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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1880-1957
Son of a railway passenger guard, born in Battersea, London but moved to Brighton in early life. Articled to F W Cawthorn from 1894, remained as his assistant. Attended Brighton Muncipal School of Art 1895-1907. LRIBA 1912 (H M Pett and J L Denman among his proposers).
• 256-262 (even), 268 Ditchling Road (1902)
• 138-140, 2 other houses and 2 shops in Preston Drove (1903)
PERSONAL
• 12 Kingsbury Road [childhood home]
• 92 Ditchling Rise [residence]
1864-1955
Born in Pimlico, London but came to Hove as an infant. Articled to George Cheesman 1880-1883 and John George Gibbins 1883-1888. Clerk of Works at Hotel Metropole, Brighton 1888. Assistant 1889-1897 to Harry Bell Measures—then in-house architect for William Willett—whose sister, Alice Emily Measures, he married in 1892. He moved to London by 1894.
PERSONAL
• 25 Holland Road [family home 1874-1892]
1861-1935
Architect.Joined the practice of G F Bodley and T Garner, becoming office manager and chief assistant until setting up his own practice in the first of two partnerships. Surveyor to Westminster Abbey, York Minster and Lincoln Cathedral. President RIBA and Royal Academician.
Image: Portrait by William Orpen (RIBA Collections)
Restoration/repairs:
• St Batholomew's Church, Ann Street
• St Helen's Church, Hangleton Way
• St Patrick Church, Cambridge Road [and font]
• Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Davigdor Road
1849-1890
In partnership with George Tuppen until the latter's death. He latterly shared premises with Charles Henry Buckman, who was his executor.
† Home for Aged Poor, Old Shoreham Road (1881, 1887)
See also Tuppen & Tasker
PERSONAL
• 12 Prince Albert Street [practice 1884-1890]
• 2 Vine Place [residence 1890, deathplace]
(1795-1849)
He worked closely with Sir Francis Chantrey. Noted for works in Buckingham Palace and on Nelson's Column.
• St Andrew's Church, Waterloo Street
1917-1990
In the partnership Stanley Roth, Tetley & Felce.
• St Nicholas Church, Locks Hill [repairs from 1957]
PERSONAL
• 60 West Street [c1955-1976]
FRIBA 1921. Partner in Thompson & Walker [qv below].
• No work identified so far.
PRACTICE
• 3 St George's Place
• Channel View Road, Woodingdean
1854-1924
Born in Brighton, son of a shoemaker. Surveyor's articled clerk (1871).
• No work identified so far.
PERSONAL
• 15 Sydney Street [childhood home 1861]
• 73 Upper North Street [family home 1871]
• 19 Springfield Road [residence 1881, brother's house]
• 4 Shaftesbury Road [residence 1886-1897]
• 71 Springfield Road [residence 1898-1908]
• 7 Powis Square [residence 1909-1915]
• 47 Buckingham Place [residence 1916-1924]
1888-1968
Born in Harbourne, Birmingham, he was articled to his uncle Alfred Hessell Tiltman (1854-1910) in London in 1904-07, was then assistant to him and became head daughtsman at building contractors J Barnes & Sons in Brighton 1909-12. He set up his own practice in Haywards Heath from 1912 (except for war service) and then was in Brighton from 1927. He was architect and engineer to Rock Brewery 1919-1927, which became part of Portsmouth and Brighton United Breweries, favouring green tiling for pub exteriors. LRIBA 1925. FRIBA 1937 when (J L Denman among his proposers).
Outside the city he designed the terminal building at Brighton City (Shoreham) Airport, which opened on 13 June 1936. In the 1939 England & Wales Register he was listed as 'Architect & Surveyor, Airport Aerodrome Designer'—a significant occupation at the outbreak of war.
