Architects, Surveyors and Engineers of Hinckley, with the buildings that they worked on. The Sculptors, woodcarvers, stonemasons and Stained-Glass Artists are also included.
For more information about Hinckley-based professionals see: Tradesmen of 1800-1950
ADDISON, John, engineer, of Westminster
ASHBY, William, of Hinckley
BAINES, PROVIS & COPE, of Leicester
BALL, Joseph Alfred, (b. 1841, fl. c.1859-1902), of Hinckley [see also BALL & HEATON]
BALL & HEATON, Joseph Alfred (b. 1841) & Arthur Macdonald (b. 1876), of Hinckley
BARRADALE, Isaac, FRIBA (1845-92), of Leicester
[Other work included, in Leicester, his own house, 'Stoneygate'; St. George's Chambers, 3 Greyfriars, 1876; [now] Fenwick's Department Store, 1884; and The Cottage Homes, Countesthorpe, 1884. 'His works, which are mostly in Leicester and the neighbourhood, are of good repute' (obit, Builder, 1892)]
BARROWCLIFF & ALLCOCK, George Henry (1863-1924) & Edward Thomas (1871-1958), of Loughborough
[Other work included, in Loughborough, the Central Library, 1903-5; Emmanuel Church chancel/vestries, 1909; St. Peter's Church, 1910-12; and the Congregationalist Church, 1907-8]
BRADLEY, Horace G., of Birmingham
['Among the list of architects who who have contributed materially to the progress of British cinematography by building beautiful and attractive cinemas must be included Mr. Horace G. Bradley, of 10A Temple Row, Birmingham. Mr. Bradley has to his credit - among other fine structures - the Broadway Cinema and the Coronet, two of the landmarks of the industry in Birmingham' (The Cinema, 24 April 1924). Other work included, in Birmingham, the Coronet Cinema, Lozells Picture House, The Broadway, The Kingsway, The Carlton, Acocks Green Cinema and the Birchfield Harriers sports ground at Perry Bar; at Tamworth, The Grand; at Leamington, the Bath Cinema and Dance Hall; at Oldbury, The Oldbury Theatre; at Llandudno, the Princes Theatre; at Highgate, Highgate Picture House, Darwin Street and the Waldorf; and at Nuneaton, 'a large block of offices and shops with garage'.]
BROWN, Sir John, HENSON, A. E., & Partners, of London
BROWN & SHARPE, Frank LRIBA, & A. L. FRIBA, of Hinckley
CARÖE & PASSMORE, William Douglas (1857-1938) & Herbert (1867-1966), of London
CARPENTER, HUGH, of Leicester
CHESHIRE, John (17__-1812), of Over Whitacre, Warwickshire
[Other work included the rebuilding of the spire, St Mary de Castro, Leicester, 1785, and repairs to Stoke Golding church spire, 1788]
CHRISTIAN, Ewan (1814-95) , of London
[His extensive output included, in Leicestershire, St. Mark's, Leicester, 1870-2; St James, Oaks-in-Charnwood, 1883; The Martyrs, Leicester, 1889-90; and St. Peter, Copt Oak, 1889. Also restoration work at St. Laurence, Measham, 1841-2; St. Peter, Higham-on-the-Hill, 1854; St. Nichols, Bringhurst, 1862-3; All Saints, Hoby, 1863-4; St. Andrew, Great Easton, 1864-6; St. Bartholomew, Quorndon, 1865-6; SS Peter & Paul, Langham, 1876-8; St Peter, Brooke, 1879; St. James, Dadlington, 1885-6; St. Andrew, Lyddington, 1889-90; and St. Mary Magdalene, Knighton, 1894]
COOK, (Sir) Frederick Charles (1875-1947), council surveyor (1900-03), of Hinckley
COWDELL & BRYAN, William Morton (c. 1855-1925) & Arthur F. (fl. 1930s), of Leicester
[Bryan's other work included St. Anne's church, Letchworth Road, Leicester, 1933-4]
COX, George H., of Birmingham [G. A. Cox, LRIBA of Birmingham d. 1921]
[Other work included Redditch Library, 1885, and Our Lady and All Saints Catholic Church, Stourbridge, 1890 (Obit, Builder, 30 Sept 1921, p.405)]
CRUMP, Edward Harold AMICE, FSI, (fl. 1903-c.1935), council surveyor (1903-1919), of Hinckley and Nuneaton
DAIN & SMITH, John Messing (1810-86) & William Beaumont, of Leicester
DARLING, Brenda, ARIBA, of Hinckley
DESIGN & PLANNING ASSOCIATES, of Bath
DRAKE, Francis Edwin, FGS, FALS, MSA, FSA (fl. 1861-1870), of Hinckley and Leicester
[Author, The Early Traces of Man on the Earth (London 1865). Other works included Congregational chapels at Leicester and Rochester; two Baptist churches in Leicester; Esplanade Hotel, Ryde, Isle of Wight; several Turkish Baths; several large warehouses and factories in Leicester (one in Gordon Street); villas at Brighton and Hassock's Gate etc.]
