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Winsome Hall Andrew (1905–1997) was an Australian architect.

Background and career

Andrew was born in Woollahra, New South Wales in 1905. She was the fifth child born of ten to Arthur Hall and Susy Foy. Being raised in a middle-class family, Andrew and her siblings had a tough upbringing due to their mother coming from a wealthy family and their father working for the New South Wales public service as a surveyor on a clerical wage. Arthur Hall had a strict eye for perfection and only expected the highest of standards from his sons and daughters. Winsome attended Sydney Girls High School where she was an outstanding student both academically and athletically. This ensured her a scholarship to study architecture at the University of Sydney from 1922 to graduate in 1928, where she was the sole woman in her year and the only woman graduate to proceed to find employment.

Andrew's life at university were some of her best as she attended theatres and balls, settled down to a long-term boyfriend (potential fiancé) and started to cement herself within the confines of a looming architectural profession.

Partial list of works

The following buildings designed either in part or in full by Andrew:

Buildings designed either in part or in full by Winsome Hall Andrew

Building name	Image	Location	Years built	Heritage register(s)	Notes
St. Ignatius Church		Taralga, New South Wales	1933		Blueprints drafted by Andrew under the name of Clement Glancey
Stockleigh Hall		Regent's Park Estate, Camden Borough, London	1934		Acted as a senior assistant in the office of Robert Atkinson
Police Section House residential block		Scotland Yard, London	1936		Acted as job captain at Stanley Livrock’s office
Manly Surf Life Saving Pavilion		Manly, New South Wales	1939		Partnered with Eric W. Andrew; demolished in 1990
Embassy of the United States		Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	1939		Drafted by Andrew under Malcolm Mior and Heather Sutherland
Proposed student hostel and lecture room		Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	1939		Drafted by Andrew under Malcolm Mior and Heather Sutherland, never built
Anzac House		Sydney, New South Wales	1948		Project architect for Eric W. Andrew competition entry, never built
Alterations to Edgworth School		Vaucluse, New South Wales	1948		Andrew added a glass room, a flat and verandah
Ryde housing scheme		Ryde, New South Wales	Late 1950s		Designed by Andrew in conjunction with Spencer John Raymond
Australian Institute of Builders Headquarters		Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	1956		Partnered with Eric W. Andrew

Awards

• 1934 RIBA competitions Medal, Stockleigh Hall at Regent Park
• 1936 RIBA competitions Medal, Police Section House residential block
• 1939 Sulman Award (winner), Manly Surf Pavilion
• 1948 Anzac House Competition (second place), Anzac House