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Henry Walter Simister
Henry Walter Simister LRIBA (1881 - 21 December 1958) was a 20th-century architect based in Birmingham. History He was born in 1881 in Staffordshire, the son of John Simmister (1855–1923) and Annie Harper (1854-1924). He was articled to John Harry Woodall Hickton and Henry Edward Farmer of Walsall in 1898. He attended Birmingham School of Art. He was assistant to Herbert Tudor Buckland and Edward Haywood-Farmer. In 1910 he started in independent practice in Birmingham in partnership with Edward Garratt (d. 1917). In 1911 he was appointed as LRIBA. In 1905 he married Alice Emily Hill. This marriage produced the following children: *John Walter Simister (1907–1919) *Nellie Marjorie Simister (1908–1969) *Alice Elizabeth Simister (1911–1971) He died on 21 December 1958 and left an estate valued at £14,113 (). Works *Council House, Coventry 1913-17 *Empress Theatre, The Strand, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire 1921-22. *Victory Memorial Wing, Lichfield Soldier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coventry Council House
The Council House, Coventry is a Tudor Revival style civic building which acts as the meeting place of Coventry City Council and was built in the early 20th century. It is a Grade II-listed building. History The Council House was commissioned to replace St Mary's Guildhall as the headquarters of the mayor and city corporation. The site on Earl Street had previously been occupied by a row of shops. The foundation stone was laid on 12 June 1913 and the building was designed by Edward Garrett and Henry Walter Simister of Birmingham in the Elizabethan style. It was completed in 1917 although, because of the First World War, the official opening by the Duke of York only took place on 11 June 1920. Statues designed by Henry Wilson depicting Leofric (who founded monasteries in Coventry), Godiva (who was patron of the local monasteries) and Justice were installed around and above the entrance in 1924. During the Second World War, the bombings on the night of 14 November 1940, known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northfield Swimming Baths, Birmingham
Northfield may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Northfield, Aberdeen, Scotland * Northfield, Edinburgh, Scotland * Northfield, Birmingham, England * Northfield (Kettering BC Ward), Northamptonshire, England United States * Northfield, Connecticut * Northfield, Illinois * Northfield, Indiana * Northfield, Maine * Northfield, Massachusetts, a New England town ** Northfield (CDP), Massachusetts, a census-designated place in the town * Northfield, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Northfield, Minnesota * Northfield, New Jersey * Northfield, New Hampshire * Northfield, Ohio * Northfield, Vermont, town ** Northfield (CDP), Vermont, the main settled area in the town ** Northfield (village), Vermont, smaller village within the CDP; no longer incorporated * Northfield, Wisconsin, town * Northfield (community), Wisconsin, unincorporated community Elsewhere * Northfield, South Australia * Northfield Parish, New Brunswick, Canada * Northfield, Nova Scotia (disambigua ... [...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] |
Birmingham School Of Art
The Birmingham School of Art was a municipal art school based in the centre of Birmingham, England. Although the organisation was absorbed by Birmingham Polytechnic in 1971 and is now part of Birmingham City University's Faculty of Arts, Design and Media, its Grade I listed building on Margaret Street remains the home of the university's Department of Fine Art and is still commonly referred to by its original title. History The origins of the School of Art lie with the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, who founded the ''Birmingham Government School of Design'' in 1843. George Wallis (1811–1891), Wolverhampton-born artist and art educator, was its Headmaster in 1852–1858. In 1877, the Town Council was persuaded by the school's energetic headmaster Edward R. Taylor to take the school over and expand it to form the United Kingdom's first municipal college of art. With funding coming from Sir Richard and George Tangye, the current building was commissioned from architect J H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Tudor Buckland
Herbert Tudor Buckland (20 November 1869 – 1951) was a British architect, best known for his seminal Arts and Crafts houses (several of which, including his own at Edgbaston, Birmingham, are Grade I listed), the Elan Valley model village, educational buildings such as the campus of the Royal Hospital School in Suffolk and St Hugh's College in Oxford. Biography Buckland was born in Barmouth, Wales and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and the school of architecture at Birmingham School of Art. After a period working for C. E. Bateman at the firm ''Bateman and Bateman'' Buckland set up in independent practice in 1897, entering into partnership with Edward Haywood-Farmer in 1900. In 1914, he went into partnership with William Haywood, Edward Haywood-Farmer's relative and on Haywood-Farmer's death in 1917 the practice continued with William Haywood as ''Buckland and Haywood''. Buckland followed William Martin as architect to the School Board in 1901''Birmingham Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Council House, Coventry
