Jump to content

William Frederick Unsworth

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William Frederick Unsworth
Born1851
Died1912
OccupationArchitect

William Frederick Unsworth (1851–1912) was an English architect.

Biography

[edit]

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

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]
  • 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

[edit]
  1. ^ RIBA Journal, 1912, volume 19, p. 750
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ The Irish connection – Architects in Woking in the late 1880's
  4. ^ Sir Lawrence Weaver, Small country houses of to- day , volume 1, p.  134-138, The Offices of Country Life, London, 1922.( read online )
  5. ^ Getty images: Ashford Chace, Petersfield, 1912
[edit]