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John Bowley LRIBA (26 July 1864 - 28 January 1938) was an architect and engineer based in England [1] who worked mainly in Beeston, Nottinghamshire and Hastings.

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Architectural career

He was educated at University of Nottingham and the Nottingham School of Art.

He was articled to J.W. Eardley of Derby from 1881 to 1884 and assistant until 1886 until he moved to be assistant to W.E. Woolley of Loughborough where he stayed until 1889. He then started his own practice in Beeston at lived at 39 Dovecote Lane.

In 1896 when he moved to Hastings, initially living at 29 Old London Road. He was appointed Architect to Hastings Town Council. He was also resident engineer to the Eastbourne Waterworks Company and consulting surveyor to the Devonshire Park Company. [2] He was also surveyor to the Compton Estate from 1911 to 1927.

He was appointed Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1910. [3]

Personal life

He was born on 26 July 1864 in Ratclife on Soar, the son of Thomas Cross Bowley (1830-1865) and Frances Chadfield (1831-1881).

He married Elizabeth Jane Fertel (1862-1912) in April 1885 and they had two children:

He married secondly Margaret McLean Agnew in Eastbourne in 1913.

He died on 28 January 1938 in Eastbourne and left an estate valued at £1,540 5s. 1d. His funeral service was held at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Eastbourne on 31 January 1938. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Duke sends wreath". Eastbourne Gazette. England. 2 February 1938. Retrieved 6 May 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Resignations". Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects. 45: 676. 1937.
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  12. "Eastborne's most modern flats". Eastbourne Gazette. England. 19 December 1934. Retrieved 6 May 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.