Richard Charles Sutton was an architect based in Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

. He was born 1834 and died on 18 October 1915.

Personal life

In the 1861 census he is listed as living at Gill Street, Sherwood, Nottingham, with wife Henrietta, daughter Ada (b. 1859) and Ernest R (b. 1860).

In the 1881 census he is listed as a widow living at 2 Southey Street, Nottingham, with daughter Ada (b. 1859) and Ernest R (b. 1860), Henrietta T (b. 1861), Charles R.A. (b. 1863), and Eleanor A. (b.1864).

In the 1901 census he is listed as living in 1 Hardy Street, Nottingham, with wife Jane.

He was a member of Nottingham City Council from 1887 - 1901.

Career

He was articled to Samuel Sanders Toulon and commenced independent practice in Nottingham in 1857. He went into partnership with his son, Ernest Richard Eckett Sutton, in 1894. He retired in 1906.

Buildings by Sutton

• Shire Hall, Nottingham
  Galleries of Justice
  The Galleries of Justice museum is a tourist attraction on High Pavement in the Lace Market area of Nottingham, England. It is home to The Villainous Sheriff of Nottingham where you will discover Nottingham's horrible history and delve into the dark and disturbing past of Crime and PunishmentThe...
  
   1859. New Grand Jury room.
• Wesleyan Methodist School, 12 Kirkhill, Bingham
  Bingham, Nottinghamshire
  Bingham is a market town in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England.-Geography:With a population of around 9,000 people it lies about nine miles east of Nottingham, a similar distance south-west of Newark-on-Trent and west of Grantham. It is situated where the A46 intersects the A52...
  
  . 1859
• Congregational Chapel, Castlegate, Nottingham. 1863
• St Saviours in the Meadows, Nottingham
  St Saviours in the Meadows, Nottingham
  St Saviours in the Meadows is a parish church in the Church of England in The Meadows, Nottingham.The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.-History:...
  
  . 1863
• Unitarian Church, Peas Hill Road, Nottingham. 1863
• Moneta House, 53 Ricardo Street, Stoke-on-Trent. 1865
• Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Rough Close, Staffordshire 1874
• Walter Fountain, Greyfriars Gate and Carrington Street, Nottingham. 1866. Demolished 1950.
• Ilkeston
  Ilkeston
  Ilkeston is a town within the Borough of Erewash, in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the River Erewash, from which the local borough takes its name. Its population at the 2001 census was 37,550...
  
   Town Hall. 1867-68
• The Workhouse, Southwell
  The Workhouse, Southwell
  The Workhouse, also known as Greet House, in the town of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, is a museum operated by the National Trust. Built in 1824, it was the prototype of the 19th-century workhouse,...
  
  . 1868. Extension.
• St. Mary's Church, Attenborough
  St. Mary's Church, Attenborough
  St. Mary's Church, Attenborough is a parish church in the Church of England in the village of Attenborough, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.-History:The present day church...
  
  , Nottinghamshire
  Nottinghamshire
  Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
  
  . 1868-69. Repairs.
• St. Peter's Church, Radford
  St. Peter's Church, Radford
  St. Peter's Church, Radford is a parish church in the Church of England in Radford, Nottingham.The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.-History:...
  
  . 1870-72. Extension.
• Methodist Church, Parliament Street, Nottingham. 1874
• St. Peter's Church, Mill End, Rickmansworth
  Rickmansworth
  Rickmansworth is a town in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England, 4¼ miles west of Watford.The town has a population of around 15,000 people and lies on the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne, at the northern end of the Colne Valley regional park.Rickmansworth is a small town in...
  
  . 1875
• Beauvale School, Greasley
  Greasley
  Greasley is a parish north west of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. Although it is thought there was once a village called Greasley, there is no settlement of that name today. The built up areas in the parish are Giltbrook, Moorgreen , Newthorpe, Watnall and parts of Eastwood, Kimberley and...
  
  , Nottinghamshire 1878
• St. Philip's Church, Pennyfoot Street
  St. Philip's Church, Pennyfoot Street
  St. Philip's Church, Nottingham was a Church of England church in Nottingham on Pennyfoot Street between 1879 and 1963.-History:St. Philip's Church was created out of the parish of St. Luke's Church, Nottingham...
  
  , Nottingham. 1879. Demolished 1963.
• Boot & Co. Ltd, 16-20 Goose Gate, Nottingham. 1883.
• St George in the Meadows, Nottingham
  St George in the Meadows, Nottingham
  St George in the Meadows is a parish church in the Church of England in The Meadows, Nottingham.The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.-History:...
  
  . 1887-91
• United Methodist Free Church, Kimberley
  Kimberley, Nottinghamshire
  Kimberley is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, lying 6 miles northwest of Nottingham along the A610. The town grew as a centre for coal mining, brewing and hosiery manufacturing...
  
  . 1890

Source

• The Buildings of England, Nikolaus Pevsner
  Nikolaus Pevsner
  Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...