John Samuel Alder

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Samuel Alder FRIBA (13 January 1848 - 28 October 1919[1]) was a British architect known for his church buildings.

Life[]

Alder was born in Birmingham to Peter Alder and Eliza Pitt.[2]

On 15 April 1884 he was married to Dorset-born Kate Beatrice Bater (1859-1946).[3] They had three children: John Gordon (1885–1913;[4][5] Marguerite Beatrice (1887–1952);[6] Leonard Stanley Bates (1891–1963).[7][8] The family eventually settled in the Hornsey area of north London,[9] living for a time at a house called Hillside on Muswell Road, off Colney Hatch Lane, London N10.[10]

John Samuel Alder is buried in All Saints Carshalton.[11]

Career[]

He began his professional life articled to the sibling architects George Cowley Haddon (1839–85) and Henry Rockliffe Haddon (1823–93) in Malvern and Hereford. At the end of his articles he became chief assistant to Frederick Preedy (1820–98) in London, where Alder later established his own practice. From 1914 until his death his business address was Effingham House, 1 Arundel Street, Strand.[12] In 1916 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[13]

From 1898 he worked in partnership with John Turrill who maintained the practice under Alder's name until at least 1924.[12]

Apart from his work on churches, during and after his time in Preedy's office he designed and extended several country houses.[12]

Works[]

Churches[]

Alder's many churches are to be found mostly in the then rapidly spreading north–London suburbs. His church buildings are notable for being not only economical to build but also spacious, in an unfussy late–gothic style; conservative for the end of the C19. He also designed church fittings.

  • St James' Church, Muswell Hill

    St James' Church, Muswell Hill

  • St Benet Fink, Tottenham

    St Benet Fink, Tottenham

  • St Mary the Virgin and All Saints, Potters Bar

    St Mary the Virgin and All Saints, Potters Bar

  • St Barnabas, Woodside Park

    St Barnabas Woodside Park

  • Holy Trinity, Winchmore Hill

    Holy Trinity Winchmore Hill

  • St Stephen's Church, Bush Hill Park

    St Stephen's Church, Bush Hill Park

  • St Michael, Mora Road, Cricklewood

    St Michael, Mora Road, Cricklewood

  • St George, Headstone, Harrow

    St George, Headstone, Harrow

  • St Barnabas, Holden Road, Finchley

    St Barnabas, Holden Road, Finchley

  • St Peter's Church, South Tottenham

    St Peter's Church, South Tottenham

  • Interior of St Catherine, Dudden Hill Lane, Neasden

    Interior of St Catherine, Dudden Hill Lane, Neasden

Church Halls[]

  • Holy Trinity (former church hall), Stroud Green

    Holy Trinity (former church hall), Stroud Green

  • Lamb's Institute, All Saints, Edmonton

    Lamb's Institute, All Saints, Edmonton

  • St Michael's Church Hall, Wood Green

    St Michael's Church Hall, Wood Green

  • Vicarage and hall to the church of St Augustine Highgate

Houses[]

Apart from his work on churches, during and after his time in Preedy's office he designed and extended several country houses, often undertaking dramatic reconstructions.[12]

  • Vicarage to the church of St Mark Noel Park

  • Manor House, Ponsbourne Park

  • Vicarage and hall to the church of St Augustine Highgate

References[]

