Herbert James Rowse
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Crosby, Merseyside
Crosby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Historically part of Lancashire it is situated north of Bootle, south of Southport, Formby and west of Netherton-History:...
on the northern outskirts of Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
. He graduated from the Liverpool University School of Architecture in 1907 three years after the influential Professor Charles Reilly became Head of the School.
Rowse was one of the 'most influential Liverpool-based architects of the inter-war years'(Dunne and Richmond: The World in One School, Liverpool University Press). He worked on projects in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, London
London
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, and in Spain
Spain
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and India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Reilly considered that the India Buildings 'would not disgrace Fifth Avenue'.
Works of H. J. Rowse
- 1924-32 India BuildingsIndia BuildingsIndia Buildings on Water Street, Liverpool, England, was built between 1924 and 1932 for Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line, the architect was Herbert Rowse. It was designed to be converted into a warehouse if needed and replaced an earlier building of the same name...
, Liverpool - 1932 Martins BankMartins BankMartins Bank Limited was a Liverpool-based British finanical services company that was taken over by Barclays Bank in 1969. The company has its origins in the 16th century and was said to have been founded by Sir Thomas Gresham, who began trading in Lombard Street under the sign of a grasshopper...
, Liverpool - Classical Revival - 1934 Queensway TunnelQueensway TunnelThe Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. It is often called the Birkenhead Tunnel, to distinguish it from the Kingsway Tunnel, which serves Wallasey.-History:...
, Liverpool tunnel entrances, toll booths and ventilation building exteriors - 1937-41 Offices for PilkingtonPilkingtonPilkington Group Limited is a multinational glass manufacturing company headquartered in St Helens, United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of the Japan-based NSG Group...
's Glass Works, St Helens (photos here) - 1939 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
- 1939-60 School of Pharmacy, University of London