A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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1799-1837
FABIAN, John
1819-1878
FABIAN, Samuel
1829-1905
Born in Portsea, Hampshire. He was paid £48 13s 2d from the Brighton Commissioners' Watering Account for carpenters' work in first half 18331. He died in Hurstpierpoint and bequeathed his business at 5 Western Street (c1822-1837) to his nephew, John Fabian.
John Fabian Jr. Master builder.
Born in Portsea, Hampshire. Inherited the building business of his uncle, John Fabian. In 1846 he advertised for a foreman to supervise his 20 carpenters who are 'constantly employed'. He employed 115 men in 1851, 128 men in 1861, retired by 1871 and was called 'Gentleman' in probate record. In 1852 he was a founding director of the Brighton and Hove Benefit Building Society. He left under £1,500. Away from Brighton he built St Wilfrid's Church, Haywards Heath for (G F Bodley, 1863-1865)
Samuel Fabian. Builder.
Born in Kingston, Hampshire, brother of John Fabian (the younger). Carpenter, employing 5 men (1881). In 1891-1893 he was living with his son James (1850-1926), also a carpenter, at 34 Waldegrave Road.
• Triumphal Arch erected in honour of the arrival of Her Majesty Queen Victoria in Brighton (4 October 1837)
WORK (John Jr)
• Brighton Savings Bank, 30 New Road (1850)
† 6,7 St Catherine's Terrace, Kingsway (1851)
• Patcham National School, London Road (1853) [now Patcham House School]
† Oddfellows Hall, 118 Queen's Road (1854)
• St Margaret's Church, The Green, Rottingdean (restoration work, 1855-56)
• groyne (1858)
• Warren Farm Industrial Schools, Warren Road (1859)
• Wagner Almshouses, Lewes Road (1859)
† Church of St Mary Magdalene, Bread Street (1862)
• 6 shops in Bedford Street (1862)
• lodge at Sylvan Villa, Upper Lewes Road (1862)
• St Michael and All Angels, Victoria Road (1861-1862)
• St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church, Upper North Street (1863)
• tunnel from Hobden's Baths, Artillery Street to the beach (1865)
• 80,82,84,86 Ditchling Rise (1877)
• 104,106,108,110 Ditchling Rise (1878)
WORK (Samuel)
• 1,3,13-31 (odd) Beaconsfield Villas (1882)
• 32,34,36,38 Rugby Road (1894)
• 6 houses in Highdown Road (1896)
• 4 semi-detached houses in Highdown Road, south side (1897)
• 6 semi-detached villas in Highdown Road, south side (1898)
• 3 houses in Highdown Road, south side (1899)
PERSONAL (John Jr) • 5 Western Street [premises 1837-1848]
• 20 Bedford Place [premises 1848]
• 12 Western Street [premises as builder and slate merchant, 1845]
• 6 Clarence Square [residence 1850-1878]
PERSONAL (Samuel)
• 106 Western Road, Brighton [lodging 1851]
• 5 Temple Street [residence 1862-1882)]
• 120 Ditchling Rise [residence 1883-1884]
1Brighton Herald 1833-10-26: 1e
1823-1879
Partnership of William Farmer and William Brindley that produced architectural sculpture, notably for G G Scott churches.
• St Anne's Church, Burlington Street (carving)
1829-1918
Born in Baldock, Hertfordshire, son of a carpenter, in which trade he began, becoming a builder employing eight men and four boys by 1861. Came to Brighton in the 1860s, lived at 4 Arundel Street, described as retired builder (1871) but as architect and surveyor by 1878. Notably active in Hove/Aldrington.
• 4 houses in Goldstone Road (1876)
• [25-37 (odd)?], 34,36 Clarendon Villas (1876)
• Colonnade Hotel, 95 Queens's Road (1877)
• 53,54 Livingstone Road (1877)
• 42,44,46,48 Clarendon Villas (1877)
• Moulders' Arms PH, North Road (1878)
• 47-49 Southover Street (1879)
• 32-42 (even) Queen's Park Road (1882)
• 24 Middle Street (rebuilding, 1883)
• 68, 70 Queen's Park Road (1884)
• 2 houses in Centurion Road (1887)
• 49-59 (odd) Westbourne Street (1887)
• 127 Albion Hill (shop & house, 1888)
• 9 Port Hall Street (with stable, coach house, 1888-1889) • 128-148 (even) Westbourne Street (1890)
• 79 Montgomery Street (1890)
• house in St Leonard's Road
• 75,77 Clarendon Villas Road [now Portland Road] (1890)
• 92-128 (even) Montgomery Street (1891)
• 33-39 (odd) Rutland Road (1891)
• 99-127 (odd) Wordsworth Street (1892)
• 79-119 (odd) Clarendon Villas Road [now Portland Road] (1892)
• 14,15 Boundary Road (1892)
• house/shop in Station Road (1899)
• 3 houses at corner of New Church Road/Station Road (1900)
PERSONAL
• 151-152 North Street [practice 1875-1885]
• 35 Buckingham Road [residence 1875-1886]
• 21 Prince Albert Street [practice 1875-1885]
• 7 Station Road [1887-1901]
• 6 Leicester Villas [residence in retirement 1911]
1856-1918
Born in Marylebone, London. Only briefly in Brighton, he was back in London by 1901.
• No work identified so far
PERSONAL
• 6 Evelyn Terrace (1899)
• 3 Grand Avenue
• 12 Grand Avenue
1833-1892
Mathematician, designer.Fellow of University College, Oxford, where he became friends with William Morris, having been a school contemporary of Edward Burne-Jones. A founder shareholder in Morris, Marshall and Faulkner, which became Morris & Co, he was a radical socialist.
