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'''George Bernard Cox''' [[FRIBA]] (31 July 1886 – 20 October 1978) was a British architect and co-founder with [[Arthur Harrison (architect)|Arthur Harrison]] of Harrison and Cox. He primarily designed [[Roman Catholic]] churches.
'''George Bernard Cox''' [[FRIBA]] (31 July 1886 – 20 October 1978) was a British architect and co-founder with [[Arthur Harrison (architect)|Arthur Harrison]] of Harrison and Cox. He primarily designed [[Roman Catholic]] churches.


==Life==
Churches designed by Cox include St Elizabeth's Church in [[Coventry]] (1912),<ref>[http://www.stelizabethcoventry.co.uk/ StElizabethCoventry.co.uk] retrieved 12 December 2015</ref> the [[Grade II listed building|Grade-II listed]] Sacred Heart and St Margaret Mary Church in [[Aston, Birmingham|Aston]] (1920s)<ref>{{NHLE|num=1393309|desc=|accessdate=2 October 2015}}</ref> and the Grade-II listed [[Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Hednesford|Our Lady of Lourdes Church]] in [[Hednesford]] (1928–34).<ref>{{NHLE|num=1430855|desc=|accessdate=3 August 2023}}</ref> In 1925-26, he designed the sanctuary and side chapels for [[St Edward's Church, Selly Park, Birmingham|St Edward's Church]] in [[Selly Park]], Birmingham.
He was born on 31 July 1886 in Birmingham, the son of George Henry Cox (1854-1893) and Mary Elizabeth Cox (1855-1931). He married Mary Hopwood, eldest daughter of T.W. Hopwood of Lea Hall, Handsworth on 1 July 1914 in St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.

He retired in 1967 aged 80<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=For the record… |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19670529/162/0007 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=England |date=29 May 1967 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> and died on 20 October 1978 at Huntspill, The Parks, Minehead and left an estate valued at £262,772.


==List of works==
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His non-ecclesiastical buildings include the Village Hall in [[Tanworth-in-Arden]], which opened in 1927,<ref name=Tanworthvillagehall>{{cite web|title=Tanworth Village Hall: The Early Years |url=http://www.tanworthvillagehall.org.uk/8.html|website=Tanworth Village Hall|accessdate=31 August 2015}}</ref> and the Grade-II listed [[Brookhill Tavern]] in [[Alum Rock, Birmingham]] (1927–28).<ref name=HistoricEngland>{{NHLE|num=1423497|desc=|accessdate=30 August 2015}}</ref>
===Churches===
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*St Elizabeth's Church, [[Coventry]] 1912<ref>[http://www.stelizabethcoventry.co.uk/ St ElizabethCoventry.co.uk] retrieved 12 December 2015</ref>
*Sacred Heart and St Margaret Mary Church, [[Aston, Birmingham|Aston]] 1920s [[Grade II listed building|Grade-II listed]] <ref>{{NHLE|num=1393309|desc=|accessdate=2 October 2015}}</ref>
*Franciscan Monastery, Olton, Birmingham 1925<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Birmingham Friars’ New Church |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004156/19260424/220/0009 |newspaper=Nottingham and Midland Catholic News |location=England |date=24 April 1926 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> (extensions)
*St Mary’s Redemptorist Church, Clapham 1930<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Church Building Progress in Southwark |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004156/19300927/226/0011 |newspaper=Nottingham and Midland Catholic News |location=England |date=27 September 1930 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref> (extensions)
*[[Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Hednesford|Our Lady of Lourdes Church]], [[Hednesford]] 1928–34 [[Grade II listed building|Grade-II listed]]<ref>{{NHLE|num=1430855|desc=|accessdate=3 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[St Edward's Church, Selly Park, Birmingham|St Edward's Church]], [[Selly Park]] Birmingham, 1925-26 (sanctuary and side chapels)
*Roman Catholic Church, High Street, Brownhills 1935<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Roman Catholic Church for Brownhills |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000379/19350531/027/0005 |newspaper=Lichfield Mercury |location=England |date=31 May 1935 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart and St Theresa, Coleshill 1938-42<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Bishop Lays Church Foundation Stone |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19381004/119/0009 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |location=England |date=4 October 1938 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*St Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church, Uplands Road/Avenue Road, Handsworth 1939<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=A New Handsworth Church |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19390726/323/0012 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=England |date=26 July 1939 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart and Holy Souls, Acock’s Green 1940 <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Acock’s Green War Memorial Church |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19400606/098/0003 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=England |date=6 June 1940 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*Roman Catholic Church, Swadlingcote, 1956<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New R.C. Church for Swadlincote |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19560629/015/0001 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=England |date=29 June 1956 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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==Other works==
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*Village Hall in [[Tanworth-in-Arden]] 1927<ref name=Tanworthvillagehall>{{cite web|title=Tanworth Village Hall: The Early Years |url=http://www.tanworthvillagehall.org.uk/8.html|website=Tanworth Village Hall|accessdate=31 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[Brookhill Tavern]], [[Alum Rock, Birmingham]] 1927–28<ref name=HistoricEngland>{{NHLE|num=1423497|desc=|accessdate=30 August 2015}}</ref>
*Wing to [[Oscott College]] 1931<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Catholic Buildings |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003825/19311213/011/0011 |newspaper=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |location=England |date=13 December 1931 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*Boys’ Club, Summer Lane, Birmingham 1932<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Boys’ Club |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19320924/141/0003 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |location=England |date=24 September 1932 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*Parish hall for [[Church of Our Lady and St Rose of Lima, Weoley Castle]] 1933<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Catholic Hall |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000671/19330929/005/0005 |newspaper=Evening Despatch |location=England |date=29 September 1933 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*Court Oak Public House, Harborne 1934<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Birmingham’s New Inn |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19340201/373/0013 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |location=England |date=1 February 1934 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*St Vincent’s Roman Catholic Schools, Vauxhall Grove, Birmingham 1935<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Elementary School |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19350329/333/0023 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |location=England |date=29 March 1935 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*Schools at the Roman Catholic Church of Christ the King, Kingstanding 1935-36<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Catholic School |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19350610/205/0005 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |location=England |date=10 June 1935 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*Assembly Room Bay, The York, Hall Green 1936<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=City Architecture |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19360331/345/0021 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |location=England |date=31 March 1936 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*Welfare Centre, Weoley Castle Road, Weoley Castle 1936<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Weoley Castle Welfare Centre |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19360225/104/0005 |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |location=England |date=25 February 1936 |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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==Works==
==Gallery==
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File:WTC Jez Sutton jez-17.jpg|St Elizabeth's Church, Coventry
File:WTC Jez Sutton jez-17.jpg|St Elizabeth's Church, Coventry

