William Frederick Unsworth

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William Frederick Unsworth
Born1851
Died1912
Petersfield
OccupationArchitect

William Frederick Unsworth (1851–1912) was an English architect.

Biography[]

William Frederick Unsworth began working in 1869 in the Wilson & Wilcox agency in Bath, then after a one-year trip to France, he spent two years in the architectural firm of George Edmund Street, then a year with William Burges.[1]

He opened his own architectural firm in 1875 where he first worked in partnership with architect Edward John Dodgshun (1854-1927).

Around 1908 he moved to Steep, near Petersfield, where he worked in partnership with his son, Gerald Unsworth (1883-1946) and Inigo Triggs (1876-1923). He then built several houses in the Arts and Crafts style.[2]

He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Steep, near Petersfield, in 1912.

Achievements[]

  • The "Shakespeare Memorial Theater" and Stratford-upon-Avon Library, in 1879, with Edward John Dodgshun. This theater was destroyed by fire in 1926.[3]
  • Village of Sion Mills, south of Strabane, County Tyrone, Ulster, in the 1880s and 1890s, for the Herdman brothers who had a flax factory there. William Frederick Unsworth was the son-in-law of James Herdman.
  • Christ Church, Woking, in 1889.
  • Woodhambury, Woodham Lane, Woking, in 1889.
  • Weston Hotel, Newbridge, Bath, in 1890 in an Arts and Crafts style.[2]
  • All Saints Church, Woodham Lane, Woking, in 1893.
  • Good Sheperd Church, in the village of Sion Mills, Northern Ireland, in 1909.
  • Broad Dene, Hill Road built for Walter Tyndale by the architectural firm comprising WF Unsworth, his son and Inigo Triggs [4]
  • Ashford Chace, Petersfield, in 1912.[5]
  • Gate House at Sion Mills
  • Broad Dene
  • Christ Church, Woking
  • Good Sheperd Church, in the village of Sion Mills

Further reading[]

  • Unsworth, William Frederick, p. 788, edited by James Stevens Curl and Susan Wilson, The Oxford Dictionary of Architects , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015 ISBN 978-0-19-105385-6
  • Ian Nairn, Nikolaus Pevsner, Bridget Cherry, The buildings of England: Surrey , p. 69, 320, 533, 538, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2002 ISBN 0-300-09675-5

References[]

  1. ^ RIBA Journal, 1912, volume 19, p. 750
  2. ^ a b "The Weston - Heritage Statement". DKA. Bath and North East Somerset Council - Planning Application 21/03690/FUL. August 2021. 304301 REP 001 rev P04. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. ^ The Irish connection - Architects in Woking in the late 1880's
  4. ^ Sir Lawrence Weaver, Small country houses of to- day , volume 1, p.  134-138, The Offices of Country Life, London, 1922.( read online )
  5. ^ Getty images: Ashford Chace, Petersfield, 1912

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