W. B. Stonebridge

Walter Butler Stonebridge FRIBA (8 September 1879 – 1 November 1962) was an architect, Diocesan Surveyor for Ely and St Albans and afterwards Surveyor for the Archdeaconry of Bedford.[1][2][3][4][5] He was president of the Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Society of Architects in 1932.[1]

Walter Butler Stonebridge

FRIBA
Born(1879-09-08)8 September 1879
Oakley, Bedfordshire, England
Died1 November 1962(1962-11-01) (aged 83)
Barton on Sea, Hampshire, England
EducationBedford Modern School

Early life

Stonebridge was born on 8 September 1879 at Oakley, Bedfordshire, and christened Walter Charles Butler Stonebridge.[6] He was the son of Charles Stonebridge, a Carpenter and Surveyor of Works, and his wife Emily.[7] Stonebridge was educated at Bedford Modern School and then articled to the architectural practice of Messrs Highton and Ardron of Bedford and Westminster between 1895 and 1899.[1][8]

Career

After Highton and Ardron, Stonebridge was an Assistant in the Duke of Bedford's Estate Office, to H. Ban of Maidstone and to John E. Kingham of Aldershot.[1] He commenced independent practice in 1903 in Woburn Sands and Bedford.[1] Following the outbreak of World War I, Stonebridge served with the 1/7 West Yorkshire Regiment leaving at the end of the war as a Lance-Corporal.[9]

After the war, Stonebridge became Ecclesiastical Surveyor for the Dioceses of Ely and St Albans and was thereafter Diocesan Surveyor for Bedford.[1] In the latter years of his career in private practice, he worked in partnership with H.A. Harris.[10]

Stonebridge was elected LRIBA on 9 January 1911,[1] and FRIBA in 1925.[1][11] He was president of the Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Society of Architects in 1932.[1]

Family life

Stonebridge married Jane Winslade on 11 January 1905 at the Church of St John the Evangelist in Hale, Surrey.[12] They had a son, Bernard Butler Stonebridge, and a daughter, Mary Julia Stonebridge.[13][14] His wife predeceased him on 24 December 1961 and Stonebridge died on 1 November 1962 at Barton on Sea in Hampshire.[15]

Selected works
The Church of St Nicholas, Hockliffe

References
  1. Brodie, Antonia; Library, British Architectural (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914. ISBN 9780826455147. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  2. "Builder". 1916. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. Betjeman, John (1958). An American's guide to English parish churches. ISBN 9780839210047. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  4. Chatterton, Frederick (1923). "Who's who in architecture, 1923". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  5. "The Kalendar of the Royal Institute of British Architects". 1920. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  6. "Ancestry™ – Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  7. 1881 England Census
  8. "Brown Book". 1900. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  9. UK, WW1 Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914–20.
  10. "Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue – Details". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  11. "RIBA Journal". 1947. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  12. Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754–1937
  13. 1911 England Census
  14. England & Wales, Free BMD Birth Index, 1837–1915
  15. England and Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1965
  16. "Hockliffe Church Repairs and Alterations". bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk. 21 June 2019.
  17. "WOBURN SANDS COLLECTION". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  18. "Roll of Honour – Bedfordshire – Woburn Sands". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  19. "Elstow Lodge". bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk. 21 June 2019.
  20. "CAMPTON : Campton Manor Alterations and additions (W.B. Stonebridge of Bedford,..." Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  21. "Gastlings House". bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk. 21 June 2019.
  22. "Plan. New rectory, Pertenhall. Architect -.WB Stonebridge and HA Harris". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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