Revision as of 19:56, 17 April 2024

George Bernard Cox
FRIBA
Born31 July 1886[1][2]
Handsworth, Staffordshire, England[3]
Died20 October 1978(1978-10-20) (aged 92)[4]
Minehead, Somerset, England
OccupationArchitect

George Bernard Cox FRIBA (31 July 1886 – 20 October 1978) was a British architect and co-founder with Arthur Harrison of Harrison and Cox. He primarily designed Roman Catholic churches.

Life

He was born on 31 July 1886 in Birmingham, the son of George Henry Cox (1854-1893) and Mary Elizabeth Cox (1855-1931). He married Mary Hopwood, eldest daughter of T.W. Hopwood of Lea Hall, Handsworth on 1 July 1914 in St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.

He retired in 1967 aged 80[5] and died on 20 October 1978 at Huntspill, The Parks, Minehead and left an estate valued at £262,772.

List of works

Churches

  • St Elizabeth's Church, Coventry 1912[6]
  • Sacred Heart and St Margaret Mary Church, Aston 1920s Grade-II listed [7]
  • Franciscan Monastery, Olton, Birmingham 1925[8] (extensions)
  • St Mary’s Redemptorist Church, Clapham 1930[9] (extensions)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Hednesford 1928–34 Grade-II listed[10]
  • St Edward's Church, Selly Park Birmingham, 1925-26 (sanctuary and side chapels)
  • Roman Catholic Church, High Street, Brownhills 1935[11]
  • Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart and St Theresa, Coleshill 1938-42[12]
  • St Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church, Uplands Road/Avenue Road, Handsworth 1939[13]
  • Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart and Holy Souls, Acock’s Green 1940 [14]
  • Roman Catholic Church, Swadlingcote, 1956[15]

Other works

References

  1. ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
  2. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  3. ^ 1911 England Census
  4. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
  5. ^ "For the record…". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 29 May 1967. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ St ElizabethCoventry.co.uk retrieved 12 December 2015
  7. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1393309)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Birmingham Friars' New Church". Nottingham and Midland Catholic News. England. 24 April 1926. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Church Building Progress in Southwark". Nottingham and Midland Catholic News. England. 27 September 1930. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1430855)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Roman Catholic Church for Brownhills". Lichfield Mercury. England. 31 May 1935. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "Bishop Lays Church Foundation Stone". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 4 October 1938. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "A New Handsworth Church". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 26 July 1939. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "Acock's Green War Memorial Church". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 6 June 1940. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ "New R.C. Church for Swadlincote". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 29 June 1956. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "Tanworth Village Hall: The Early Years". Tanworth Village Hall. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  17. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1423497)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  18. ^ "New Catholic Buildings". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. England. 13 December 1931. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ "New Boys' Club". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 24 September 1932. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  20. ^ "New Catholic Hall". Evening Despatch. England. 29 September 1933. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  21. ^ "Birmingham's New Inn". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 1 February 1934. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  22. ^ "Elementary School". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 29 March 1935. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  23. ^ "New Catholic School". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 10 June 1935. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  24. ^ "City Architecture". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 31 March 1936. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. ^ "Weoley Castle Welfare Centre". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 25 February 1936. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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