Edward William Mountford (22 September 1855 - 7 February 1908) was an English architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

, noted for his Edwardian Baroque

Edwardian Baroque architecture

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 style, who designed the Old Bailey

Old Bailey

The Central Criminal Court in England and Wales, commonly known as the Old Bailey from the street in which it stands, is a court building in central London, one of a number of buildings housing the Crown Court...

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Life

He was born in Shipston-on-Stour

Shipston-on-Stour

Shipston-on-Stour is a town and civil parish on the River Stour about south of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. It is in the northern part of the Cotswolds, close to the boundaries with Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire....

, Worcestershire

Worcestershire

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 and was educated privately. He married twice, to Jessie Smith (18 June 1888) and, following her death, Dorothy Hounsham (11 July 1903). He had a son (who became an architect) from his first marriage, and a daughter from his second. He died in London on 7 February 1908.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects

Royal Institute of British Architects

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, and President of the Architectural Association.

Notable Buildings

• Sheffield Town Hall
  Sheffield Town Hall
  Sheffield Town Hall is a building in the City of Sheffield, England. The building is used by Sheffield City Council, and also contains a publicly displayed collection of silverware. The current building, Sheffield's fourth town hall, is located on Pinstone Street. It was designed by the...
  
   1890
• Battersea Town Hall
  Battersea Arts Centre
  The Battersea Arts Centre is a performance space near Clapham Junction in Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth that specialises in music and theatre productions.-History:...
  
   1892
• St Olave's Grammar School
  St Olave's Grammar School
  St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School is a super-selective boys' secondary school in Orpington, Greater London, England. The school is consistently one of the top achieving state schools in the UK and it was The Sunday Times State School of the Year in 2008...
  
   1893
• Northampton Institute
  City University, London
  City University London , is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute and became a university in 1966, when it adopted its present name....
  
   1896
• Old Bailey
  Old Bailey
  The Central Criminal Court in England and Wales, commonly known as the Old Bailey from the street in which it stands, is a court building in central London, one of a number of buildings housing the Crown Court...
  
   1900-1907
• Lancaster Town Hall 1909
• College of Technology and Museum Extension
  College of Technology and Museum Extension
  The College of Technology and Museum Extension Byrom Street, Liverpool, England was built between 1896 and 1901, the architect was Edward William Mountford. The building was constructed to provide a new College of Technology and an extension to the museum...
  
  1896-1909