Arthur Stansfeld Dixon (26 August 1856 – 8 January 1929) was an English metal worker and architect. Born in

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, he was the eldest son of education reformer and MP George Dixon. He founded the

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and designed their headquarters in Great Charles Street. The building is still extant, but converted to offices. He also designed the Romanesque style, brick-built Church of St John & St Basil (1910–1911) in Heath Mill Lane in Birmingham's

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district It was described by

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as "the finest example of his Arts and Crafts primitivism". A further church design was St Andrew's Church,

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In 1917, he was commissioned to design

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; construction began in 1922 but was only completed in 1996 after the original plans were rediscovered. In 1923, along with

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he helped to design the rebuild of

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, after it was burned downed. It is the 4th building on that site. His son James, serving in the

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during

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, was killed aged 22. Pevsner described Dixon as "an Anglo-Catholic Socialist who associated

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with establishment conservatism and dreary

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piety".

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Arthur Stansfeld Dixon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon, Arthur Stansfeld 1856 births 1929 deaths Anglo-Catholic socialists English Christian socialists Architects from Birmingham, West Midlands