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Alfred Smith (architect)

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

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.

Career

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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

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References

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  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.