Edward Holmes (architect)
Edward Holmes (1832 – 1909) was a British architect from Birmingham, England.
Edward Holmes | |
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| Born | 1832 |
| Died | 1909 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | St Mary's Church, Selly Oak |
Family
He was the son of Edward Holmes and Elisa Henrietta Roulet, christened on 7 September 1832 in St Mary's Church, Moseley.
He married Mary Ann Briggs on 7 October 1856 at St Mary's Church, Moseley. Mary Ann was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Briggs. There were three children: Elizabeth Henriette Holmes (1857 - 1944), Edward Briggs Holmes (1858 - 1920) and Gertrude Fanny Holmes (1861-1938).
There is a brass plaque in St Mary's Church, Selly Oak to the memory of Mary Ann Holmes aged 31 years, wife of Edward Holmes (Architect of this Church) who died 5 November 1861 and is buried in the Family Vault at St Mary's Church, Moseley.
Holmes married Mary Lavinia Hemming on 27 May 1863 in Alvechurch. They had a further 11 children.
He contracted pneumonia just before Christmas 1909 and died at Wyndcliffe, School Road, Moseley on 30 December 1909[1] and his funeral was held in Moseley parish church on 3 January 1910. Mary Lavinia died in 1921.
Buildings designed
- Lodge and twin mortuary chapels, Belper Cemetery. 1858
- All Saints' Church, King's Heath with Frederick Preedy, 1860
- St Mary's Church, Selly Oak. 1861
- Moseley Independent Congregational chapel. 1862[2]
- St James' Church, Shirley. New roof. 1862.
- Exchange Building, 1865. Enlarged 1877. Demolished 1965.[3]
- Immanuel Church, Broad Street, Birmingham. 1865
- Former Masonic Hall, Ethel Street, Birmingham, 1865-69[3]
- Midland Bank, New Street, Birmingham. 1867-69 (now Waterstones bookshop)[3]
- Former Medical Mission, River Street, Birmingham, 1880[3]
- Lady Chapel addition to St Paul's Church, Moseley Road, Balsall Heath. 1865.
- Freemasons' Hall, Grand Lodge of Ireland, Molesworth Street, Dublin. 1866.
- St John The Divine, Horninglow, Burton upon Trent. 1867
- St Mark's, Winshill, Burton-on-Trent, 1869
- Kings Norton Workhouse. 1870
- St Paul's Church, Dosthill. 1872
- George Wilkinson and Co, Ashted Steam Brewery, Ashted Row, Birmingham. 1874
- 37 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham. Date unknown.
- Chadwick Manor, Balsall, Solihull[4]
References
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- "Funeral of Mr. E Holmes". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 4 January 1910. Retrieved 6 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 17 June 1862. p.2. 'New Independent Chapel at Moseley'
- Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham, Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5
- Birmingham Daily Post 21 April 1883
External links
- Irish Architecture site entry on Grand Masonic Hall
- Derwent Valley Mills entry on Belper Cemetery
- Institutions.org.uk entry on Kings Norton Workhouse
- Project Gutenberg entry on Showells' dictionary of Birmingham