Alfred Smith (architect)

Alfred Smith (born 4 August 1850) was an architect who worked in a variety of locations in England, including Nottingham and the Forest of Dean.

Advertisement from the Nottingham Journal 25 February 1874
Cemetery Lodge, Bridlington 1874
Cheltenham Gas Company offices 1881

Career

He was born on 4 August 1850 in Bungay, Suffolk, the son of Jessey Smith (b. 1826) and Jane Fish (1826-1900)

He married Susanna Anna Leeds, daughter of William Leeds of Reepham on 14 September 1872 in Christ Church, Radford, Nottingham[1] and they had the following children:

  • Alfred William Smith (b. 1875)
  • Charles Edgar Smith (b. 1876)
  • Henry Edward Smith (b. 1878)
  • Francis James Smith (b. 1880)
  • Percy John Smith (1893-1970)

He set up office in Bungay, Suffolk, but in 1874 he moved to Nottingham,[2] By 1881 he was living in Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire and was architect to the Forest of Dean Schools Board. By 1891 he was living in Dedham, Essex and was described as a retired architect. In the 1901 he is recorded as a farmer in Westleton in Suffolk, but in 1911 he was living at 3 Lulworth Villas, Maumbury Way, Dorchester and described again as a retired architect.

Buildings

References
  1. "Marriages". Norwich Mercury. England. 21 September 1872. Retrieved 8 August 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "Alfred Smith". Nottingham Journal. England. 25 February 1874. Retrieved 8 August 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "The New Cemetery Works". Bridlington Free Press. England. 16 October 1875. Retrieved 8 August 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Historic England, "10, Low Pavement (1270636)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 August 2022
  5. Harwood, Elain (1979). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottinghamshire. Yale University Press. p. 157. ISBN 0140710027.
  6. Historic England, "Cemetery Chapels (1083635)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 August 2022
  7. Historic England, "Cemetery Lodge (1281703)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 August 2022
  8. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Verey, David; Brooks, Alan (2002). The Buildings of England. Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean. Yale University Press. p. 246. ISBN 9780300097337.
  9. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Verey, David; Brooks, Alan (2002). The Buildings of England. Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean. Yale University Press. p. 307. ISBN 9780300097337.
  10. "Lydbrook". South Wales Daily News. England. 18 January 1883. Retrieved 8 August 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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