• St Michael and All Angels, Victoria Road (painted ceiling)
1898-1998
Jewish-born artist who came to Britain in 1935 when his works were declared degenerate by the Nazis. Converted to Christianity and, supported initially by the Bishop of Chichester, was commissioned to make church paintings alongside more commercial work. His ecclesiastical work for 30 Anglican churches is regarded by the Tate as 'probably the largest body of work in his particular métier by any artist in the history of the Church of England'.
• St Wilfrid's Church, Elm Grove (painting)
Member of the Stanley Roth, Tetley & Felce partnership from 1948 to 1960, when the name was changed to Felce & Guy.
• 8 Highview Avenue (addition, 1968)
PERSONAL
• 27 Withdean Road [residence 1964]
1878-1951
Born at Dalbeattie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland, the son of a boot and shoe maker. In 1911 he was a house painter in Streatham and still lived in south London in 1928, moving to Worthing by 1930, where he established his business as a builder and developer. He was a member of the Plymouth Brethren. He developed the Ladies Mile estate at Eastwick Bottom, Patcham in the early 1930s. He built an estate at Hassocks. By 1938 he had moved to Keymer and in 1939 was living in Worthing. He died at Goring and left £30,763 13s 2d.
• Ladies Mile estate.
PERSONAL
• White House, Ladies Mile Road [residence 1933-1936]
1810-1880
Architect.Pupil of Augustus Charles Pugin. Own practice from 1834, planning of the new town of Bournemouth was among early work.
† St Anne's Church, Burlington Street (1862)
1809-1871
FIELD, William Alfred
1851-1923
William Alfred Field Jr. Building contractor.
He took over the company from his father. In 1881 he employed 46 men and 3 boys. He left £69,475 3s.
• No work identified so far
PERSONAL (WA Sr)
• 20 Preston Street [1843]
• 3 Western Cottages [residence 1851-1856]
• 20 Castle Street [1859]
• 26 Bedford Square [residence 1862-1871]
PERSONAL (WA Jr)
• 20 Preston Street [1881]
• 23 Compton Avenue [residence 1891]
• 51 Brunswick Square [residence 1901-1923, deathplace]
Field, W A & Co
The firm became W A Field & Co by the end of the century.
• French Protestant Church, Queensbury Mews (1887) [now residence]
† St Cuthbert's Presbyterian Church, Holland Road (1904)
PREMISES
† 20 Preston Street [1856-1901]
† 53 Western Road, Hove [1856]
† 17 Western Street [1864-1891]
† 20 Castle Street [1865-1899]
† 20 Church Road [1885-1887]
• No work identified so far
PRACTICE
• 164 Church Road (1912)
1835-1922
Based in Chichester (1871), employing 55 men (1881). Listed as photographer (1891-1901). Retired builder (1911).
• Bristol Road Methodist Church, Montague Place (1873)
1856-1925
Probably joined the firm of George Burstow and Sons at 16 Gloucester Place (1901); architect and surveyor's assistant (1911). Died in Bournemouth.
• 41 Robertson Road (1896)
• 48 Stanford Avenue (stables, 1896)
• 50,52, 68,70 Stanford Avenue (1897)
• 167,169 Ditchling Road (1897)
• 75,77 Beaconsfield Villas (1898)
• 47,49 Southdown Avenue (1899)
• 16-17 Meeting House Lane (shop, 1899)
• 185-191 (odd) Ditchling Road (1899)
• 62 Beaconsfield Villas (stables, 1899)
• house in Totland Road (1909)
• 2 houses in Queen's Park Rise (1912)
PERSONAL
• 1 (old numbering) Dyke Road [childhood home]
• 7 Upper Wellington Road [residence 1882-1886]
• 84 Havelock Road [residence 1889-1891]
• 75-76 North Street [practice 1899]
• 66 Lowther Road [residence 1911]
• 1 Grand Avenue (remodelling 1981)
1833-1899
Architect and surveyor.Educated =privately, he won first prize t the Institute of Architects while astudent. His practice began in NEwcastle-upon-Tyne but he moved to London in 1870. The first of numerous books, Model Houses for the Industrial Classes was published in 1871. His A History of Architecture, written with his son, Sir Banister Fletcher (1866-1953), has remained in print. He was elected Liberal MP for Chippenham in 1885 but lost the seat at the general election in 1886. He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters in 1889-1890 and became professor of architecture at King's College, London in 1890
• Schools, Claremont Row (1872)
1906-1980
Architect.Pupil of Sir Albert Richardson. Own practice in Eastbourne, where he was responsible for much post-war planning and construction, with offices in London and Hove. He died in Brighton.
• First men's hall of residence, University of Sussex (1963-64)
1827-1910
Carver and sculptor.Leading carver and sculptor of the later Victorian period. Born in Kelso, Roxburghshire, eldest son of an architect. After an apprenticeship as a gilder and carver, he worked in the architect Anthont Salvin on the restoration of Wells Cathedral. By 1853 he had his own practice in London, which his two sons eventually joined.
Image: Portrait by John Dudley Forsyth [theforsythbrothers.com]
• St Saviour's Church, Ditchling Road (reredos, originally for Chichester Cathedral)
1860-1928
Sculptor.Trained at the City and Guilds of London Art School and the Royal Academy Schools, then in the Paris studio of Antonin Mercie. His best known works are the lions at the British Museum, the statue of Edith Cavell outside the National Portrait Gallery and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (and six other castings elsewhere).
Image: Photographc portrait by Bassano Ltd (1921) [National Porrait Gallery]
• Hove War Memorial, Grand Avenue [sculpture]