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Name
  
Edward Mountford

Role
  
Architect

Died
  
February 7, 1908


Edward William Mountford

Structures
  
Old Bailey, Battersea Arts Centre

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Edward William Mountford (22 September 1855 - 7 February 1908) was an English architect, noted for his Edwardian Baroque style, who designed the Old Bailey.

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Edward William Mountford Edward William Mountford 18551908

Life

He was born in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire and was educated privately. He married twice, to Jessie Smith (18 June 1888) and, following her death, Dorothy Hounsham (11 July 1903). He had a son (who became an architect) from his first marriage, and a daughter from his second. He died in London on 7 February 1908.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and President of the Architectural Association.

Notable buildings: chronological order

  • Sheffield Town Hall 1890
  • St Andrew's, Earlsfield 1890/1902
  • Battersea Town Hall 1892
  • St Olave's Grammar School 1893
  • Northampton Institute 1896
  • Old Bailey 1900–1907
  • St Michael and All Angels, Southfields, 1901
  • Munstead Grange and Munstead Lodge, Godalming, Surrey, 1902.
  • Lancaster Town Hall 1909
  • College of Technology and Museum Extension 1896–1909
  • With Herbert Appleton

  • St Paul's Church, Forest Hill 1882 (destroyed by bombing 1943)
  • Elm Road Baptist Church, Beckenham 1883–84
  • References

    Edward William Mountford Wikipedia