New-build
• The Crest, 28 Shirley Drive (1926) [residence 1927-1932]
• Bevendean Hotel, Hillside (1936)
• Downs Hotel, Warren Road Woodingdean (1938)
• Wilmington/Long Man PH, 8-10 Wilmington Way (1938)
Alterations, refurbishment
• Heart & Hand PH, 52 Ship Street (alterations 1927)
• Heart & Hand PH, 75 North Road (alterations 1927, 1934)
• Princess Victoria PH, 22-23 Upper North Street (alterations 1927)
† City of Hereford PH, 27 Upper St James's Street (alterations 1927)
† Crown and Sceptre PH, Sussex Street (alterations 1928, 1938)
• Shamrock Arms PH, 101 Edward Street (alterations 1929)
• Star Inn, Manchester Street (alterations, 1930, 1937)
• Mansfield Hotel, 324 Portland Road (1930, alterations 1936)
• Crown Inn PH, 18 Gardner Street (alterations 1934)
• Druid's Arms, 81 Ditchling Road (alterations 1934)
• Harp Tavern PH, 24 Grafton Street (alterations 1934)
• Heart and Hand PH, 76 North Street (alterations, 1934)
• Holly Bush PH, 49 Trafalgar Street (alterations, 1934)
• Marine Tavern PH, 13 Broad Street (alterations 1934)
• Montreal Arms PH, 62 Albion Hill (alterations, 1934)
• Rose Hill Tavern PH, 71 Rose Hill Terrace (alterations, 1934)
• White Hart PH, 9 York Hill (alterations 1936)
† Blacksmiths Arms PH, North Street (alterations 1937)
• Bricklayers Arms PH, 105 Southover Street (alterations 1937)
• Eastern Hotel, 106 Eastern Road (alterations 1937)
• Horse & Groom PH, Islingword Road (alterations 1937)
• Lansdowne Arms PH, 3 Farm Road (alterations and additions 1937)
• London Road Inn PH, 120 London Road (alterations 1937)
• Prince of Wales PH, 143 London Road (alterations 1937)
• Queen's Head PH, 3 Steine Street (alterations 1937)
• Walmer Castle PH, 95 Queen's Park Road (alterations 1937)
• Bricklayers Arms PH, Southover Street (alterations 1938)
• Duke of Wellington PH, 70 Upper Gloucester Road (Alterations 1938)
† Golden Cross PH, Western Road (alterations 1938)
• Hampden Arms PH, Hampden Road (alterations 1938)
• Horse & Groom PH, Mount Street (alterations 1938)
• Lamb Inn, 29 Church Street (alterations 1938)
† Obed Arms, 126 Albion Hill (alterations 1938)
• Thatched House PH, 22 Black Lion Street (alterations 1938)
• Model House Tavern, 12 Meeting House Lane (alterations 1939)
† Noah's Ark PH, North Road (alterations 1939)
• Lewes Road Inn PH, 158 Lewes Road (alterations 1941)
• Grand Hotel, King's Road (alterations 1945, 1947)
• Lion Mansions Hotel, 13 Grand Junction Road (alterations 1946)
• Clarges Hotel, 116 Marine Parade (alterations 1947)
• Cricketers PH, 15 Black Lion Street (alterations 1948)
† Bee Hive PH, 85 Trafalgar Street (alterations, 1948)
• Belvedere Mansions Hotel, King's Road (alterations 1948)
• Park Royal Hotel, 66 Montpelier Road (alterations 1948)
• Pavilion PH, 7-8 Castle Square (alterations)
• Plough Inn, Vicarage Lane, Rottingdean (alterations)
† Sweetings Rest PH, King's Road
• Victoria Hotel, King's Road
† West Pier Refreshment Room
PERSONAL
• 17 Tamworth Road [family residence 1911-1912]
• 11 Goldsmid Road [residence 1923] at time of marriage
• The Crest, 28 Shirley Drive [residence 1927-1933] also practice 1929
• 42 Middle Street [practice 1930-1938]
• 3 St Catherine's Terrace [residence 1934-1936]
• 38 East Street [practice 1938]
• 16 Aymer Road [residence 1937-1938]
• 46 Hove Park Road [residence 1939-1968]
Partnership of Stavers Tiltman and —— Howard.
• Dorset Arms PH, 28 North Road Road (alterations 1949)
• Lewes Road Inn PH, 158 Lewes Road (alterations 1950)
• The County Oak PH, County Oak Avenue (1951)
• Chatfield's Commercial Hotel, 81 Lewes Road (alterations 1951, 1953)
1798-1882
TITCOMB, William
1828-1884
TITCOMB, Lawrence
1834-1923
Born in Midhurst.
William Titcomb. Builder, carpenter.
Born in Brighton, son of James Titcomb, employing two men (1881). His sons Samuel (1861-1886), carpenter and painter (1881); Walter (1867-1886), builder's apprentice (1881).
Lawrence Titcomb. House painter, master plumber, builder.
Born in Brighton, son of James Titcomb, employing eight men and two boys (1881). Retired by 1891. The firm of Titcomb & Son was active c1909 but it is not known which family members were involved.
• 2 houses in Carlton Court (1876)
• 51-57 (odd) Freshfield Road (1876)
• 20 Queen's Park Road (1890)
• 14-18 (even) Queen's Park Road (1897)
PERSONAL
• Upper St James's Street [family home 1841]
† 23 Laurel Row [1851]
† 93 Richmond Street [1861-1871]
† 45 Islingword Road [1881]
PERSONAL (William)
† 19 Boss's Gardens [1851]
† 50 Lavender Street [1861]
† 25 Marshall's Row [1871]
• 36 Brunswick Place [1872-1878]
PERSONAL (Lawrence)
• 176 Edward Street [1861]
• 66-68 High Street [1871]
• 70-71 High Street [1877]
• 15 Devonshire Place [1891-1911]
With offices in Mayfair, London, they worked in the moderne idiom, principally in London (eg, apartments in Leigham Avenue, Streatham). See also Stone, Toms & Partners.
• Furze Croft, Furze Hill (1936)
1830-1911
Born in Lewes, son of a painter. In Census1851 his occupation was signwriter and again 10 years later, employing one man. In 1865-1867 he was landlord of the Eastern Tavern and in Census1891 a bookbinder. Despite that, from 1872 he was listed in directories as a builder until his death. He was buried at Woodvale Cemetery.