ELLIS, H. Alexander Ratcliffe, of Birmingham
[Ellis was in partnership with Charles A. Edge in Birmingham from 1900, shortly afterwards taking over his business]
ELLIS & BUNTING, H. Alexander Ratcliffe & A. H., of Birmingham
[In 1924 Ellis had been appointed Architect and Surveyor to the Diocese of Bath & Wells]
FEATHERSTON, John Stewart (fl. 1919-50), council surveyor , of Hinckley
FOWLER, Captain Ernest George, FRIBA (1882-1950), of Leicester
['He… supervised the erection of £1,100,000 worth of building in the county' (obit, Builder, 27 Jan 1950, p.139)]
GILLETT, William (fl. 1860s), of Leicester
[Other work included repairs to St. Peter's, Belgrave, Leicester, 1861]
GODDARD, Henry (1792-1868), of Leicester
GODDARD, Henry Langton, of Leicester
GODDARD, Joseph (1840-1900), & Company, of Leicester
GODDARD & PAGET, Joseph (1840-1900) & Alfred Henry (1848-1901), of Leicester
[For the Goddard practice, see Geoff Brandwood and Martin Cherry, Men of Property: The Goddards and Six Generations of Architecture (Leics County Council, 1990)]
GOODACRE & GOODACRE, Robert Johnson, JP, FRIBA, FSI (1826-1904) & John (d.1917), of Leicester
[Other work included St. Augustine's church, Newfoundpool, Leicester, 1898]
GOTCH & SAUNDERS, John Alfred, PRIBA, PAA (1852-1942) & Charles, of Kettering
GREWCOCK, William Thomas, ARIBA (d. 1915), of Leicester and Hinckley
[Other work included rebuilding of spire, Stapleton church, 1904-05; business premises in Earl Shilton; houses and farm buildings at Misterton and Kimcote for Leics. County Council; Burton & Sons' Dye Works, Leicester; and rebuilding of Star Inn, Belgrave Gate, Leicester, 1915]
HAIRD, T. W., FRIBA (of PICK, EVERARD, KEAY & GIMSON), of Leicester
HANSOM, Charles Francis (1817-88), of Coventry
[Other work included Holy Sacrament RC church, Coventry, 1844; RC church at Studley, Warwicks, 1850; RC church and presbytery at Coughton, Warwicks, 1851-53]
HANSOM, Joseph Aloysius (1803-82), of Hinckley
[Other buildings of this period by Hansom include Birmingham Town Hall, from 1832; Nonconformist Preparatory School, New Walk, Leicester, 1836; Lutterworth Town Hall, 1836; Rosary Convent, Atherstone, 1837-41; Coventry Union Bank, Atherstone, c.1837; mortuary chapel, St Mary's Priory, Princethorpe, from 1837; RC church, Nuneaton, 1838; Baptist Chapel, Leicester, 1844; and Clergy House for Holy Cross Priory, Leicester, 1845]
HARROLD, Thomas, sen., of Hinckley
HARROLD, Thomas (1832-1919), of Hinckley
HAWKSLEY, T. & C., civil engineers, of Westminster
HEATON & WALKER (1909-1974), Arthur Macdonald (b. 1876) & Sidney John (1881-1973), of Hinckley [see also BALL & HEATON]
[Other work included, in Burbage, the Co-Operative Society premises, 1929-30; Sunningdale, Sunny Hill, 1928, etc; in Wolvey, 'Carfax', Temple Hill, 1934, and the Axe & Compass, Wolvey Heath; and additions to the Dog & Hedgehog, Dadlington]
HICKS & CHARLEWOOD, William Searle (1849-1902) & Henry Clement (1846-1943), of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
[Other work included the building or restoration of many churches in Yorkshire and County Durham from the late 1880s]
HILLCOAT, Clive
HOLDING, Edward de Wilde, of Northampton
[Other work included additions to Christ Church, Northampton, 1913]
IRELAND, Joseph (c.1780-1841)
[Other work included All Saints RC chapel, Hassop Hall, Derbys, 1816-18; St John the Baptist RC church, Haywood, Staffs, 1828; Holy Cross RC chapel, Leicester, 1817-19; St Mary's RC chapel, Walsall, 1825-7; and SS Peter & Paul RC chapel, Wolverhampton, 1825-7]
JEPSON, H. M., ARIBA, of Nuneaton
KEAY, William, FRIBA, FRI, of Leicester (of PICK, EVERARD, KEAY & GIMSON)
