William Jolley (architect)
William Jolley (1836 - 13 February 1919) was an English architect based in Nottingham.
History
[edit]He was born in 1836, the son of William Jolley (1801-1886) and Elizabeth Moore (1800-1857) and baptised on 9 August 1836 in St Alkmund's Church, Derby.
He trained as an architect as a pupil by Thomas Chambers Hine and then went to work for 13 years in the office of Sir George Gilbert Scott in London.[1] He then moved to be an assistant with Robert Evans JP in Eldon Chambers. The partnership of Evans and Jolley was established in 1871 and lasted until 1894.[2]
He died on 13 February 1919 and left an estate of 22,402 7s. 8d. (equivalent to £1,300,400 in 2023).[3]
Works
[edit]- Club, 12 Victoria Street, Nottingham 1872[4] with Evans
- Birkin Brothers lace warehouse, 16 Stoney Street, Nottingham 1872[5] with Evans (plus additions in 1881)
- Lewis and Grundy ironmongers shop, Victoria Street 1873[6] extended with Evans
- Holy Trinity Church, Kirk Ireton 1873 with Evans. Restoration.
- St Mary’s Schools, Bath Street, Nottingham 1872-74[7] with Evans
- St Peter's Church, Nottingham 1875[8] with Evans. Renewal of the chancel and north transept
- St John the Baptist Church, Beeston 1876 with Evans. Addition of organ chamber.
- St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Weston-on-Trent, 1876-77[9] with Evans. Restoration.
- St Augustine's Church, Basford, Nottingham 1877 with Evans. North aisle added 1884. Chancel 1895.
- St Jude's Church, Mapperley 1877 with Evans.
- All Saints' Church, Cotgrave 1877-78 with Evans. Restoration.
- Warehouse, Stanford Street, Nottingham 1878-79[7]
- People’s College, College Street, Nottingham 1881, 1891–92 and 1897 all additions[7] with Evans
- Paton House, University of Nottingham 1881[7] with Evans
- Miss Cullen's Almshouses, Nottingham 1882-83[10] with Evans
- Priory Church of St Anthony, Lenton 1884[11] restoration
- Hart, Fellow's and Company Bank, Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham 1884[7] with Evans
- Shop, South Parade/Wheeler Gate, Nottingham 1888[7] with Evans
- Lenton Firs, University of Nottingham 1888[7] with Evans remodelling
- House and shop, South Parade, Nottingham 1889[7] with Evans
- Warehouse, 11 Warser Gate, Nottingham 1890[7] with Evans
- Nottingham Hospital for Women, Castle Gate, Nottingham 1890[7] with Evans. New central entrance.
- St Wilfrid's Church, Egginton Derbyshire 1891-92. with Evans. Restoration.
- 17-21 Houndsgate, Nottingham. Warehousing for James Snook & Co, drapers and haberdashers 1894-95 with Evans.
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References
[edit]- ^ "Death of a Nottingham Architect". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 15 February 1919. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "No. 26571". The London Gazette. 16 November 1894. p. 6459.
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Historic England, "Number 12 and attached balustrade (1255204)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 April 2017
- ^ Historic England, "16 Stoney Street (1255217)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 April 2017
- ^ Historic England, "Pit and Pendulum (1255205)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 April 2017
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Harwood, Elain (2008). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300126662.
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Peter with St James (1255013)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 April 2017
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Mary (1205737)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 April 2017
- ^ "New Almshouses for Nottingham". Nottingham Journal. England. 6 April 1883. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Restoration of Lenton Priory Church". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 5 December 1884. Retrieved 15 April 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.