• 38-39 Duke Street (1870)
• 1-3 Tichborne Street (1870)
• 25 Marlborough Place (1872)
• 26 Kensington Place (1875)
• 6-14 Robertson Road (even) (1878, 1879)
• 116-128 Richmond Road (even) (1878, 1879)
• 1, 1a, 3 D'Aubigny Road (1878, 1879)
• 53-73 Havelock Road (odd) (1893)
• 80-154 Waldegrave Road (even) (1894)
PERSONAL
• 1 Windsor Street [1851]
• 60 North Lane (Road) [1859-1862]
• Eastern Tavern, 143 Eastern Road [1865-1867]
• 14 Lewes Road [1869-1871]
• 25 Marlborough Place [1872-1875]
• 21 or 23 Preston Road [1877-1878]
• Round Hill Crescent [1880]
• 1 D'Aubigny Road [1881-1911]
1878-1944
Daughter of an architect; studied at the Slade School of Art.
• St Margaret's Church, The Green, Rottingdean [glass restoration]
1875-1951
Born in Catford, Kent, son of Sir John Wrench Towse, He was buried at Haywards Heath. In 1939 he was the secretary of Marshall's Charity (and his daughter was a film cartoon colourist).
1886-1948
Member of the Art Workers Guild. Chief instructor in stained glass at the Royal College of Art from 1925.
• St Cuthman's Church, Whitehawk Way (1939, bombed 1943)
• St Patrick's Church, Cambridge Road [fittings, attributed]
• Church of the Annunciation, Washington Street [reredos, etc]
• All Saints Church, The Drive [glass]
1885-1953
Sculptor.Cousin of W E Trent.
Image: Portrait by Bassano, 1921 (National Portrait Gallery)
• Edward VII Memorial (Peace Statue), King's Road
1874-1948
Chief architect after 1909 at Provincial Cinematograph Theatres (PCT) and from 1929 at Gaumont British Picture Coproration, which took over PCT. Cousin of N A Trent.
• Academy Cinema, West Street (remodelling, 1938-39)
Noted for construction of parts of Belgravia and Mayfair. Mergers with Colls & Sons in 1903 created one of the country's largest building firms, which survived until 1996.
• Church of St Martin and St Wilfrid, Lewes Road [pulpit]
1808-1883
He designed a number of pubs towards the end of his career and was in partnership with F N Tasker 1878-1883.
• 38-39 Duke Street (1870)
• 6-24 Southampton Street (1870)
• 1-4, 21-26, 70-73 Park Crescent Road (1870)
• 33-34 North Road (1870)
• 91 Buckingham Road (1871)
• 9-23 Caledonian Road (1871)
• 106-108 Upper Lewes Road (1871)
• 25 Marlborough Place (1872)
• 37(a) Gloucester Road (sawmill 1872)
† Schools, Queensbury Mews (1873)
• 55-59 Upper Lewes Road (1874-1875)
• 10 Ship Street Gardens (shop, workshop 1874)
• 23 Kensington Place> (1875)
• 14a Ship Street (1876)
• Stirling Arms, 3 Stirling Place (1876)
• Freebutt Inn, 25-26 Albion Street (rebuild 1876)
† Pilot Inn, 11 Tichbourne Street (1878)
• Bute Arms, 12 Bute Street (1878, now residential)
• Springfield Arms, 146 Springfield Road (1879)
• 47-48 Upper Rock Gardens (1879)
PERSONAL
• 42 Grenville Place [1848-1856]
• 64 Queen's Road [1859]
• 28 Grenville Place [residence 1871-1877]
• 12 Prince Albert Street [practice 1871-80]
Active 1878-1883.
• 64, 66, 68 St Aubyns (1880)
• house in Richmond Hill (1882)
• 1-7 (odd) Princes Road (1882-1883)
• 137-141 (odd) Ditchling Road (1883)
PRACTICE
• 12 Prince Albert Street [practice 1880-1883]
1885-1961
Ardingly-born grandson of a builder and timber merchant, in whose house he grew up with his mother. (His father was absent.) He started his career c1900 as a clerk in the Brighton Borough Engineer's department. During the First World War he joined the family firm of Box & Turner. He set up his own architectural practice in Haywards Heath in 1920, where he lived until his death. He came to specialise in the Sussex farmhouse vernacular with Arts & Crafts influences, although he also worked in Tudorbethan (Commercial Square, Haywards Heath) and Deco (Sydney Road, Haywards Heath) styles. He designed houses across Sussex, including a number in Brighton. He left £66,128 3s 2d.
• Barrowfield Estate (layout, houses and supervising architect)
• 211, 213, 291, 293 Dyke Road
• house in Dyke Road Avenue (1930)
1874-1956
Educated at Lancing College and Oxford, After qualifying and starting his own practice in London, he spent five years abroad, in Hong Kong and South Africa, before returning to London. He won the competition to design the Indian Memorial Gate at the Royal Pavilion. He died in the Canary Islands.
• Indian Memorial (South) Gate, Royal Pavilion (1921)