Edward Holmes (architect)
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Edward Holmes | |
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Born | 1832 |
Died | 1909 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Architect |
Buildings | St Mary's Church, Selly Oak |
Edward Holmes was an architect from Birmingham, England. He was the son of Edward Holmes and Elisa Henrietta Roulet, christened on 7 September 1832 in St. Mary's Church, Moseley. He died at the end of 1909.
Family
Edward Holmes married Mary Ann Briggs on 7 October 1856 at St Mary's Church, Moseley. Mary Ann was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Briggs. There had two children.
Brass plaque in St. Mary's Church, Selly Oak to the memory of Mary Ann Holmes aged 31 years, wife of Edward Holmes (Architect of this Church) who died 5 November 1861 and is buried in the Family Vault at St. Mary's Church, Moseley.
Holmes married Mary Lavinia Hemming on 27 May 1863 in Alvechurch.
Buildings designed
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Former Midland Bank, New Street. Now Waterstones book shop
- Lodge and twin mortuary chapels, Belper Cemetery. 1858
- All Saints' Church, King's Heath with Frederick Preedy, 1860
- St. Mary's Church, Selly Oak. 1861
- Moseley Independent Congregational chapel. 1862[1]
- St. James' Church, Shirley. New roof. 1862.
- Exchange Building, 1865. Enlarged 1877. Demolished 1965.[2]
- Immanuel Church, Broad Street, Birmingham. 1865
- Former Masonic Hall, Ethel Street, Birmingham, 1865-69[2]
- Midland Bank, New Street, Birmingham. 1867-69 (now Waterstones bookshop)[2]
- Former Medical Mission, River Street, Birmingham, 1880[2]
- Lady Chapel addition to St. Paul's Church, Moseley Road, Balsall Heath. 1865.
- Freemasons' Hall, Grand Lodge of Ireland, Molesworth Street, Dublin. 1866.
- St John The Divine, Horninglow, Burton upon Trent. 1867
- Kings Norton Workhouse. 1870
- St Paul's Church, Dosthill. 1872
- George Wilkinson and Co, Ashted Steam Brewery, Ashted Row, Birmingham. 1874
- 37 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham. Date unknown.
- Chadwick Manor, Balsall, Solihull[3]
References
External links
- Irish Architecture site entry on Grand Masonic Hall
- Derwent Valley Mills entry on Belper Cemetery
- Institutions.org.uk entry on Kings Norton Workhouse
- Project Gutenberg entry on Showells' dictionary of Birmingham
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