Walter Butler Stonebridge | |
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Born |
Oakley, Bedfordshire, England | 8 September 1879
Died | 1 November 1962
Barton on Sea, Hampshire, England | (aged 83)
Education | Bedford Modern School |
Walter Butler Stonebridge FRIBA (8 September 1879 – 1 November 1962) was an architect, Diocesan Surveyor for Ely and St Albans and afterwards Surveyor for the Archdeaconry of Bedford. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He was president of the Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Society of Architects in 1932. [1]
Stonebridge was born on 8 September 1879 at Oakley, Bedfordshire, and christened Walter Charles Butler Stonebridge. [6] He was the son of Charles Stonebridge, a Carpenter and Surveyor of Works, and his wife Emily. [7] Stonebridge was educated at Bedford Modern School and then articled to the architectural practice of Messrs Highton and Ardron of Bedford and Westminster between 1895 and 1899. [1] [8]
After Highton and Ardron, Stonebridge was an Assistant in the Duke of Bedford's Estate Office, to H. Ban of Maidstone and to John E. Kingham of Aldershot. [1] He commenced independent practice in 1903 in Woburn Sands and Bedford. [1] Following the outbreak of World War I, Stonebridge served with the 1/7 West Yorkshire Regiment leaving at the end of the war as a Lance-Corporal. [9]
After the war, Stonebridge became Ecclesiastical Surveyor for the Dioceses of Ely and St Albans and was thereafter Diocesan Surveyor for Bedford. [1] In the latter years of his career in private practice, he worked in partnership with H.A. Harris. [10]
Stonebridge was elected LRIBA on 9 January 1911, [1] and FRIBA in 1925. [1] [11] He was president of the Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Society of Architects in 1932. [1]
Stonebridge married Jane Winslade on 11 January 1905 at the Church of St John the Evangelist in Hale, Surrey. [12] They had a son, Bernard Butler Stonebridge, and a daughter, Mary Julia Stonebridge. [13] [14] His wife predeceased him on 24 December 1961 and Stonebridge died on 1 November 1962 at Barton on Sea in Hampshire. [15]
Walter Butler Stonebridge | |
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Born |
Oakley, Bedfordshire, England | 8 September 1879
Died | 1 November 1962
Barton on Sea, Hampshire, England | (aged 83)
Education | Bedford Modern School |
Walter Butler Stonebridge FRIBA (8 September 1879 – 1 November 1962) was an architect, Diocesan Surveyor for Ely and St Albans and afterwards Surveyor for the Archdeaconry of Bedford. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He was president of the Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Society of Architects in 1932. [1]
Stonebridge was born on 8 September 1879 at Oakley, Bedfordshire, and christened Walter Charles Butler Stonebridge. [6] He was the son of Charles Stonebridge, a Carpenter and Surveyor of Works, and his wife Emily. [7] Stonebridge was educated at Bedford Modern School and then articled to the architectural practice of Messrs Highton and Ardron of Bedford and Westminster between 1895 and 1899. [1] [8]
After Highton and Ardron, Stonebridge was an Assistant in the Duke of Bedford's Estate Office, to H. Ban of Maidstone and to John E. Kingham of Aldershot. [1] He commenced independent practice in 1903 in Woburn Sands and Bedford. [1] Following the outbreak of World War I, Stonebridge served with the 1/7 West Yorkshire Regiment leaving at the end of the war as a Lance-Corporal. [9]
After the war, Stonebridge became Ecclesiastical Surveyor for the Dioceses of Ely and St Albans and was thereafter Diocesan Surveyor for Bedford. [1] In the latter years of his career in private practice, he worked in partnership with H.A. Harris. [10]
Stonebridge was elected LRIBA on 9 January 1911, [1] and FRIBA in 1925. [1] [11] He was president of the Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Society of Architects in 1932. [1]
Stonebridge married Jane Winslade on 11 January 1905 at the Church of St John the Evangelist in Hale, Surrey. [12] They had a son, Bernard Butler Stonebridge, and a daughter, Mary Julia Stonebridge. [13] [14] His wife predeceased him on 24 December 1961 and Stonebridge died on 1 November 1962 at Barton on Sea in Hampshire. [15]