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Nationality
  
British

Role
  
Architect

Name
  
Harry Moore


Awards
  
AA Silver Medal, 1879

Occupation
  
Architect

Died
  
1915

Harry Wilkinson Moore

Harry Wilkinson Moore, FRIBA (1850–1915) was a Victorian and Edwardian architect. He was the son of Arthur Moore (1814–1873) and Mary Wilkinson (1821–1904), and a nephew of the architects George Wilkinson and William Wilkinson.

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Career

Moore was a pupil of William Wilkinson in 1872 and assistant to Alfred Waterhouse in 1878. Moore was in partnership with William Wilkinson from 1881. Moore was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1888.

Works

Moore designed a number of notable buildings in Oxford. His works include:

  • The Vineyard (1889–90), also known as Pollock House and now The Vines, on Pullens Lane in Headington.
  • Napier House (1892), now Cotuit Hall, also on Pullens Lane, now a hall of residence for EF Academy, Oxford.
  • Durham Buildings, University of Oxford (1902)
  • Logic Lane covered bridge (1904) over Logic Lane at University College, Oxford.
  • He also designed many houses in North Oxford, including in the following roads: Banbury Road, Bardwell Road, Chalfont Road, Farndon Road, Frenchay Road, Hayfield Road, Kingston Road, Linton Road, Northmoor Road, Polstead Road, Rawlinson Road, St Margaret's Road, Southmoor Road, Walton Well Road, and Woodstock Road.

    References

    Harry Wilkinson Moore Wikipedia