6 Bennetts Hill of 1827Birmingham Market Hall of 1832–35Powell's Gun Shop, 1861
Charles Edge (13 October 1800 – 21 July 1867) was a British architect based in
Birmingham.
Career
Edge was born on 13 October 1800. He studied architecture in London for 5 years, and set himself up in practice in
Bennetts Hill, Birmingham in 1826.[1] He became one of the leading architects in Birmingham.[2] After the failure of the contractors building
Birmingham Town Hall, Edge was employed to complete the building. For many years he worked in partnership with Avery.[clarification needed] His son, Charles Allerton Edge became an architect working with his father. Edge also employed
Yeoville Thomason.
Edge married Ellen Allerton (1810–1871), second daughter of Thomas Allarton of Lozells, Birmingham, on 30 October 1833 in
Aston, Birmingham. Their children were:
Frances May Edge (1836–1920)
Ellen Edge (1843–1917)
Charles Allerton Edge (1844–1907) (also an architect and father of sculptor and anthropologist
Marguerite Milward[12])
6 Bennetts Hill of 1827Birmingham Market Hall of 1832–35Powell's Gun Shop, 1861
Charles Edge (13 October 1800 – 21 July 1867) was a British architect based in
Birmingham.
Career
Edge was born on 13 October 1800. He studied architecture in London for 5 years, and set himself up in practice in
Bennetts Hill, Birmingham in 1826.[1] He became one of the leading architects in Birmingham.[2] After the failure of the contractors building
Birmingham Town Hall, Edge was employed to complete the building. For many years he worked in partnership with Avery.[clarification needed] His son, Charles Allerton Edge became an architect working with his father. Edge also employed
Yeoville Thomason.
Edge married Ellen Allerton (1810–1871), second daughter of Thomas Allarton of Lozells, Birmingham, on 30 October 1833 in
Aston, Birmingham. Their children were:
Frances May Edge (1836–1920)
Ellen Edge (1843–1917)
Charles Allerton Edge (1844–1907) (also an architect and father of sculptor and anthropologist
Marguerite Milward[12])