The Council House, Coventry is a Tudor Revival style civic building which acts as the meeting place of Coventry City Council and was built in the early 20th century. It is a Grade II-listed building. History The Council House was commissioned to replace St Mary's Guildhall as the headquarters of the mayor and city corporation. The site on Earl Street had previously been occupied by a row of shops. The foundation stone was laid on 12 June 1913 and the building was designed by Edward Garrett and Henry Walter Simister of Birmingham in the Elizabethan style. It was completed in 1917 although, because of the First World War, the official opening by the Duke of York only took place on 11 June 1920. Statues designed by Henry Wilson depicting Leofric (who founded monasteries in Coventry), Godiva (who was patron of the local monasteries) and Justice were installed around and above the entrance in 1924. During the Second World War, the bombings on the night of 14 November 1940, kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham Blue Coat School
The Blue Coat School is a preparatory school in Birmingham, England for children aged 3 to 11. It has 15 acres of gardens and playing fields. There are two sections to the school - Pre-Prep (including Nursery) and Prep. The school opened in November 1722, originally as a free boarding school for poor and orphaned children. In 1930, the school moved from its original site next to St Philip's Church to its current site on Somerset Road. The following year, there were protests over proposals to construct an administrative building on the former site of the school, citing its value to the community. History Creation The school was founded on 16 November 1722 as a charity school under the guidance of Reverend William Higgs, Rector of St Philip's Church, now Birmingham Cathedral. At its outset, it provided food, clothing and education to 32 boys and 20 girls from poor families, aged between nine and 14. Construction of a plain brick building took place in 1724 and was significantl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity High School And Sixth Form Centre
Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre is a 13-18 co-educational Academy (English school), academy school located in central Redditch, Worcestershire, England. Admissions The school is located within a few minutes of the Redditch#Kingfisher Shopping Centre, Kingfisher Shopping Centre and the area of central Redditch, just north of the roundabout of the A4023 and B4160. The school is on Easemore Road. About 25% of the students are from minority ethnic backgrounds. The majority of these are of Pakistani origin, with many speaking English as an additional language. A 2010 Ofsted report accorded the school a Grade 2 (Good).Ofsted report November 2007 Retrieved 27 July 2009 History The school began as the Redditch Count ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architects From Birmingham, West Midlands
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that have human occupancy or use as their principal purpose. Etymologically, the term architect derives from the Latin ''architectus'', which derives from the Greek (''arkhi-'', chief + ''tekton'', builder), i.e., chief builder. The professional requirements for architects vary from place to place. An architect's decisions affect public safety, and thus the architect must undergo specialized training consisting of advanced education and a ''practicum'' (or internship) for practical experience to earn a Occupational licensing, license to practice architecture. Practical, technical, and academic requirements for becoming an architect vary by jurisdiction, though the formal study of architecture in academic institutions has played a pivotal role in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1881 Births
Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The Chilean army defeats Peruvian forces. * January 15 – War of the Pacific – Battle of Miraflores: The Chileans take Lima, capital of Peru, after defeating its second line of defense in Miraflores. * January 24 – William Edward Forster, chief secretary for Ireland, introduces his Coercion Bill, which temporarily suspends habeas corpus so that those people suspected of committing an offence can be detained without trial; it goes through a long debate before it is accepted February 2. * January 25 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. * February 13 – The first issue of the feminist newspaper ''La Citoyenne'' is published by Hubertine Auclert. * February 16 – The Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the " Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed in the Munich air disaster in West G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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