Guy Dawber
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| Sir Edward Guy Dawber | |
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| Born | 3 August 1861 King's Lynn, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 24 April 1938 London, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Awards | RIBA Gold Medal, 1928, RA |
| Work | |
| Buildings | Eyford Park |
| Projects | Batsford Park |
Sir Edward Guy Dawber, RA, ARA (King's Lynn, 1861 - London, 1938) was an English architect working in the late Arts and Crafts style whose work is particularly associated with the Cotswolds.
Guy Dawber was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk in 1861, the son of John Stockdale Dawber (d. 1898) and his wife Lois Ellen (née Edwards). He trained in the practice of Sir Ernest George and Harold Peto, supervising their work on Batsford Park (1887–93), near Moreton-in-Marsh, in the Cotswolds. He became a respected and scholarly architect working in the Cotswold vernacular tradition, designing and converting a number of houses in the district, including Eyford Park (1911–12), and Nether Swell Manor (1903 and 1909), both near Stow-on-the-Wold. He designed St John's chapel of ease in Matlock Dale, Derbyshire, where he lived locally. It was the only church designed by Dawber.[1] He also specialised in laying out and designing gardens. In addition he designed many of the buildings of Lord Wandsworth College in Hampshire.
He was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1925 to 1927. He was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1928. He played a prominent part in establishing the Council for the Preservation of Rural England in 1926 and became its first President. He was knighted in 1936. He married Mary Eccles in Lancashire in 1896. He died in London on 24 April 1938 and is buried at St. Giles with his parents and brother.
He worked on the design of the Reptile House at London Zoo, Regents Park in 1926.
He published Old Cottages, Farm-houses, and other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold District (Batsford, 1905). He also painted in watercolour.
[edit] References
- ^ "Chapel of St John the Baptist Supporting retaining wall and attached boundary walls, Matlock Bath", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1248139, retrieved 18 May 2011
[edit] Further reading
- A chapter on him in: Reilly, Charles Herbert: Representative British architects of the present day. London: Batsford, 1931.
- Obituary notices published in: AA Journal vol 53, May 1938, p 522; Architect & Building News vol 154, 29 Apr 1938, p 112, 114, 155; Architect & Building News vol 155, 15 July 1938, p 61; Architect's Journal vol 87, 28 Apr 1938, p 685, 691; The Builder vol 154, 29 Apr 1938, p 824, 827; RIBA Journal vol 45, 1938, p 631, 633, 666-7, 720; The Times, Monday 25 Apr 1938
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