Arthur Young (architect)

Arthur Young (1853 – 22 December 1924), was an English architect, particularly of Catholic churches.^[1]

Career

He was born in 1853 at Stamford, Lincolnshire, the second son of Charles Edward Young, and was educated there at Stamford Grammar School, ^[1] and then studied for two years at the "Technische Schule" at St Gall in Switzerland. He was then articled to Philip Causton Lockwood, Borough Surveyor of Brighton from 1870-3, before working in the offices of E. J. Tarver; followed by the noted church architect Benjamin Ferrey; and then George Sommers Clarke between 1870 and 1879. He commenced work in London in 1877. He was working from 19 Queen Anne's Gate in Westminster in 1886 and from 5 South Square, Gray's Inn in 1914. He became a FRIBA in 1886. ^[2]

Notable buildings

Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Harrow (1894)
St Mary Magdalene, Bexhill-on-Sea (1907)
Our Lady and St. Augustine, Rickmansworth (1909)^[3]
St Edmund's parish chapel, Old Hall
Dominican convent at Watford
Convent of Our Lady of Sion
Catholic High School, at Bayswater
New wing at Ratcliffe College
St Edward's, Golders Green
Church of St Edmund of Canterbury and English Martyrs, Ware (1911)^[4]
Benson Memorial Church, Buntingford (1914)
Our Lady's, Chesham Bois
St Dominic's, Harrow

References

^ ^a ^b www.digitalvirtue.com, Digital Virtue - w. "The Tablet is the leading Catholic international magazine and website". archive.thetablet.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
^ "Brodie A.",(2001), Vol 2, 1087
^ Historic England. "Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady Help of Christians and St Augustine's Hall, 5 Park Road, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 1HU (Grade II) (1430603)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
^ Historic England. "Roman Catholic Church of St Edmund of Canterbury and English Martyrs and associated lych gate, Farm Lane, Old Hall Green, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG11 1DT (Grade II) (1430706)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

Literature

Brodie A. (ed),(2001), Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914: 2 Vols, British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects.

[thetablet1925-1] www.digitalvirtue.com, Digital Virtue - w. "The Tablet is the leading Catholic international magazine and website". archive.thetablet.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-13.

[2] "Brodie A.",(2001), Vol 2, 1087

[NHLE-1430603-3] Historic England. "Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady Help of Christians and St Augustine's Hall, 5 Park Road, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 1HU (Grade II) (1430603)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

[NHLE-1430706-4] Historic England. "Roman Catholic Church of St Edmund of Canterbury and English Martyrs and associated lych gate, Farm Lane, Old Hall Green, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG11 1DT (Grade II) (1430706)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

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