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Richard Twentyman
(Alfred) Richard Twentyman (1903–1979) was an England, English architect based in Wolverhampton; chiefly known for modernist buildings around the English midlands. Life Twentyman was born in 1903 in Bilbrook, Staffordshire, Bilbrook, Staffordshire. He was educated at Cambridge University where he studied engineering and then architecture at the Architectural Association in London. In 1933 he joined H. E. Lavender in Wolverhampton and formed Lavender and Twentyman. He served with the Royal Engineers during World War II. Twentyman was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects#RIBA Awards, RIBA bronze medal in 1953 and received a Civic Trust Award in 1970. He was an accomplished watercolourist and painter in oils, holding an exhibition of his works at a London gallery in 1978. An oil painting by him, ''Pigeon Loft, Sedgley'', is held by Wolverhampton Art Gallery. The gallery held an exhibition of his paintings and drawings after his death. Twentyman died on 13 Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilbrook, Staffordshire
Bilbrook is a village in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It is situated close to the border of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, just outside Wolverhampton. Bilbrook is often overshadowed by the adjacent Codsall village but has its own separate identity. The village gets its name from billers (an old word for watercress), which grew in the local Moat Brook until recent times. The Moat Brook rises in Chillington Estate and Oaken Village, it runs into the River Penk in Pendeford Mill Nature Reserve. The river continues, where it joins the River Sow, which joins the River Trent which joins the River Humber and eventually flows into the North Sea from the Humber Estuary, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire. The village is connected to Wolverhampton by bus services 5 (daily) and 10B (Mon-Fri), both operated by National Express West Midlands. History Prior to the 1850s Bilbrook was a small farming village composed mainly of the Estate of Bilbrook Manor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penn, West Midlands
Penn is an area which is divided between the City of Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire district. The population of the Wolverhampton Ward taken at the 2011 census was 12,718. Originally, it was a village in the historic county of Staffordshire. There is considerable confusion about exactly which areas fall within Penn. In 19th century censuses, Merry Hill, Bradmore are understood to form part of Penn, although these areas are generally understood to be separate today. However, there has never been any doubt that the two historic settlements of Upper and Lower Penn form the core of the area. Most of Penn is served by National Express West Midlands 15/ 15A (Wolverhampton - Kingswinford - Merry Hill Shopping Centre) and 16 (Wolverhampton - Wombourne - Stourbridge) and Lets Go 64 (Wolverhampton - Penn, Wakeley Hill). Warstones Road is served by the 4 (which starts from Pendeford) and operates via the City Centre, Bradmore and Merridale. Services 16 and 64 are both based on f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architects From Staffordshire
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People From South Staffordshire District
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English Ecclesiastical Architects
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1979 Deaths
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1903 Births
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St Andrew's Church, Wolverhampton
St Andrew's Church, Wolverhampton is a parish church in the Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ... in Wolverhampton History The foundation stone of St Andrew's was laid by Revd. J.H. Iles on 25 May 1865 and building started to the designs of local architect Edward Banks (architect), Edward Banks. It was to have enough room for 311 persons. The church was extended in 1870 with space for 700 seats and consecrated on 2 November 1870. The church was added to in 1891 and 1892 by F.T. Beck. On 31 May 1964 it was destroyed by fire. Only two stained glass windows were unharmed in the fire.https://www.blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB149_D-EXP_P_W32_3 The new church was designed by Richard Twentyman and construction started in 1965 and the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Nicholas' Church, Radford, Coventry
St Nicholas’ Church, Radford is a parish church in the Church of England in Radford, Coventry. History The previous church was built to the designs of George Taylor of Coventry, as a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity Church, Coventry and consecrated on 29 September 1874 by Henry Philpott, the Bishop of Worcester. It comprised a chancel with vestry on the north side, and a nave with the entrance porch at the west end of the south side. The nave was by , the chancel by . There was accommodation for 300 worshippers. The stone font was made by Mr Seager of Coventry. It was destroyed on 14 November 1940 during the Coventry Blitz and four of the fire watchers were killed. The destruction left only one course of stones standing. Some of the people seeking shelter in the church crypt were killed or injured. The new church was started in 1955 by the architect Richard Twentyman and consecrated by the Bishop of Coventry. The construction is of reinforced concrete faced with yellow brick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Church, Bentley
Emmanuel Church, Bentley is a parish church in the Church of England in Bentley, West Midlands. History The church was started in 1954 by the architect Richard Twentyman with Lavender and Percy and consecrated in 1956 by Rt. Revd. Stretton Reeve the Bishop of Lichfield. It was built in memory of Alfred Ernest Owen. It was built of brick over a concrete frame. The bell tower is punctuated by asymmetrical openings. The chancel and sanctuary are lit with strongly vertical windows. The building received praise from Pevsner who describes it as ''more accommodating and much prettier than their pre-war work.'' It was listed at Grade II by Historic England Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked wit ... in March 2016. Organ The church is equipped with a pipe organ by Hawkins datin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castlecroft
Castlecroft is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, located on the edge of the city, WSW of the city centre. It is situated where the Merry Hill, and Tettenhall Wightwick wards meet, and also borders South Staffordshire. History The name Castlecroft is derived from Castlecroft House, a large house and former hotel that was converted into flats in 2004/2005. Demography The plurality (23%) of Castlecroft's population is aged between 25 - 44. 16.3% of Castlecroft's population is aged over 75, compared with just 7.8% for Wolverhampton as a whole. The majority of people in Castlecroft (82.2%) classify their religion as Christian. Housing and amenities It has two distinct estates, divided by a former railway line. The eastern part is mostly 1930s private housing, the western part mostly 1950s council housing. There are several houses in the area, notably Castlecroft Gardens, constructed by Major Kenneth Hutchinson Smith from reclaimed bricks and timber. Castlecroft is where Sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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