William Bliss Sanders (9 February 1841 - 28 March 1896) was an architect based in Nottingham. [1]
William Bliss Sanders (9 February 1841 - 28 March 1896) was an architect based in Nottingham. [1]
He was born on 9 February 1841, the son of William Wilkins Sanders and Martha Bliss. He established himself as an architect in the early 1870s with offices on Wheeler Gate in Nottingham. On 17 September 1874, he married Florence Bellinger Skottowe Morris, daughter of Beverley Robinson Morris of York at St Matthew's Church, Talbot Street, Nottingham.
In 1879 he was appointed architect to The Imperial Hydropathic Institution Limited, which had taken over the Binns’ Hotel, Harrogate to improve and develop the Hydropathic facilities available. [2]
In 1883 he published a book with the title Half-timbered houses and carved oak furniture of the 16th and 17th centuries. It has an introduction by John Ruskin.
In 1884 he was appointed a surveyor to the Diocese of Southwell. [3]
He died at 2 Cathcart Road, London on 28 March 1896 and was buried in Burnham Cemetery on 1 April 1896 leaving an estate valued at £1,534 11s 6d.
Newark-on-Trent or Newark is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It stands on the River Trent, the A1 – on the route of the ancient Great North Road, and the East Coast Main Line railway. The origins of the town are possibly Roman, as it lies on an important Roman road, the Fosse Way. The town grew around Newark Castle, now ruined, and a large market place, now lined with historic buildings. It was a centre for the wool and cloth trades. In the English Civil War, it was besieged by Parliamentary forces and relieved by Royalist forces under Prince Rupert. Today Newark has many commuters to the city of Nottingham some 20 miles away, to London, and to other cities such as Leicester, Leeds, Doncaster and York.
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