Walter Butler Stonebridge FRIBA (8 September 1879 – 1 November 1962) was an architect, Diocesan Surveyor for Ely and St Albans and afterwards Surveyor for the Archdeaconry of Bedford.[1][2][3][4][5] He was president of the Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Society of Architects in 1932.[1]
Walter Butler Stonebridge | |
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| Born | 8 September 1879 Oakley, Bedfordshire, England |
| Died | 1 November 1962 (aged 83) Barton on Sea, Hampshire, England |
| Education | Bedford Modern School |
Early life
editStonebridge was born on 8 September 1879 at Oakley, Bedfordshire, and christened Walter Charles Butler Stonebridge.[6] He was the son of Charles Stonebridge, a Carpenter and Surveyor of Works, and his wife Emily.[7] Stonebridge was educated at Bedford Modern School and then articled to the architectural practice of Messrs Highton and Ardron of Bedford and Westminster between 1895 and 1899.[1][8]
Career
editAfter Highton and Ardron, Stonebridge was an Assistant in the Duke of Bedford's Estate Office, to H. Ban of Maidstone and to John E. Kingham of Aldershot.[1] He commenced independent practice in 1903 in Woburn Sands and Bedford.[1] Following the outbreak of World War I, Stonebridge served with the 1/7 West Yorkshire Regiment leaving at the end of the war as a Lance-Corporal.[9]
After the war, Stonebridge became Ecclesiastical Surveyor for the Dioceses of Ely and St Albans and was thereafter Diocesan Surveyor for Bedford.[1] In the latter years of his career in private practice, he worked in partnership with H.A. Harris.[10]
Stonebridge was elected LRIBA on 9 January 1911,[1] and FRIBA in 1925.[1][11] He was president of the Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Society of Architects in 1932.[1]
Family life
editStonebridge married Jane Winslade on 11 January 1905 at the Church of St John the Evangelist in Hale, Surrey.[12] They had a son, Bernard Butler Stonebridge, and a daughter, Mary Julia Stonebridge.[13][14] His wife predeceased him on 24 December 1961 and Stonebridge died on 1 November 1962 at Barton on Sea in Hampshire.[15]
Selected works
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- Restoration of the Tower of Hockliffe Church, Bedfordshire, 1910[16]
- Replacement of the Powage Press after fire, Aspley Guise, 1912[17]
- Woburn Sands War Memorial, Bedfordshire, 1919[18]
- Elstow Lodge, Bedfordshire, 1926[19]
- Alterations to Campton Manor, Bedfordshire, 1927–28[20]
- Alterations to the Vicarage, Harrold, Bedfordshire, 1928[8]
- Extension to Gastlings House, Bedfordshire, 1929[21]
- Rectory, Pertenhall, Bedfordshire, 1937. With H.A. Harris[22]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Brodie, Antonia; Library, British Architectural (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914. ISBN 9780826455147. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Builder". 1916. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ Betjeman, John (1958). An American's guide to English parish churches. ISBN 9780839210047. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ Chatterton, Frederick (1923). "Who's who in architecture, 1923". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "The Kalendar of the Royal Institute of British Architects". 1920. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Ancestry™ – Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ 1881 England Census
- ^ a b "Brown Book". 1900. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ UK, WW1 Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914–20.
- ^ "Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue – Details". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "RIBA Journal". 1947. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754–1937
- ^ 1911 England Census
- ^ England & Wales, Free BMD Birth Index, 1837–1915
- ^ England and Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1965
- ^ "Hockliffe Church Repairs and Alterations". bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk. 21 June 2019.
- ^ "WOBURN SANDS COLLECTION". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Roll of Honour – Bedfordshire – Woburn Sands". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Elstow Lodge". bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk. 21 June 2019.
- ^ "CAMPTON : Campton Manor Alterations and additions (W.B. Stonebridge of Bedford,..." Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Gastlings House". bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk. 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Plan. New rectory, Pertenhall. Architect -.WB Stonebridge and HA Harris". Retrieved 8 May 2016.