Percy Heylyn Currey
Percy Heylyn Currey FRIBA (November 1864 – 5 March 1942) was an English architect based in Derby.[1]
Life
He was born in November 1864, the son of Benjamin Scott Currey and Helen Heygate. He was educated at Derby School from 1875 to 1883, and was awarded the Rowland Scholarship in 1878.
He married Augusta Mary Anne Emily Frederieka Leacroft on 26 September 1897 in Little Eaton, Derbyshire.
From 1895 he was Diocesan Surveyor to the Diocese of Southwell.
From 1903 he was in partnership with Charles Clayton Thompson, as Currey and Thompson. In 1907 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[2]
Works
St Mary's Church, Westwood of 1899
- St Stephen's Church, Borrowash 1890
- Derby School Chapel, site adjoining St. Helen's House, King Street, Derby 1891 (Demolished Sept 2017)
- St Luke’s Vicarage, 48 Bedford Street, Derby 1896
- St Paul’s Church, Mansfield Road, Derby 1897 (addition of aisle)
- St Giles' Church, Matlock 1898 (addition of south chapel)
- St. Mary's Church, Westwood 1899
- 28 Loudon Street, Derby 1903 (for Edward Litchford, Midland Railway Chief Accountant)
- Christ Church, Holloway, Derbyshire 1903[3] (tower 1911)
- All Saints' Church, Ashover 1903 restoration
- St Osmund’s Church, vicarage and almshouses in Osmaston-by-Derby 1904
- Repton House, Church Street, Lea 1905
- St Mary's Church, Plumtree 1906 (tower restoration)
- St Peter and St Paul's Church, Eckington 1907 remodelling
- St Helen's Church, Darley Dale 1908 restoration
- St Mary's Church, Ilkeston 1910 restoration
- Rose Hill Infants and St James’ Church of England Junior School 1913
- St Mary, Buxton 1915 - their finest church
- Fressingfield, 116 Blagreaves Lane, Derby 1914 (extended 1924)
- St Bartholomew’s Church, Nightingale Road, Derby 1927
- St Stephen’s Church, Sinfin 1935
References
- Dictionary of British Architects 1834 – 1914. Vol 1. Royal Institute of British Architects. ISBN 9780826455130(subscription required)
- "Honour for a Derby Architect". Derby Daily Telegraph. Derby. 17 July 1907. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- "Christ Church, Holloway". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 23 February 1903. Retrieved 5 March 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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