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23rd August 2024
Sadie Speight (1906-92) met her future husband Leslie Martin at Manchester University where they both studied architecture. Despite the fact they formed a professional working partnership, Leslie Martin's name remains well-known whilst Sadie Speight, who according to her obituary "made a contribution in her own right and with her husband to the very best in design today", is often barely a footnote. This is 'Brackenfell' (1937-38) in Cumbria which the two designed for Alastair Morton of Edinburgh weavers; the large window on the right let light into his studio.
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