My father, Vic Nierop-Reading, who has died aged 95, was a conservation architect who spent much of his life helping to restore the precious old buildings of Norwich.
Born in Finchley, north London, Vic was the only child of Frank Reading, a clockmaker, and May (nee Elsegood), who worked in a jewellery showroom. He went to Christ’s college in Finchley, before training in architecture at North London Polytechnic (now London Metropolitan University). He started his career in 1953, working for the Geddes Hyslop firm of London architects, specialising in restoring English country houses.
