Richard Charles Sutton

Richard Charles Sutton was an architect based in Nottingham. He was born 1834 and died on 18 October 1915.

He was a member of Nottingham City Council from 1887 to 1901.

Career

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He was articled to Samuel Sanders Teulon and commenced independent practice in Nottingham in 1857.[1] He went into partnership with his son, Ernest Richard Eckett Sutton, in 1894. He retired in 1906.

He attended to the execution of Richard Thomas Parker outside Shire Hall, Nottingham on 10 August 1864.[2] This was the last execution in Nottingham.

He stood as Liberal candidate for the Sherwood Ward of Nottingham Town Council in the elections of 1886,[3] and won.[4]

Buildings by Sutton

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  • Shire Hall, Nottingham 1859. New grand jury room.
  • Wesleyan Methodist School, 12 Kirkhill, Bingham. 1859
  • Shipley and Cotmanhay national schools 1860.[5]
  • Police stations at Basford, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Arnold and West Stockwith. 1861[6]
 
Castle Gate Congregational Church 1863
 
Ilkeston Town Hall 1867-68
 
Nottingham Congregational Institute, Forest Road 1868 (now Nottinghamshire Deaf Society
 
Gainsborough United Reformed Church - formerly the John Robinson Memorial Church

Sources

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  1. ^ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: Vol 2 (L-Z). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 739. ISBN 082645514X.
  2. ^ Derby Mercury – Wednesday 10 August 1864
  3. ^ Nottingham Evening Post – Monday 10 May 1886
  4. ^ Nottingham Evening Post – Wednesday 19 May 1886
  5. ^ Derby Mercury – Wednesday 11 January 1860
  6. ^ Nottinghamshire Guardian – Thursday 17 January 1861
  7. ^ "Opening of the new Congregational Institute, Nottingham". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 19 June 1868. Retrieved 25 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ Historic England, "Nottingham Society for the Dear (1247544)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 July 2020
  9. ^ Nottinghamshire Guardian – Friday 23 February 1877
  10. ^ Nottinghamshire Guardian – Friday 1 October 1880
  11. ^ Nottingham Evening Post – Tuesday 3 November 1891
  12. ^ Nottingham Evening Post – Tuesday 6 November 1888
  13. ^ Nottingham Evening Post – Friday 3 January 1890
  14. ^ Nottingham Evening Post – Monday 12 October 1891
  15. ^ Stamford Mercury – Friday 19 January 1894