| Activity | Drawing Office, Dartington Hall, 1929-1932; 1932-1936 Resident Architect; retained in capacity of Estate Architect when went into partnership with Anthony M Chitty, continuing throughout as main Consultant Architect to the Dartington Hall Estate. Buildings designed by him or involved in with others: Agricultural property - Old Parsonage Farm, School Farm, Marley Farm, Barton Farm, including dairy and milking shed and dutch barn, bull pens and isolation house, A I Centre, Yelland Farm main buildings; Aller Park Garages; Barn Theatre interior; Boilerhouse and service buildings; Playhouse; Dance School; Courtyard Barton; Yarner Farmhouse; Yarner Barn; Youth Hostel, Lownard; 1 and 2 Week House; 1 and 2 Marley Cottages; Redworth House; Yelland Farmhouse; 1 Yelland Bungalow; 8 and 9 Warren Lane; conversion of 3 Orchard Park into two flats; 1 and 2 Tower Cottages; addition to Adult Education Centre; car park at Dartington Hall; Estate and Retail Shops, Dartington Hall; Higher Close students' hostel; Central Office alterations; conversion of The Shippon; Music School/Gardens Bothy (Hostel); Greenhouses; 1 and 2 Martins; Hostel blocks, Old Postern.
Robert Hening himself identified 3 groups of buildings letter to M A Ash 20 Nov 1974): Lescaze buildings at Dartington and Churston, 1933 to 1937; courtyard restoration and modernisation, together with and subsequent to W Weir, from the Barn Theatre in 1932 to the Devon Centre in 1962; Accommodation for the College of Arts, from our first tentative music rooms c1950 to the Dance/Drama building in 1969. |