Richard Reid and Associates is best known for its award-winning work at Lower Mill Estate in Cirencester , for the masterplan of Kleinzschocher , Leipzig , and for the masterplan and urban design of the Bertalia-Lazzaretto district of Bologna . They were awarded the prize for the best small house in The Sunday Times British Homes Award 2012 . The achievement that gave Richard the most pleasure was the listing of Epping Civic Offices in 2017 . The work of the practice has been included in numerous exhibitions at the Royal Academy , the Heinz Gallery , RIBA and the V & A . Richard worked for many years as a planner and urban designer for The Corporation of London and was a Freeman of The City of London .
Richard was married to Thalia and they had two daughters , the elder of whom , Tamasin , also attended Sevenoaks School .
He devoted his life to architecture and wrote and illustrated many books on the subject . He was still drawing right up until his death in November 2022 .
Thalia Reid and Gerry Diebel ( OS 1976 )
ANTHONY MILES 1944-2023
Anthony Warren Miles passed away on 16 March 2023 at home in San Francisco , California . He was born in Wimbledon and spent his early years in Derbyshire , after which his family moved to Sevenoaks .
Anthony attended Sevenoaks Prep , then Sevenoaks School from 1957 to 1962 , where he became Head Boy under Headmaster LC ( Kim ) Taylor , supporting the school as a benefactor in later years . He went on to Clare College , Cambridge where he obtained his undergraduate degree in English and served as College President . After Cambridge he attended Yale University on a Mellon Fellowship , where he earned an MA in American Studies and met and married his wife , Landra . After two years back in Europe , Anthony returned to the United States to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School .
Anthony worked for 29 years at the Boston Consulting Group , first in Boston , then in California . From 1970 he and his wife lived in San Francisco and at Lake Tahoe . On retirement , he joined the boards of the San Francisco Symphony , St . Luke ’ s Hospital , Presidio Golf Club , California Pacific Medical Center , and the Brotherton Fund .
Anthony is survived by his wife of 55 years , Landra , his two sons Marcus and Aidan and his beloved granddaughters , Adabel and Elora , and by his brother John Miles and his sister Penelope Goulden , both living in Kent .
John Miles ( OS 1970 )
TIMOTHY GOULD 1944-2023
Timothy Gould was born in 1944 in Harrogate . He moved to Sevenoaks in 1951 where he boarded at The New Beacon School , which was to play a special and significant role throughout his life . He subsequently attended Sevenoaks School ( Hardinge 1957-63 ), then Trinity College Dublin where he studied Mathematics . Tim started working in insurance as a Risk Assessor with Sedgwick ’ s in the City of London , then moved to AIG . He travelled all over the world with work including Hong Kong , Jordon , USA , Philippines and Chile . Towards the end of his career , Tim moved to Heath Lambert and then more local companies in and around Sevenoaks .
A keen and talented sportsman , Tim gained full colours at Sevenoaks School playing rugby and went on to play for England Schoolboys , Harlequins and Saracens . He played cricket ( which secured him his job with Sedgwick ’ s ) and golf , and enjoyed sailing , swimming , athletics , skiing and bobsleigh ( which he did while at Sevenoaks ). He was a member of several local clubs including Knole Park Golf Club , Chipstead Sailing Club and Holmesdale Cricket Club . Later , he shared his love of sport with his family taking active holidays in Cornwall , Switzerland and the South of France .
He met Judith Dance following an old boy ’ s cricket match at The New Beacon School where she was the matron . They married in the school ’ s St George ’ s Chapel in 1980 . The chapel was also where their three children and , later , grandchildren were christened , and where both Judy ’ s memorial in 1996 and Tim ’ s recent memorial were held .
Tim lived at Silverley in Oakhill Road for 70 years , which his father had built and where he grew up , as did his children . He moved to Sackville Place for the last few months of his life . He was a fantastic father to Sophie , Annabelle and Emily , and dearly loved grandfather to Caspar , Pip , Thisbe and William .
Sophie Duncan
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