John Shewell Corder
John Shewell Corder (1856 Westoe, South Tyneside – 19 July 1922[1]) was an English architect and artist.
Early life[]
Corder was the son of Frederick Corder and Jane Ransome, daughter of James Ransome.[2] Along with other siblings the family moved to Ipswich in 1860.[3]
Architectural career[]
Corder worked on the exposed timbers and plaster work of the Black Boy using a tudor style
Corder has been credited with over 100 commissions. These include:[3]
- Boscombe House, 65 Anglesea Road, Ipswich, (Grade II listed building)
- Hacheston Lodge, The Street, Hacheston
- Extra classrooms for Woodbridge School in Burkitt road, Woodbridge, Suffolk,
- Work on the Black Boy public house, Sudbury
- Tranmer House, 1910. Home of Edith Pretty during the 1938-39 excavation of the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon burial mounds.[4]
He trained Harold Ridley Hooper who later became a prominent Ipswich architect.[5]
Publications[]
- The Corner Posts of Ipswich
- Christchurch or Withepole House: A Brief Memorial (1893) S. H. Cowell: Ipswich
References[]
- ^ "Find a will | GOV.UK". probatesearch.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "Corder, John Shewell". suffolkartists.co.uk. Suffolk Artists. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Suffolk People". historicalsuffolk.com. Historical Suffolk Research. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ Bettley & Pevsner 2015, pp. 538–539.
- ^ Antonia Brodie, ed. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: A-K. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 945–946. ISBN 0-8264-5513-1.
Sources[]
- Bettley, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2015). Suffolk: East. Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-19654-2. OCLC 995084088.
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