Francis Houlton Wrench

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Francis Houlton Wrench LRIBA AMICE (29 August 1869 - 17 November 1939) was an architect based in Sheffield. [1]

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History

He was born in 1869 in Baslow, Derbyshire, the son of Lieut-Colonel Edward Mason Wrench MVO, VD, FRCS (1833-1912) and Anne Eliza Kirk (1831-1920). He was educated at Drapers’ College, High Road, Tottenham and then University College, Sheffield from 1886 to 1889. He was then articled to Messrs. T. Meik & Sons from 1889 to 1890, then the Eyemouth Railway & Harbour company 1891–93. In 1895 he joined Sheffield Corporation Architects’ Department at a salary of £150 per annum. [2]

He commenced independent practice in Sheffield in 1901 and was appointed LRIBA in 1910.

He married Georginia Charlotte Curll on 30 December 1892 in Edinburgh. [3] They had two children:

He lived in Sheffield for many years.

He was junior engineer in the City Engineers’ Department. He lived at Upperthorpe until 1935 and was churchwarden at St Stephen's Church. [4]

He was a member of the Sheffield Architects’ Society, a Freeman of the City of London, and a member of the Worshipful Company of Drapers of London.

He died at The Hall Cottage, East Markham in November 1939 and left an estate valued at £7,815. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: Vol 2 (L-Z). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 1069. ISBN   082645514X.
  2. ↑ "The City Surveyor's Department" . Sheffield Evening Telegraph. England. 8 June 1895. Retrieved 12 February 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Wrench-Curll" . London Evening Standard. England. 3 January 1893. Retrieved 12 February 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Cremation of Mr. F.H. Wrench" . Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 22 November 1939. Retrieved 12 February 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "East Markham Will" . Newark Herald. England. 27 July 1940. Retrieved 12 February 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Completion of the Abbeydale Road Main Sewer" . Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 11 February 1896. Retrieved 12 February 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Portmahon" . Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 17 January 1903. Retrieved 8 July 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "A Churchwarden's Memory" . Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 1 June 1915. Retrieved 12 February 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
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