Charles G. F. Rees

Charles Gottlob Frederick Rees[1] (born Carl Gottlob Friedrich Rees; 1 February 1855[2] – 8 May 1931)[3] was a German-born architect, surveyor and estate agent, practicing from Stanmore, Middlesex, England.

The Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche, Knightsbridge, London.

Family

Rees was born in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany,[4] the son of Albert Ludwig "Louis" Friedrich Rees, a weaver, and Wilhelmina Caroline Rees. In 1880 in Hackney, he married Rees was married to Franziska "Fanny" Pauline Nuding (born c. 1859 in Stuttgart).[1]

Career

With Edward Boehmer, Rees designed the Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche in Knightsbridge, London.[5] He also carried out extensive works at Tyringham Hall in Buckinghamshire,[6] and designed the Markuskirche in Kelvedon Road, Fulham (1911). He was the surveyor for the German Hospital, Dalston and designing two extensions to that establishment in 1911–12.

References
  1. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932
  2. Carl Gottlob Friederike Rees in the Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1985
  3. Karl Gottlob Friedrich Rees in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
  4. 1911 England Census
  5. "Montpelier Square Area: Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche, Montpelier Place", in Survey of London: Volume 45, Knightsbridge, ed. John Greenacombe (London, 2000), pp. 124-127.
  6. Tyringham Hall: the ultimate country house. Country Life, 9 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2016.

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