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Doll was educated in [[Germany]] and later trained as an architect in the office of Sir [[Matthew Digby Wyatt]], where, from 1866 to 1868, he worked on the drawings for the [[India Office]] in London. In 1885 Doll was appointed Surveyor to the [[Bedford Estate]]s in [[Bloomsbury]] and [[Covent Garden]] in London. He designed the [[Hotel Russell]] in 1898, which is distinctively clad in thé-au-lait ("tea with milk") [[terracotta]], and which was based on the [[Château de Madrid]] on the [[Bois de Boulogne]] in Paris.<ref> A. S. Gray, ''Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary'' (1985)</ref> Doll engaged his favourite [[sculpture|sculptor]] [[Henry Charles Fehr]] to model the four life-size statues of British Queens, who look down from above the main front entrance. The hotel's restaurant, now named ''Fitzroy Doll's'', is said to be almost identical to the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]`s dining room which he also designed.<ref name=Reynolds/> |
Doll was educated in [[Germany]] and later trained as an architect in the office of Sir [[Matthew Digby Wyatt]], where, from 1866 to 1868, he worked on the drawings for the [[India Office]] in London. In 1885 Doll was appointed Surveyor to the [[Bedford Estate]]s in [[Bloomsbury]] and [[Covent Garden]] in London. He designed the [[Hotel Russell]] in 1898, which is distinctively clad in thé-au-lait ("tea with milk") [[terracotta]], and which was based on the [[Château de Madrid]] on the [[Bois de Boulogne]] in Paris.<ref> A. S. Gray, ''Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary'' (1985)</ref> Doll engaged his favourite [[sculpture|sculptor]] [[Henry Charles Fehr]] to model the four life-size statues of British Queens, who look down from above the main front entrance. The hotel's restaurant, now named ''Fitzroy Doll's'', is said to be almost identical to the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]`s dining room which he also designed.<ref name=Reynolds/> |
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Doll also designed the Imperial Hotel, of a few years later, which [[Nikolaus Pevsner|Pevsner]] described as a ‘vicious mixture of [[Art Nouveau]] [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic]] and Art Nouveau Tudor’.<ref>Pevsner, Nikolaus (editor) ''The Buildings of England'' (1952)</ref> The Imperial Hotel was demolished in the late 1960s, and, like the Hotel Russell, stood in [[Russell Square]]. |
Doll also designed the Imperial Hotel, of a few years later, which [[Nikolaus Pevsner|Pevsner]] described as a ‘vicious mixture of [[Art Nouveau]] [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic]] and Art Nouveau Tudor’.<ref>Pevsner, Nikolaus (editor) ''The Buildings of England'' (1952)</ref> The Imperial Hotel was demolished in the late 1960s, and, like the Hotel Russell, stood in [[Russell Square]].{{cn}} In 1907 Doll designed the [[Flemish Region|Flemish]] [[French Gothic architecture|French-Gothic]] terrace of shops with apartments over them in Torrington Place. |
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Doll married Emily Francis Tyler, the daughter of William George Bygrave Tyler and Elizabeth Emily Mackinnon, on 26 August 1879. Their five children included Christian Charles Tyler Doll (1880–1955),<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p7459.htm] Charles Fitzroy Doll on Peerage.com</ref> who inherited his father's architectural practice and who was involved in the reconstruction of the grand staircase of the Palace of [[Minos|King Minos]] at [[Knossos]] in [[Crete]]. |
Doll married Emily Francis Tyler, the daughter of William George Bygrave Tyler and Elizabeth Emily Mackinnon, on 26 August 1879. Their five children included Christian Charles Tyler Doll (1880–1955),<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p7459.htm] Charles Fitzroy Doll on Peerage.com</ref> who inherited his father's architectural practice and who was involved in the reconstruction of the grand staircase of the Palace of [[Minos|King Minos]] at [[Knossos]] in [[Crete]].{{cn}} |
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Charles Fitzroy Doll lived at Hadham Towers in [[Much Hadham]] in [[Hertfordshire]], where he was a [[Justice_of_the_Peace#United_Kingdom|Justice of the Peace]]. He died in 1929 aged 79. |
Charles Fitzroy Doll lived at Hadham Towers in [[Much Hadham]] in [[Hertfordshire]], where he was a [[Justice_of_the_Peace#United_Kingdom|Justice of the Peace]]. He died in 1929 aged 79. |
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Revision as of 09:02, 31 October 2010
Charles Fitzroy Doll J.P., FRIBA (1850–1929), was an English architect of the Victorian and Edwardian eras who specialised in designing hotels. He also designed the dining room on the RMS Titanic, which was based on his design for that in the Hotel Russell in Bloomsbury.[1]
Doll was educated in Germany and later trained as an architect in the office of Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt, where, from 1866 to 1868, he worked on the drawings for the India Office in London. In 1885 Doll was appointed Surveyor to the Bedford Estates in Bloomsbury and Covent Garden in London. He designed the Hotel Russell in 1898, which is distinctively clad in thé-au-lait ("tea with milk") terracotta, and which was based on the Château de Madrid on the Bois de Boulogne in Paris.[2] Doll engaged his favourite sculptor Henry Charles Fehr to model the four life-size statues of British Queens, who look down from above the main front entrance. The hotel's restaurant, now named Fitzroy Doll's, is said to be almost identical to the RMS Titanic`s dining room which he also designed.[1]
Doll also designed the Imperial Hotel, of a few years later, which Pevsner described as a ‘vicious mixture of Art Nouveau Gothic and Art Nouveau Tudor’.[3] The Imperial Hotel was demolished in the late 1960s, and, like the Hotel Russell, stood in Russell Square.[citation needed] In 1907 Doll designed the Flemish French-Gothic terrace of shops with apartments over them in Torrington Place.
Doll married Emily Francis Tyler, the daughter of William George Bygrave Tyler and Elizabeth Emily Mackinnon, on 26 August 1879. Their five children included Christian Charles Tyler Doll (1880–1955),[4] who inherited his father's architectural practice and who was involved in the reconstruction of the grand staircase of the Palace of King Minos at Knossos in Crete.[citation needed]
Charles Fitzroy Doll lived at Hadham Towers in Much Hadham in Hertfordshire, where he was a Justice of the Peace. He died in 1929 aged 79.
References
- ^ a b One Thousand Buildings of London, Black Dog & Leventhal, p. 108, ISBN 13: 978-1-57912-587-5
{{citation}}: Check|isbn=value: invalid character (help); Unknown parameter|unused_data=ignored (help) - ^ A. S. Gray, Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary (1985)
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (editor) The Buildings of England (1952)
- ^ [1] Charles Fitzroy Doll on Peerage.com