William Frederick Unsworth
William Frederick Unsworth (1851–1912) was an English architect.
William Frederick Unsworth | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1851 |
| Died | 1912 |
| Occupation | Architect |
Biography
William Frederick Unsworth began working in 1869 in the Wilson & Wilcox agency in Bath, then after a one-year trip to France, he spent two years in the architectural firm of George Edmund Street, then a year with William Burges.[1]
He opened his own architectural firm in 1875 where he first worked in partnership with architect Edward John Dodgshun (1851-1927).
Around 1908 he moved to Steep, near Petersfield, where he worked in partnership with his son, Gerald Unsworth (1883-1946) and Inigo Triggs (1876-1923). He then built several houses in the Arts and Crafts style.[2]
He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Steep, near Petersfield, in 1912.
Achievements
- The "Shakespeare Memorial Theatre" and Stratford-upon-Avon Library, in 1879, with Edward John Dodgshun. This theatre was destroyed by fire in 1926.[3] It is now the Swan Theatre.
- Village of Sion Mills, south of Strabane, County Tyrone, Ulster, in the 1880s and 1890s, for the Herdman brothers who had a flax factory there. William Frederick Unsworth was the son-in-law of James Herdman.
- Christ Church, Woking, in 1889.
- Woodhambury, Woodham Lane, Woking, in 1889.
- Weston Hotel, Newbridge, Bath, in 1890 in an Arts and Crafts style.[2]
- All Saints Church, Woodham Lane, Woking, in 1893.
- Good Sheperd Church, in the village of Sion Mills, Northern Ireland, in 1909.
- Broad Dene, Hill Road built for Walter Tyndale by the architectural firm comprising WF Unsworth, his son and Inigo Triggs [4]
- Ashford Chace, Petersfield, in 1912.[5]
Gate House at Sion Mills
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Christ Church, Woking
Good Sheperd Church, in the village of Sion Mills
Further reading
- Unsworth, William Frederick, p. 788, edited by James Stevens Curl and Susan Wilson, The Oxford Dictionary of Architects , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015 ISBN 978-0-19-105385-6
- Ian Nairn, Nikolaus Pevsner, Bridget Cherry, The buildings of England: Surrey , p. 69, 320, 533, 538, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2002 ISBN 0-300-09675-5
References
- RIBA Journal, 1912, volume 19, p. 750
- "The Weston - Heritage Statement". DKA. Bath and North East Somerset Council - Planning Application 21/03690/FUL. August 2021. 304301 REP 001 rev P04. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- The Irish connection - Architects in Woking in the late 1880's
- Sir Lawrence Weaver, Small country houses of to- day , volume 1, p. 134-138, The Offices of Country Life, London, 1922.( read online )
- Getty images: Ashford Chace, Petersfield, 1912
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