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George Campbell Sherrin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1843 City of London |
| Died | 1909 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Notable work | 1885-1892 Spitalfields Market 1901 - Kursaal |
George Campbell Sherrin FRIBA (1843-1909) (also known as George Sherrin and George C. Sherrin) was a British architect. As a consultant architect for the Metropolitan Railway, Sherrin designed many railway buildings, including Moorgate station, and arcades at Liverpool Street station and High Street Kensington tube station. Some of his other notable works include Spitalfields Market and the Kursaal.
Early Years[edit]
Sherrin was born in the City of London in 1843, and was baptised on the 2 January 1845 at St Ann Blackfriars.[1] He was first articled to Henry Edward Kendall Jr. in 1859, before going onto work as an assistant to Samuel Joseph Nicholl. He would go into be an assistant with John Taylor Junior before a engaging in a ten year stint with Frederic Chancellor in Essex.[1][2] In 1872 he joined the Architectural Association.[3]
Career[edit]
Sherrin opened his own architectural practice in 1877 in Finsbury Square. The first recorded work from his practice was the United Reformed Church Sunday School in Courthill Road, Lewisham which was completed in 1881 and is now Grade II listed.[1][4] In this year, Sherrin first exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, with a design for the Masters House at Woburn Park School, which was the first of five displays at the Academy with the last being in 1889.[5][6] The picture of The Gatehouse, Ingatestone, a house he had designed for himself, was regarded as his best of his exhibited works.[7][8] In 1882, Sherrin was admitted as an associate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and leased several plots of land in Station Road, Ingatestone from the Petre Estate, where his own property, The Gatehouse was built along with Ardtully, Chantry and Redhouse in the Old English style, with them all being completed by 1884. He was also commissioned to design Newlands Hall in the village, which is now Grade II listed.[7][8][9] Sherrin would later design the Working Men's Club in Ingatestone in 1888, which is now a community centre.[7][10] Sherrin's designs for Woburn Park School in Weybridge, including the Masters House (1881), school residence and cricket pavilion (1883) were completed by 1892.[11][2]
His next works were in Essex, with the Working Men's Club and cottages at the Causeway, Halstead for Samuel Courtauld & Co, the owner of the Townsford mill, in 1883. The design was shown at the Royal Academy and in British Architect, who described the sketches as ‘this spirited little drawing and plan, with the large view render a pretty complete idea of this pleasingly-designed row of cottages. [12] The cottages were listed as Grade II in 1994.[13][14] Sherrin would also design the Working Men's Club in Bocking and the Cottage Hospital in Halstead for Samuel Courtauld & Co.[12][15] Other work during 1884 included Tilehurst in Mountnessing for Sir Sebastian Petre, which was listed in 1994 as Grade II.[1][16]
His first major commission in London since Lewisham was in 1885, for the Cannon Street Buildings.[1][17] In the same year, Robert Horner, owner of Spitalfields Market commissioned Sherrin to design a new market, which would be not be completed until 1892. The market buildings have been listed at Grade II since 1986.[18][19]
In 1886, his work at Thomas More Chambers, 51 and 52 Carey Street, Holborn included a statue of Sir Thomas More designed by Sherrin himself, which was Grade II listed in 1999.[20] Between 1890 and 1891, Sherrin's designs for new buildings at the Roman Catholic Church of St Edward The Confessor in Romford were constructed, funded by the Petre family.[1][21] In 1892, Sherrin started work on designing new street level buildings for Moorgate station on behalf of the Metropolitan Railway, with work starting in 1893. The new building was single storey and designed to promote commercial letting space. His work saw him become a consultant architect to the Metropolitan Railway, and he would later return to Moorgate in 1900 to design an office development above his original station building.[2][22]
Riba fellowship 1898 [1]
London transport biography [2]
Art group riba [3]
Obituary [4]
Obituary [5]
Obituary [6]
1898 renaissance lodge and gate pier the Grove witham Old House (Bettley)[7]
1900 84 Piccadilly
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Sherrin, George Campbell 1843-1909". AHRnet - Bibliographical Dictionary of British and Irish Architects. June 2022.
- ^ a b c David Lawrence (1994). Underground architecture. p. 203. ISBN 1854141600.
- ^ "Obituary Mr Sherrin". The Builder. 18 December 1909. p. 678.
- ^ "United Reformed Church Sunday School". Historic England. 24 August 1995.
- ^ "Sg-Si". Royal Academy Chronicle. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "Gallery No. IX". Exhibition of the Royal Academy. 1881. p. 42.
- ^ a b c James Bettley, Nikolaus Pevsner (2007). Essex: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides). p. 504. ISBN 9780300116144.
- ^ a b "Obituary George Campbell Sherrin". Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects. 17 (4): 176. 18 December 1909.
- ^ "Newlands Hall". Historic England. 3 June 1992.
- ^ "EARLY HISTORY OF THE CENTRE". IFCC. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "School Residence, Master's House and Cricket Pavilion, Woburn Park, Weybridge". Look and Learn. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ a b "James Brown Bricks". Essex Industrial Archaeology Group Newsletter. Vol. 40. May 2021.
- ^ "3-12, THE CAUSEWAY". Historic England. 4 August 1995.
- ^ "1-2, THE CAUSEWAY". Historic England. 4 August 1994.
- ^ Braintree & Bocking Civic Society (15 November 2016). Braintree District Council Local Heritage List.
- ^ "TILEHURST". Historic England. 9 December 1994.
- ^ "1885 - Cannon Street Buildings, London". Archiseek. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Spitalfields Market (Grade II) (1065750)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
- ^ Survey of London: Volume 27, Spitalfields and Mile End New Town. 1957. p. 127-147.
- ^ Historic England. "Thomas Moore Chambers (1244096)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Brief History". Catholic Parish Church of St Edward The Confessor. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ Jackson, Alan Arthur (1986). London's Metropolitan Railway. p. 197. ISBN 0715388398.