Imperial Fire and Life Insurance Office, 16–18 Victoria Street 1872Hart, Fellow's and Company 18841–3 South Parade and Wheeler gate, 1888Cross Keys, 1899Pegger's Inn, 1905–06
Robert Evans FRIBA, JP (11 November 1832 – 19 July 1911) was an English architect based in Nottingham.[1]
History
He was born on 11 November 1832 in
West Hallam, Derbyshire, the son of Robert Evans (1802-1864) and Jane Attenborough (1815-1881).
He trained as an architect and in the 1850s was taken on as a pupil by
Thomas Chambers Hine with whom he formed a partnership in 1857[2] which lasted until 1867.[3] Evans then set up on his own in Eldon Chambers, with an assistant
William Jolley (1837–1919). The partnership of Evans and Jolley was established in 1871 and lasted until 1894.[4]
He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1888.
Robert Evans married Sarah Ann Mulcock on 11 February 1858 in
St Martin's Church, Stamford and they had six children:
His son,
Robert Evans Jun. (1863–1927) was articled to the firm, and eventually entered into a partnership with his father as Evans and Son.
He died on 19 July 1911 and left an estate of £32,221 8s. 6d.(equivalent to £4,144,700 in 2023).[5] A new reredos by
Albert Toft in
St Peter's Church, Nottingham was dedicated in 1913 in his memory.[6]
Works
Nottinghamshire Club, Victoria Street, Nottingham 1868[7]
^Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: Vol 1 (A-K). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 620.
ISBN0826455131.
Imperial Fire and Life Insurance Office, 16–18 Victoria Street 1872Hart, Fellow's and Company 18841–3 South Parade and Wheeler gate, 1888Cross Keys, 1899Pegger's Inn, 1905–06
Robert Evans FRIBA, JP (11 November 1832 – 19 July 1911) was an English architect based in Nottingham.[1]
History
He was born on 11 November 1832 in
West Hallam, Derbyshire, the son of Robert Evans (1802-1864) and Jane Attenborough (1815-1881).
He trained as an architect and in the 1850s was taken on as a pupil by
Thomas Chambers Hine with whom he formed a partnership in 1857[2] which lasted until 1867.[3] Evans then set up on his own in Eldon Chambers, with an assistant
William Jolley (1837–1919). The partnership of Evans and Jolley was established in 1871 and lasted until 1894.[4]
He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1888.
Robert Evans married Sarah Ann Mulcock on 11 February 1858 in
St Martin's Church, Stamford and they had six children:
His son,
Robert Evans Jun. (1863–1927) was articled to the firm, and eventually entered into a partnership with his father as Evans and Son.
He died on 19 July 1911 and left an estate of £32,221 8s. 6d.(equivalent to £4,144,700 in 2023).[5] A new reredos by
Albert Toft in
St Peter's Church, Nottingham was dedicated in 1913 in his memory.[6]
Works
Nottinghamshire Club, Victoria Street, Nottingham 1868[7]
^Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: Vol 1 (A-K). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 620.
ISBN0826455131.