Alfred Mardon Mowbray

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Alfred Mardon Mowbray
Born1849
Died1915
NationalityBritish
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsSS Mary and John parish church, Oxford
St Michael and All Angels church, Oxford

Alfred Mardon Mowbray (1849–1915)[1] was an English Gothic Revival architect who practiced in Oxford and Eastbourne from the 1860s to the 1900s.

Career[]

SS Mary and John parish church, Oxford

Mowbray was articled to Charles Buckeridge 1865–70 and assistant to architects including Joseph Clarke and JW Hugall 1870–72.[1] He practiced in Oxford 1872–77, then in Eastbourne until after 1880.[1] He was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1881 but lapsed in 1896.[1] He had returned to Oxford by 1890, where he lived in Iffley Road.[1]

Work[]

  • SS Mary and John parish church, Cowley Road, Oxford, 1875–83 and tower 1892–93[2][3]
  • St Helen's parish church, Berrick Salome: restoration and alterations, 1891[4]
  • St Helen's parish church, Albury: restoration, 1891[5]
  • Mission Church, Murcott, 1895[6]
  • St Katherine's School, Wantage, 1897[7]
  • St Ebbe's parish church, Oxford: upper part of tower, 1904[8]
  • St Michael and All Angels parish church, Summertown, Oxford, 1909 (unfinished)[9]

References[]

St Michael and All Angels parish church, Summertown, Oxford

Sources[]

  • Brodie, Antonia; Felstead, Alison; Franklin, Jonathan; Pinfield, Leslie; Oldfield, Jane, eds. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914, L–Z. London & New York: Continuum. p. 224. ISBN 0-8264-5514-X.
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 254.
  • Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
  • Tyack, Geoffrey (1998). Oxford An Architectural Guide. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. p. 240. ISBN 0-19-817423-3.
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