Michael Drury

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Michael Drury
Baptist Church, Lincoln.jpg
Mint Street Baptist Church, Lincoln, 1870
Born28 July 1832
Lincoln.
Died6 February 1890
Lincoln
NationalityEnglish
Alma materPupil of William Adams Nicholson,
OccupationArchitect
PracticeIn Lincoln from 1853 -c1885, later Drury and Mortimer.

Michael Drury (1832 – after 1881) was an English architect working in Lincoln.

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Life

Michael Drury was born about 1832 in Lincoln. He was apprenticed to the Lincoln architect William Adams Nicholson and appears to have continued his practice, working from No 1, Bank Street (on corner with Silver Street) in Lincoln. [1] He became Lincoln City Surveyor and 1868 was called upon by the City Council to give evidence about the state of the drains in the city, which were giving rise to much ill health. [2] Later in 1878 he was responsible for the new drainage and sewerage scheme for Lincoln and kept extensive notes on the many Roman discoveries that were made in the Bailgate and along the High Street in Lincoln. [3] In 1863 he was the Curator and sub-treasurer of the Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society. In 1881 he was living at Foss Lodge, Lincoln. Drury specialised in church restoration work. The architect Albert Vicars, who specialised in church architecture served his articles with Michael Drury. Around 1870 Drury joined William Mortimer in a partnership which lasted until about 1878. After this he worked by himself mainly laying out new streets and building terrace housing until 1889. [4]

Works

Church Buildings and Chapels.

St. Thomas' church with Drury's school conversion attached- now Heighington Heritage Centre. St.Thomas' church - geograph.org.uk - 1074365.jpg
St. Thomas' church with Drury's school conversion attached- now Heighington Heritage Centre.
St. Peter's church, Sotby, Lincolnshire St.Peter's church, Sotby, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 73402.jpg
St. Peter's church, Sotby, Lincolnshire
All Saints' church, North Hykeham, Lincs. All Saints' church,North Hykeham, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 68608.jpg
All Saints' church, North Hykeham, Lincs.

Cemeteries

Vicarage

Drury and Mortimer

1 James Street Lincoln 01 1 James Street Lincoln 01.jpg
1 James Street Lincoln 01
Barbican Hotel Lincoln Barbican Hotel Lincoln.jpg
Barbican Hotel Lincoln
St Luke, North Kyme - Drury and Mortimer 1877 St Luke, North Kyme - geograph.org.uk - 105585.jpg
St Luke, North Kyme - Drury and Mortimer 1877

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References

  1. "Brodie", pg 564
  2. Sir Francis Hill (1974),Victorian Lincoln, Cambridge U.P., pg 167.
  3. Drury's notes on Roman discoveries are kept in Lincoln Central Library. See Jones M.J., (2002), Roman Lincoln: Conquest, Colony and Capital, pp.14, 62 158 and figs. 2 & 32.
  4. Survey of Lincoln, Buildings Applications Database
  5. "Antram" (1989), pg.178.
  6. "Antram" (1989), pg.576.
  7. "Antram" (1989), pg.661.
  8. Stamford Mercury - Friday 16 June 1854 pg. 3
  9. Antram N (revised), Pevsner N & Harris J, (1989), The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, Yale University Press.pg 674.
  10. https://www.lincstothepast.com/Untitled/911714.record?ImageId=147154&pt=S
  11. Antram N (revised), Pevsner N & Harris J, (1989), The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, Yale University Press.pg 502.
  12. "Survey of Lincoln", Database of City Council Building Applications, Application nos. 11 & 12
  13. Antram N (revised), Pevsner N & Harris J, (1989), The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, Yale University Press.pg 521-2.
  14. "1, James Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire".
  15. "Survey of Lincoln", Database of City Council Building Applications, Application no.531.
  16. "Survey of Lincoln", Database of City Council Building Applications, Application no.657.
  17. Lincoln Building applications No. 736 04/07/1876
  18. Lincoln County Record Office : Lincoln City Building Applications No.948

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