Name John Beswicke | Role Architect | |
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Died April 28, 1925, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia | ||
John Beswicke (1847–1925) was an architect and licensed surveyor operating in Melbourne between 1882 and 1915. He was apprenticed to the firm Crouch and Wilson at age 16, where he continued to work for 18 years, finishing as head assistant. On 2 January 1882 Ralph Wilson and John Beswicke formed the partnership Wilson and Beswicke. Through his career he was in sole practice as J. Beswicke, between and following three partnerships including Beswicke and Hutchins, and Beswicke and Coote.
Notable works
Civic buildings around Melbourne:
Churches:
Commercial:
Perhaps the most notable commercial project of his career, in a brief partnership known as J. Beswicke, and Oakden, Addison and Kemp, was a twelve storey brick building on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Flinders Lane (1888) for the Australian Property and Investment Company, (no longer standing).
Domestic: