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Edwin Francis Reynolds
Edwin Francis Reynolds LRIBA (30 November 1875 - 19 January 1949) was an English architect based in Birmingham. Life He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and then articled to Cossins & Peacock from 1893 to 1896. From 1897 to 1899 he was assistant to William Henry Bidlake, and then from 1900 to 1901 to Runtz & Ford. He started his own practice in 1905. He was appointed Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1911. Works * All Saints' Church, Four Oaks 1908 * St Germain’s Church, Edgbaston 1915 - 1917 *Taylor & Challen factory, Constitution Hill, Birmingham 1919 - 1921 *House, 11 Pritchards Road, Edgbaston 1926 *House, 13 Pritchards Road, Edgbaston 1927 *St Mary's Church, Pype Hayes 1929 - 1930The Buildings of England. Warwickshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. p.176 *The Shaftmoor public house, Hall Green 1930 *The Abbey public house, Bearwood 1931 *The Grant Arms public house, Cotteridge 1932 *St Gabriel's Church, Weoley Castle 1934 *T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan area. It is the largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately west of the city centre. Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Edward's School, Birmingham
King Edward's School (KES) is an independent school (UK), independent day school for boys in the British Public school (UK), public school tradition, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Founded by Edward VI of England, King Edward VI in 1552, it is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI, Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. As of 2021, King Edward's School was ranked as one of the top 10 International Baccalaureate schools in the United Kingdom and amongst the top 25 in the world. In 2020, the ''Tatler, Tatler School Guide'' described the school as “academically elite,” going on to note that it is “in the process of upping its already sky-high intellectual ante [...] with top-of-the-range sporting facilities and a raft of extracurricular activities [...] it comes as no surprise that leavers head off to a shining constellation of universities.” It shares its site and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Bidlake
William Henry Bidlake MA, FRIBA (12 May 1861 – 6 April 1938) was a British architect, a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement in Birmingham and Director of the School of Architecture at Birmingham School of Art from 1919 until 1924. Several of Bidlake's houses in the Birmingham area were featured in Hermann Muthesius's book (The English House), which was to prove influential on the early Modern Movement in Germany. Life and career Bidlake was born in Wolverhampton, the son of local architect George Bidlake (1830–1892) from whom he received his earliest architectural training. He attended Tettenhall College and Christ's College, Cambridge. In 1882 he moved to London where he studied at the Royal Academy Schools and worked for Gothic Revival architects Bodley and Garner. In 1885 he won the RIBA Pugin Travelling Fellowship for his draughtsmanship, which enabled him to spend 1886 travelling in Italy. On returning to England in 1887 Bidlake settled in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licentiate Of The Royal Institute Of British Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three supplemental charters and a new charter granted in 1971. Founded as the Institute of British Architects in London in 1834, the RIBA retains a central London headquarters at 66 Portland Place as well as a network of regional offices. Its members played a leading part in promotion of architectural education in the United Kingdom; the RIBA Library, also established in 1834, is one of the three largest architectural libraries in the world and the largest in Europe. The RIBA also played a prominent role in the development of UK architects' registration bodies. The institute administers some of the oldest architectural awards in the world, including RIBA President's Medals Students Award, the Royal Gold Medal, and the Stirling Prize. It also ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints' Church, Four Oaks
All Saints' Church, Four Oaks is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish church in Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield. History The foundation stone was laid on 11 April 1908 by the diocesan registrar J.B. Clarke The church was built to designs by the architect Edwin Francis Reynolds and consecrated on Saturday, 30 October 1908 by Charles Gore, Bishop of Birmingham. The parish was formed from land taken from St James' Church, Hill St James’ Church is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Mere Green, Birmingham, England. History It was founded as a daughter church of Holy Trinity Church, Sutton Coldfield. It was built to the designs of the architect D .... Enlargements were undertaken in 1954 when a choir vestry was added, and the chancel and clergy vestry were added in 1965 by Wood, Kendrick & Williams. Organ The church has a pipe organ by Nicholson dating from 1921. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Germain’s Church, Edgbaston
St Germain's Church, Edgbaston is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Birmingham. History The land was donated by the Gillott Trustees and the building was started when the foundation stone was laid on 3 July 1915 by George Beech and erected to designs by the architect Edwin Francis Reynolds Edwin Francis Reynolds LRIBA (30 November 1875 - 19 January 1949) was an English architect based in Birmingham. Life He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and then articled to Cossins & Peacock from 1893 to 1896. From 1897 to 1899 ... and was completed in 1917. The vicarage by Reynolds was completed in 1924. Organ The church has a pipe organ by Rushworth and Dreaper dating from 1922. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Edgbaston Church of England church buildings in Birmingham, West Midlands Churches completed in 1917 20th-century Church of England church buildings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mary's Church, Pype Hayes
St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Pype Hayes, Birmingham, England. History The church was designed by the architect Edwin Francis Reynolds in 1927 and constructed between 1929 and 1930. The builders were C. Bryant and Son and the cost was £20,415. The funding for the construction came from the sale of the site of St Mary's Church, Whittall Street, Birmingham St Mary's was a Church of England parish church in Whittall Street, Birmingham, England. History St. Mary's Church was built in 1774, under an Act of 1772, on Catharine Street (later renamed Whittall Street), then on the northern edge of the t .... The red-brick church and its hall were jointly given listed status in October 1995. In 2022 the church was involved in becoming a new church plant from Gas Street Church. It meant that the existing congregation along with a planting team from Gas Street formed a new church together meeting on the St Mary's site. This new chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Gabriel's Church, Weoley Castle
St. Gabriel's Church, Weoley Castle is a parish church in the Church of England located in Weoley Castle, Birmingham. History Neville Chamberlain, at the time Chancellor of the Exchequer, laid the foundation stone for the new church on 10 December 1933. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Birmingham E. W. Barnes on 30 June 1934. The church is by the architect Edwin Francis Reynolds. The original plans included a chancel, transepts and tower, which have not yet been completed. The parish was assigned out of St. Laurence's Church, Northfield and St. Mary's Church, Selly Oak in 1933. The land was given by James Goddington Ledsam. Originally it was to be called St. Michael and All Angels, Northfield, but it was consecrated on 30 June 1934 as St. Gabriel, Weoley Castle, perhaps to avoid the risk of confusion with St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Bartley Green. The calvary was sent in 1948 by Ernest William Barnes, Bishop of Birmingham from St John's Church, Deritend and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Packwood House
Packwood House is a timber-framed Tudor manor house in Packwood on the Solihull border near Lapworth, Warwickshire. Owned by the National Trust since 1941, the house is a Grade I listed building. It has a wealth of tapestries and fine furniture, and is known for the garden of yews. History The house began as a modest timber-framed farmhouse constructed for John Fetherston between 1556 and 1560. The last member of the Fetherston family died in 1876. In 1904 the house was purchased by Birmingham industrialist Alfred Ash. It was inherited by Graham Baron Ash (Baron in this case being a name not a title) in 1925, who spent the following two decades creating a house of Tudor character. He purchased an extensive collection of 16th- and 17th-century furniture, some obtained from nearby Baddesley Clinton. The great barn of the farm was converted into a Tudor-style hall with sprung floor for dancing, and was connected to the main house by the addition of a Long Gallery in 1931. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Alban The Martyr, Birmingham
St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish church in the Anglican Diocese of Birmingham. It is dedicated to Saint Alban, the first British Christian martyr. In 2018, the church was on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register due to its poor condition, particularly the roof. History A temporary church was established as a mission of Holy Trinity Church, Bordesley in 1865 and opened on 13 September 1866. The permanent church was designed by John Loughborough Pearson and built by the contractor Shillitoe of Doncaster. Work started in 1880 and the church opened in 1881. The formal consecration took place on 4 December 1899. The construction cost was in the region of £20,000 (equivalent to £ in ). The patron is Keble College, Oxford. St Alban's Church took over the parish of St Patrick's Church, Bordesley when St Patrick's was demolished in the early 1970s. Present day St Alban's Church stands in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1875 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the year (Third Class is renamed Second Class in 1956). * January 5 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris. * January 12 – Guangxu Emperor, Guangxu becomes the 11th Qing Dynasty Emperor of China at the age of 3, in succession to his cousin. * January 14 – The newly proclaimed King Alfonso XII of Spain (Queen Isabella II's son) arrives in Spain to restore the monarchy during the Third Carlist War. * February 3 – Third Carlist War – Battle of Lácar: Carlist commander Torcuato Mendiri, Torcuato Mendíri secures a brilliant victory, when he surprises and routs a Government force under General Enrique Bargés at Lácar, east of Estella, nearly capturing newly cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his travel expenses. Only two 1949 models are sold in America tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
