Herbert Walker (architect)

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Basford cemetery chapel 1874
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Waterworks office, Castle Boulevard, Nottingham 1899-1900

Lieut-Colonel Herbert Walker FRIBA, M Inst CE, FSI, (1846 - 23 November 1937) was an architect, surveyor and civil engineer based in Nottingham [1] from 1870 to 1923.

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Life

He was born in 1846, the son of George Frederick Walker (1800 - 1857) and Eliza Dutton (1807 - 1875).

He studied in the office of his brother Samuel Dutton Walker from 1860 - 1866. He was then articled to Borough Engineer Marriott Ogle Tarbotton from 1866 - 1870 [1] and was engineer and surveyor to Basford Sanitary Authority. When Basford was merged with Nottingham he started his own practice in Nottingham in 1870. He had offices in Newcastle Chambers on Angel Row until around 1907 when he moved to Albion Chambers in King Street.

He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1889. [2]

He married Annie Sophia Turner, youngest daughter of John Turner of Edwalton, on 25 January 1872 at Holy Rood Church, Edwalton [3] and they had the following children:

Until 1886 he lived in a house called Church Fields, in Bailey Street, Old Basford. [4]

He spent about 37 years with the Robin Hood Battalion which he joined in 1864 as a cadet. He retired with the rank of Lieut-Colonel. During the First World War he undertook recruiting work and was appointed inspector of machinery for the Royal Engineers.

For seven years, he was church warden at Emmanuel Church, Nottingham.

On retiring from business in 1923 he moved to Blackpool. His wife predeceased him by ten years [5] and he died on 23 November 1937.

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References

  1. 1 2 Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol 2. Royal Institute or British Architects. p. 893. ISBN   9780826455147.
  2. "Court and Personal" . Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 23 November 1889. Retrieved 19 July 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Married" . Stamford Mercury. England. 2 February 1872. Retrieved 19 July 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Old Basford, Nottingham" . Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 6 August 1886. Retrieved 19 July 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Lieut-Col. H. Walker Dead" . Nottingham Evening Post. England. 23 November 1937. Retrieved 19 July 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Opening of the New Board Schools at Sherwood" . Nottingham Journal. England. 7 August 1878. Retrieved 19 July 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Basford Union - Erection of new entrance lodge" . Nottingham Journal. England. 27 February 1880. Retrieved 19 July 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Beeston" . Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 29 September 1882. Retrieved 19 July 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. 1 2 3 Harwood, Elain (2008). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. ISBN   9780300126662.
  10. "New Factory Buildings at Daybrook" . Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 21 September 1883. Retrieved 19 July 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. "Blidworth - formal opening of the waterworks" . Mansfield Reporter. England. 4 October 1899. Retrieved 19 July 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. "The Sheriff and the Sherwood Poor" . Nottingham Evening Post. England. 5 February 1899. Retrieved 19 July 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. "City of Nottingham" . Nottingham Journal. England. 2 March 1899. Retrieved 19 July 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. "Primitive Methodism" . Stamford Mercury. England. 19 October 1906. Retrieved 19 July 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.