  1. ^ England Billion Graves Cemetery Index. Accessed 22 June 2020[1]
  2. ^ ‘’England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes’’. ’Warwickshire, Birmingham’. Vol. 16 (1847: Jan-Feb-Mar) 404. (London: General Register Office). Accessed 30 May2020
  3. ^ ‘’England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes’’.’Sussex, Cuckfield’. Vol. 2b (1884) 275. (London: General Register Office). Accessed 30 May 2020
  4. ^ ‘Parish Register (Baptism), St Paul, Enfield’. ‘’Board of Guardian Records and Church of England Parish Registers’’. London Metropolitan Archives, London. Accessed 30 May 2020.
  5. ^ ‘Parish Register (Burials), All Saints, Carshalton’, 9 October 1913. (Anglican Parish Registers. London Borough of Sutton). Accessed 30 May 2020
  6. ^ ‘’England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes’’.’Middlesex, Edmonton’. Vol. 3a (1887) 337. (London: General Register Office). Accessed 30 May 2020
  7. ^ ‘’England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes’’. ’London, Holborn’. Vol. 1b (1891: Apr-May-Jun) 751. (London: General Register Office). Accessed 30 May2020
  8. ^ ‘’England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes’’. ’Hampshire, Portsmouth’. Vol. 6b (1963: Jan-Feb-Mar) 936. (London: General Register Office). Accessed 30 May2020
  9. ^ ’Electoral Register‘ (1897): Hornsey Parliamentary District’ (London Metropolitan Archives; Electoral Registers). Accessed 30 May 2020. [See also Census returns.]
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h ’John Samuel Alder' by Ken Gay. Hornsey Historical Society Bulletin, (32, 1991) 30-33.
  11. ^ ‘Parish Register (Burials), All Saints, Carshalton’, 1 November 1919. (Anglican Parish Registers. London Borough of Sutton). Accessed 30 May 2020. Accessed 30 May 2020.
  12. ^ a b c d e f ’Architects & Artists A’, ’’Sussex Parish Churches’’. Web resource, accessed 30 May 2020.
  13. ^ 'Notices'. Journal Of The Royal Insttute Of British Architects Third Series Vol.27: Notices. Online resource, accessed 1 May 2020
  14. ^ 'Church of St Mary Magdalene, sansome Walk'. Historic England. Web Resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  15. ^ a b 'Paddington: Churches'. A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9. (London: Victoria County History, 1976). Online resource, accessed 2 May 2020
  16. ^ 'St Peter, South Tottenham'. Archiseek. Web resource, accessed 2 May 2020.
  17. ^ 'St James, Muswell Hill'. London Churches in Photographs. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  18. ^ 'Edmonton Churches'.A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5. (London: Victoria County History, 1976). Online resource, accessed 2 May 2020
  19. ^ 'St Andrew, Alexandra Park Road, Muswell Hill'. London Churches in Photographs. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  20. ^ 'St John the Baptist, Sheepcote Road, Greenhill, Harrow'. London Churches in Photographs. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  21. ^ 'St Cuthbert, Wolves Lane, Wood Green'. London Churches in Photographs. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  22. ^ 'Holy Trinity, Winchmore Hill'. London Churches in Photographs. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  23. ^ St Stephen's Church'. The Enfield Society. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020
  24. ^ 'Hornsey, including Highgate: Churches'.A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3. (London: Victoria County History, 1962). Online resource, accessed 2 May 2020.
  25. ^ ‘Potton Church Alterations and Additions’, ‘’Bedfordshire Archives and Records Service’’. Web resource, accessed 30 May 2020.
  26. ^ 'St Michael (former), Mora Road, Cricklewood'. London Churches in Photographs. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  27. ^ ‘St Michael's Church, St Michael's Road, Wembley NW2 - Brent’. ‘’Historic England’’. Web resource, accessed 2 May 2020.
  28. ^ 'Church of St George, Pinner View'. Historic England. Web Resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  29. ^ 'Church of St Benet Fink'. Historic England, Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  30. ^ 'St Barnabas (Former), Holden Road, Woodside Park'.London Churches in Photographs. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  31. ^ 'Sunbury Churches'. A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3. (London: Victoria County History, 1962). Online resource, accessed 2 May 2020.
  32. ^ 'All Saints, Campbell Road, Twickenham'.London Churches in Photographs. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  33. ^ 'St Mark, Bathurst Gardens/All Souls Avenue, Kensal Rise'. London Churches in Photographs. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  34. ^ 'St Mary the Virgin and All Saints, Potters Bar'. The Twentieth Century Society. Web resoyrce, accessed 1 May 2020.
  35. ^ 'St Mary and Archangel Michael, Cranbourne Gardens, Temple Fortune (Coptic)'. London Churches in Photographs. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  36. ^ 'St Catherine, Dudden Hill Lane, Neasden'. London Churches in Photographs. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  37. ^ a b St Augustine of Canterbury, Highgate: a short history of the church by Andrew Sanders (London: Church of St Augustine of Canterbury, 1975). PDF. Online resource, accessed 7 July 2020.
  38. ^ 'Charles Lamb Institute, Church Street, Lower Edmonton'. geograph: photograph every grid square. Web resource, accessed 2 May 2020
  39. ^ 'St Michael's Church hall, Wood Green (1911)'. geograph: photograph every grid square. Web resource, accessed 2 May 2020
  40. ^ 'Holy Trinity, Granville Road, Stroud Green'. London Churches in Photographs. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  41. ^ 'Temple Grafton Court, Warwickshire'. Archiseek. Web resource, accessed 2 May 2020.
  42. ^ 'Church of St Mark, Noel Park'. Historic England. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  43. ^ Manor House, Ponsbourne Park. 'The Building News' (n.d.). Alamy Stock Photographs. Online resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
  44. ^ 'Vicarage to the church of St Benet Fink Church, Tottenham'. Historic England. Web resource, accessed 1 May 2020.
Retrieved from ""