[Other work included St Christopher's church, Leicester, 1928, County Offices, Friar Lane/Greyfriars, Leicester, 1936 and extensions to Carlton Hayes Hospital, 1930s]
LOCKE, Thomas Richmond
LOXTON, John (b. c.1833), of Wednesbury
[Other work included the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Swan Village, Staffs, 1865, Wednesbury Town Hall, 1870-2, and several school buildings in Staffs]
MALTBY, Frederick Allen (fl. c.1883-1911), of Hinckley
McCARTHY & COLLINGS & Company, Thomas Ignatius & Harry, of Coalville
[Other work included Holy Cross RC Church, Whitwick, 1904; the clock tower, Coalville, 1926; and additions to Our Lady of the Angels RC Church, Nuneaton, 1936]
MOORE, Temple Lushington (1856-1920), of Hampstead
[See Geoffrey Brandwood, Temple Moore: An Architect of the Late Gothic Revival (Paul Watkins 1997)]
OGDEN, Clement Copeland, FRIBA (1887-1967), of Leicester
OLDRIEVE, William Thomas, RSA, FSA, FRIBA (1854-1922), of Manchester/Edinburgh
[Other work included Post Offices at Hyde, 1899-1900; Weston super Mare 1900; Aldershot, 1900-02; Plymouth 1902; Merthyr 1903;Southampton 1903; Norwich (extension) 1904; Burslem 1904; Hereford (extension) 1904; Lincoln, 1906; Salisbury, 1907; Baptist Chapel, Springfield Road, Blackpool, 1903-4; and restoration of Stirling Castle]
ORCHARD, Thomas and Stephen, of Grimsbury, nr Banbury
ORTON, W. T., of Hinckley and Birmingham
PARSONS, William (1796-1857), of Leicester
PERKINS, George B., of Hinckley
REDFERN & SAWDAY, Francis, & Albert Edward, OBE, JP, FRIBA (c.1851-1923), of Leicester
[Other work by Sawday included, at Leicester, Clarendon Park Methodist church 1900; Union Board Room, 1882, Registry Office, Pocklington's Walk, 1883, and several factory buildings]
ROBERTS, Ernest Samuel (1890-c.1945)
RUSH DAVIS DESIGN PARTNERSHIP
SMIRKE, Sydney (1797-1877), of London
[Other work of this period included the library at Clumber House, Notts, 1829-31; Oakley Park, Suffolk c.1830; Gunnersbury House, Middlesex, c.1834; Thornham Hall, Suffolk, 1837-8; and custom houses at Bristol, Gloucester, Newcastle and Shoreham, Sussex c.1830-41]
SMITH, William Bassett (1830-1901), of London
SYMINGTON, PRINCE & PIKE, of Leicester
WELLS, Josias, of Hinckley
WIGG, John (1860-1907), of Leicester and Hinckley
WIGGINTON, William, FRIBA (b.1828, fl. 1855-79), of London
[Other work included Christ Church, Clapton 1870-71; St. James, Hampton, 1863-4 (and enlargement, 1878-9); St. John the Baptist, Kingsland, 1867-72; St. Paul, Bethnal Green, 1863-4; St. Paul Old Charlton, Kent, 1865-7]
WILKINS, J. R., of Oxford
FLEISHMANN, Arthur J. (1896-1990), of London
[Other work included sculptures of four Popes from life; perspex fountain for World Exhibition, 1970; crystal crown at St. Katherine's Dock, 1977; and many more]
HEDLEY, Ralph, of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
KNEALE, Bryan
MOORE, ___, of Leicester
MORCOM, Joseph Herbert (1871-1942), of Leicester
SMITH, J., of Bristol
WHITACRE, Aelred, OP (active 1930s)
WYON, Allan Gairdner (1882-1962), of London
[Other work included a relief figure of the East Wind on London Transport headquarters over St. James Park Station (1927-9)]
BALDWIN, F. S., ABSMGP, of John Hall & Sons, London
BLYTHE, W., of Bradford, & GRIFFITHS, A., of Golders Green
BURLISON & GRYLLS, John (1843-91), & Thomas Henry (1873-1953), of London
CORBAULD, Rupert H, FBSMGP, of A. O. HEMMING & Co., London
DAVIES, Archibald J. (1877-1953), of the Bromsgrove Guild
DAWSON, Clare, FBSMGP, of Parsons Green, London
EVANS, Sebastian, for CHANCE Brothers of Smethwick
FLEISCHMANN, Arthur J. (1896-1990), of London
HOLLAND, William, of Warwick
KEMPE, Charles Eamer (1835-1907), of London
MARTIN DANN, Messrs, of West Bromwich
WEBB, Christopher, FBSMGP (1886-1966), of St Albans
