John Wills (1846 - 20 June 1906) was an architect based in Derby.
He lived at Dodbrook, 136 Whitaker Road, Derby, a house he designed himself.
For many years he was president of the Derby and Derbyshire Band of Hope Union, and treasurer of the South Derbyshire Liberal Association. He was also a councillor on Derby Town Council for the Becket Ward in the 1880s. He was a trustee of Green-hill Chapel in Derby.
He died in Salcombe, Devon on 20 June 1906.
He formed a partnership with his sons William Francis Wills (b. 1877) and John Ross Wills (b. 1882). His practice was based at Victoria Street Chambers in Derby. He was responsible for building many non-conformist chapels in the Midlands and in the southeastern counties of Sussex, Middlesex, Essex and Kent. He has been called the "pre-eminent architect" of Baptist chapels in Kent, where his designs ranged from expensive, large chapels in towns to small wayside chapels in rural areas. His Baptist church at Holland Road in Hove has been called one of the most important Nonconformist chapels of the Victorian era in Sussex.
He was the author of Hints to Trustees of Chapel Property and Chapel Keepers’ Manual which was in its 3rd edition by 1884.
1878 Futhergate Congregational Chapel, Blackburn1879 Primitive Methodist Chapel, Cross Keys.1881 Victoria Baptist Church, Deal, Kent1882 Chesterfield Primitive Methodist Chapel1883 Unitarian Chapel, Llandysul.1885 Ceylon Place Baptist Church, Eastbourne1886 Park Street Wesleyan Methodist, Blaenavon.1886 Brasted Baptist Chapel, Brasted, Kent1886 Vine Baptist Chapel, Sevenoaks, Kent1887 Fowey Congregational Chapel, Cornwall1887 Holland Road Baptist Church, Hove1887 Townend Memorial Methodist Chapel, Knockholt, Kent1888 Normanton on Soar Wesleyan Chapel1889 Baptist Tabernacle, New Brompton, Kent1891 St Paul's Wesleyan Methodist, Penmaenmawr.1892 Yalding Baptist Chapel, Yalding, Kent1895 Prichard Memorial Baptist, Llangollen1895 Hove Methodist Church, Hove1896 Brimington Wesleyan Chapel, Derbyshire1897 Wesleyan Chapel, St Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent1898 Wesleyan Church and schools, Firth Park Road, Sheffield1898 Babington Buildings, St. Peter's Street, Derby for the Public Benefit Boot & Shoe Company1899 Cornerstone Methodist Church, Worthing1899 Cavendish Baptist Schools, Ramsgate, Kent1899 Fitzwalter Road Wesleyan Chapel, Sheffield1900 Bucks Road Primitive Methodist Chapel, Douglas, Isle of Man1900 Wesleyan Methodist, Milford Haven.1900 Queen's Road Methodist Church, Beeston, Nottingham1900 Borrowash Methodist Church1901 Victoria Road Congregational Church, Portsmouth1902 Osmaston Wesleyan Church, Derbyshire1903 Waltham Abbey Wesleyan Church and Sunday School, Essex1904 Walmer, Kent1905 Wealdstone Baptist Church1905 Bethel Methodist Church, Brighouse, West Yorkshire1913 Pellon Baptist Church, Halifax, West Yorkshire