Walter Owen Hickson
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Walter Owen Hickson (1863 – 8 October 1915) was an English architect and surveyor based in Nottingham.
History
[edit]He was born in 1863 in Bottesford, Leicestershire, the son of William Hickson of Easthorpe Manor, Bottesford and Mary Ann Owen. He trained as a surveyor and architect in Nottingham[1] and much of his output was dwelling houses, warehouses and hotels.[2] He was employed by Sydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers in the 1890s to erect estate buildings in Thoresby Park.
In 1899 he was appointed a director of the Aspley Engineering Company.[3]
In 1903 his office was at 13 Victoria Street in Nottingham.
He died on 8 October 1915 at St Andrew's Hospital in Northampton and left an estate valued at £5,646 4s 7d (equivalent to £571,500 in 2023).[4]
Works
[edit]- Shops and houses. 33-37 Chilwell Road, Beeston 1887[5]
- Ten Cottages. 112-130 Chilwell Road, Beeston 1887[6]
- Thorseby Estate Almshouses, Perlethorpe, Nottinghamshire 1894[7]
- Bentinck Hotel, Carrington Street, Nottingham 1904-05[8]
- 10 houses on Trafalgar Road, Beeston 1905-06[9]
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References
[edit]- ^ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 1 (A-K). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 903. ISBN 0826455131.
- ^ Pike, W.T. (1901). Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire at the Opening of the Twentieth Century; [and] Contemporary Biographies. Nottingham.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "New Company. Aspley Engineering Company Limited". Nottingham Journal. England. 20 March 1899. Retrieved 1 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "199" (1878-1937) [Building Plan Register]. District Council Records, File: DC/BS/4/2/1. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire Archives Office.
- ^ "479" (1878-1937) [Building Plan Register]. District Council Records, File: DC/BS/4/2/1. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire Archives Office.
- ^ Historic England, "The Almshouses and Tudor Lodge (1370220)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 January 2018
- ^ Harwood, Elain (2008). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. p. 171. ISBN 9780300126662.
- ^ "554" (1878-1937) [Building Plan Register]. District Council Records, File: DC/BS/4/2/1. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire Archives Office.
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