Former Gas Works Offices and clock tower - geograph

Alfred Smith (born 4 August 1850) was an architect who worked in a variety of locations in England, including

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

and the

Forest of Dean The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and northwest, Herefordshire to the n ...

Career

He was born on 4 August 1850 in Bungay, Suffolk, the son of Jessey Smith (b. 1826) and Jane Fish (1826-1900) He married Susanna Anna Leeds, daughter of William Leeds of Reepham on 14 September 1872 in Christ Church, Radford, Nottingham and they had the following children: *Alfred William Smith (b. 1875) *Charles Edgar Smith (b. 1876) *Henry Edward Smith (b. 1878) *Francis James Smith (b. 1880) *Percy John Smith (1893-1970) He set up office in Bungay, Suffolk, but in 1874 he moved to Nottingham, By 1881 he was living in Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire and was architect to the Forest of Dean Schools Board. By 1891 he was living in Dedham, Essex and was described as a retired architect. In the 1901 he is recorded as a farmer in Westleton in Suffolk, but in 1911 he was living at 3 Lulworth Villas, Maumbury Way, Dorchester and described again as a retired architect.

Buildings

Church of St John the Baptist, Wellington The Church of St John the Baptist in Wellington, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. A church on the site was previously dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. The tower was built aroun ...

, Somerset, reredos 1874 *Bridlington Cemetery 1875 * 10, Low Pavement, Nottingham 1876 *Bridlington Cemetery Chapel 1880 *Bridlington Cemetery Lodge 1880 *Gas Company Offices, Tewkesbury Road, Cheltenham 1881 *Steam Mills School, Cinderford, Gloucestershire 1881-82 *Joy's Green School, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire 1883

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Alfred 1850 births Architects from Suffolk Year of death missing