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|birth_date= 7 November 1850<ref>''London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917''</ref> |
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|death_date= 1910<ref name=Brodie184>Brodie ''et al.'', 2001, page 184</ref> |
|death_date= 17 April 1910 (aged 59)<ref name=Brodie184>Brodie ''et al.'', 2001, page 184</ref> |
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|death_place= [[Headington]], Oxfordshire<ref name="death">''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915''</ref> |
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|significant_projects= [[Holdenby House]]<ref name=Pevsner>Pevsner & Cherry, 1973, page 263</ref> |
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'''Walter Edward Mills''' was an English architect. |
'''Walter Edward Mills''' (7 November 1850 – 17 April 1910) was an English architect. |
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Mills was articled to the architect Henry Edward Cooper of [[Bloomsbury]] in 1868.<ref name=Brodie184/> He established his own independent practice in [[Banbury]], [[Oxfordshire]] in about 1875,<ref name=Brodie185>Brodie ''et al.'', 2001, page 185</ref> where by 1881 he had premises at 13, High Street.<ref name=Brodie184/> |
Mills was articled to the architect Henry Edward Cooper of [[Bloomsbury]] in 1868.<ref name=Brodie184/> He established his own independent practice in [[Banbury]], [[Oxfordshire]] in about 1875,<ref name=Brodie185>Brodie ''et al.'', 2001, page 185</ref> where by 1881 he had premises at 13, High Street.<ref name=Brodie184/> |
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*St. James' parish church, [[Sarsden]], Oxfordshire: north transept and bellcote, 1896<ref>Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 752</ref> |
*St. James' parish church, [[Sarsden]], Oxfordshire: north transept and bellcote, 1896<ref>Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 752</ref> |
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*Warwick Road Hospital, Banbury, Oxfordshire: hospital wing, late 19th century<ref>Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 438</ref> |
*Warwick Road Hospital, Banbury, Oxfordshire: hospital wing, late 19th century<ref>Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 438</ref> |
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*[[Bovey Castle]], Devon - manor house for [[Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden]], 1907-8<ref name=ad>{{Cite news |date=28 March 1908 |title=North Bovey Manor House |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001639/19080328/107/0004 |work=The East & South Devon Advertiser}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Harmer|first=V|year=2003|title=Manor House Hotel, North Bovey, 1-4 (Report - Assessment)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bovey Castle, North Bovey |url=https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MDV13521&resourceID=104 |website=Heritage Gateway: Devon & Dartmoor HER |publisher=[[Historic England]]}}</ref> |
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*[[St Hilda's College, Oxford]]: extension, 1909<ref>Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 245</ref> |
*[[St Hilda's College, Oxford]]: extension, 1909<ref>Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 245</ref> |
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*Oxford Union, Oxford: second library, 1910-11 (with Thorpe)<ref>Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 273</ref> |
*Oxford Union, Oxford: second library, 1910-11 (with Thorpe)<ref>Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 273</ref> |
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==Sources== |
==Sources== |
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*{{Cite book |editor1-last=Brodie |editor1-first=Antonia |
*{{Cite book |editor1-last=Brodie |editor1-first=Antonia |editor2-last=Felstead |editor2-first=Alison |editor3-last=Franklin |editor3-first=Jonathan |editor4-last=Pinfield |editor4-first=Leslie |editor5-last=Oldfield|editor5-first=Jane|title=Directory of British Architects 1834–1914, L–Z |year=2001 |publisher=Continuum |location=London & New York |isbn=0-8264-5514-X |pages=184–185}} |
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*{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus | |
*{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |author-link1=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Cherry |first2=Bridget |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |title=Northamptonshire |orig-year=1961 |year=1973 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=0-14-071022-1 |page=263}} |
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*{{cite book |last1=Sherwood |first1=Jennifer |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus | |
*{{cite book |last1=Sherwood |first1=Jennifer |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author-link2=Nikolaus Pevsner |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |title=Oxfordshire |year=1974 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=0-14-071045-0 | pages=245, 273, 404, 438, 444, 650, 752}} |
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Latest revision as of 13:48, 4 October 2024
Walter Mills | |
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| Born | 7 November 1850[2] |
| Died | 17 April 1910 (aged 59)[3] Headington, Oxfordshire[4] |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Projects | Holdenby House[1] |
Walter Edward Mills (7 November 1850 – 17 April 1910) was an English architect.
Mills was articled to the architect Henry Edward Cooper of Bloomsbury in 1868.[3] He established his own independent practice in Banbury, Oxfordshire in about 1875,[5] where by 1881 he had premises at 13, High Street.[3]
Mills served as architectural clerk to the agent for the Clifden Estates,[3] for whom he completed Holdenby House in 1878.[1] Mills designed a number of public buildings in mixed styles, usually neo-Jacobean.[6] His extension of the Oxford Union was completed posthumously.
Mills was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1882.[3]
Works
[edit]- Holdenby House, Holdenby, Northamptonshire: extension, 1877-78[1]
- St. Leonard's parish church, Grimsbury, Oxfordshire, 1890[7]
- St. Mary's parish church, Holwell, Oxfordshire: rebuilding, 1895[8]
- St. James' parish church, Sarsden, Oxfordshire: north transept and bellcote, 1896[9]
- Warwick Road Hospital, Banbury, Oxfordshire: hospital wing, late 19th century[10]
- Bovey Castle, Devon - manor house for Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden, 1907-8[11][12][13]
- St Hilda's College, Oxford: extension, 1909[14]
- Oxford Union, Oxford: second library, 1910-11 (with Thorpe)[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Pevsner & Cherry, 1973, page 263
- ^ London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917
- ^ a b c d e Brodie et al., 2001, page 184
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
- ^ Brodie et al., 2001, page 185
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 404
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 444
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 650
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 752
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 438
- ^ "North Bovey Manor House". The East & South Devon Advertiser. 28 March 1908.
- ^ Harmer, V (2003). Manor House Hotel, North Bovey, 1-4 (Report - Assessment).
- ^ "Bovey Castle, North Bovey". Heritage Gateway: Devon & Dartmoor HER. Historic England.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 245
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 273
Sources
[edit]- Brodie, Antonia; Felstead, Alison; Franklin, Jonathan; Pinfield, Leslie; Oldfield, Jane, eds. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914, L–Z. London & New York: Continuum. pp. 184–185. ISBN 0-8264-5514-X.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (1973) [1961]. Northamptonshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 263. ISBN 0-14-071022-1.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 245, 273, 404, 438, 444, 650, 752. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.