Hedley Adams Mobbs
Hedley Adams Mobbs | |
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 Cammack's Wide Bargate, Boston. Art Deco frontage of 1931-31 by Mobbs | |
| Born | 7 January 1891 |
| Died | 10 October 1970 Sleaford |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Architect |
Hedley Adams Mobbs (1891-1970) was a British architect who worked in Boston, Lincolnshire. Apart from his work as an architect he was also worked as cartoonist for the satirical magazine Punch. He was also a crack rifleman who took part in competitions at Bisley, played football (left wing) for Cambridge City, a ragtime pianist, beekeeper, horticulturalist and artist. In later life he invented a mechanism for dipping car headlights.[1] He was also a leading philatelist writing standard works on the subject and advising on the formation of the Royal Stamp collection.[2]
Career
Mobbs was born at Oulton near Lowestoft. He was articled to an architect and surveyor in Great Yarmouth. He was probably the brother of Sydney Wilfred Mobbs, a Lowestoft architect.[3] Hedley Adams Mobbs served in the Royal Flying Corp during the First World War.[4] In 1917 he married Lily Marsden. He probably moved to Boston after the First World War, where his office was at 16a Wide Bargate. In 1939 he convened a committee in Boston to receive Czech Jewish Kindertransport children. In retirement he moved to Sleaford and was buried in Quarrington churchyard.[5]
Works
- Cammack's Furniture Store, Wide Bargate, Boston. A building in the Art Deco style.
- Clarks Shoes Strait Bargate, Boston. Rebuilt shop.
- Zion Methodist Church, Brothertoft Road, Boston (1934). Chapel in a modernist style in red brick with bowed facade with tall windows.
- Boston Central Park (1932). Gates and adjacent pavilions
- Sandy Lane Methodist Chapel, near New York, Lincolnshire. Now converted into a house.
Literature
- Antonia Brodie (ed), Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914: 2 Vols, British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects, 2001, Vol 2, pg. 194.
- Minnis J., Carmichael K. & Fletcher C. (2015) Boston, Lincolnshire: Historic North Sea Port and Market Town, English Heritage, ISBN 9781848022706
References
- ^ "Minnis et al." pg 71-2
- ^ David Horry The Unissued Stamps of King George VI Murray Payne Ltd -references to Sir Burton Pedwardine and Sir Ewerby Thorpe as Curators of the Royal Collection are fictitious, taken from Lincolnshire village names
- ^ "Brodie", pg 194
- ^ "Hedley Adams Mobbs - WW1 Memorial and Life Story". livesofthefirstworldwar.org. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ https://www.curiousfox.com/vill100/LincolnshireSmallerVillages_6.html
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