he completed his…