Captain Basil Edgar Baily

FRIBA 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 suppl ...

(14 January 1869 – 1942) was an architect based in

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 ...

. Much of his earlier work had to do with nearby churches.

Background and family

Basil Baily was born in

Newark-on-Trent Newark-on-Trent or Newark () is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port. The A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road bypasses th ...

, Nottinghamshire, son of the architect

Charles Baily Charles Baily (10 April 1815 – 2 October 1878), was an English architect and archaeologist. He worked initially in Nottinghamshire, then moved to London. Early life Baily was born on 10 April 1815, the third son of William Baily, of 71 Gracec ...

. He married first May Clayton and lived in Bulcote Manor. He went on to marry Eleanor Corah in 1928. On his death in 1942, he was living at Bowyers Court, Wisborough Green, Suffolk.

Architect career

He was articled in 1885 in the offices of Martin and Hardy, Brewing and Malting engineers, then Sir

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and

Harold Ainsworth Peto Harold Ainsworth Peto FRIBA (11 July 1854 – 16 April 1933) was a British architect, landscape architect and garden designer, who worked in Britain and in Provence, France. Among his best-known gardens are Iford Manor, Wiltshire; Buscot Pa ...

. He worked independently in

from 1891, and then in partnership with

Arthur Brewill Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur William Lancelot Brewill (17 May 1861 – 18 February 1923) was an architect based in Nottingham. Background and family He was the son of William Rastall Brewill (1804–1897) and Sophia (1820–1886). He was educated ...

from 1894 until 1922. He was awarded the Fellowship of the

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on 2 December 1901. Later he formed a partnership with

Albert Edgar Eberlin Captain Albert Edgar Eberlin FRIBA MC (18 March 1895 – 13 January 1977) was an architect based in Nottingham. Background and family He was born in Nottingham in 1895, the son of Albert Eberlin (1863-1940), a Chemist in the partnership of ...

as ''Baily & Eberlin''.

Buildings

Bolsover - Model Village Stores - geograph

New Bolsover model village New Bolsover model village is a village adjoining the town of Bolsover in Derbyshire. History The pit village was begun in 1891 by the Bolsover Mining Company. It is a model village built by philanthropic colliery owners which was to benefit and ...

, Old Bolsover, Derbyshire 1891–1894 *

St John's Church, Colston Bassett St John's Church, Colston Bassett is an English parish church of the Church of England in Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire. It is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of special architectural o ...

1892 *Albert Mill, Gamble Street, Nottingham 1893 *

Church of the Holy Rood, Edwalton The Church of the Holy Rood, Edwalton is a Church of England church in Edwalton, Nottinghamshire. History The church dates from the 12th century. The chancel was rebuilt by Arthur Brewill and Basil Baily in 1894. A vestry was added by L.W. Nun ...

1894 *104–106 Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham 1895–1897 *

St Columba's Church, Nottingham St Columba's Church, Nottingham was an English Presbyterian church in Nottingham, England, built in 1898 and located at the Mansfield Road/Villa Road intersection. It was founded in 1896 as a daughter church of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, ...

1896, originally Presbyterian, then Church of Christ Scientist, now a Sikh Temple *Bardencroft, Tweed Street,

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1897 *

West Bridgford West Bridgford is a town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Rushcliffe in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies immediately south of the city of Nottingham, from which the River Trent divides it. Forming part of the Nott ...

Presbyterian Church 1898 *Turkish Baths, Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham 1898 (demolished 1962) *St John the Baptist,

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, Lincolnshire 1898–1901 *29 and 31, (Ram Hotel),

Long Row Long Row is a row of retail buildings in Nottingham City Centre forming the north side of Old Market Square, Nottingham. Notable buildings Long Row West *70 West End Arcade 1920s *67 The Dragon by John Henry Statham. 1879. This was originally ...

, Nottingham 1899 *Creswell Church of England Infants School, Elmton Road,

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, Bolsover, Derbyshire 1900 * Long Eaton Wesleyan Methodist Church 1903–1904 *Carriageway Block, Queens Road, Nottingham 1908 *

Derby Road drill hall, Nottingham The Derby Road drill hall is a former military installation in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. It is a Grade II listed building. History The building was designed in the Baroque revival style by architects Arthur Brewill and Basil BailyPevsner Ar ...

, Nottingham (later used by the Post Office, now residential accommodation) 1910–1912 *Nottingham Road Methodist Church, Mansfield 1913 *Pedestrian Bridge over Houndsgate, Nottingham 1920–1921 *War Memorial at

Burton Joyce Burton Joyce is a large village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire, England, 7 miles (11 km) east of Nottingham, between Stoke Bardolph to the south and Bulcote to the north-east. The A612 links it to Carlton an ...

1920 *Albert Ball Memorial Homes, Lenton, Nottingham 1921 *Memorial to Captain

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VC in

Nottingham Castle Nottingham Castle is a Stuart Restoration-era ducal mansion in Nottingham, England, built on the site of a Norman castle built starting in 1068, and added to extensively through the medieval period, when it was an important royal fortress and o ...

1921 *Memorial to

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of the

Sherwood Foresters The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for just under 90 years, from 1881 to 1970. In 1970, the regiment was amalgamated with the Worcestershire Regiment to f ...

in the chancel of

St Mary's Church, Nottingham The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest parish churchDomesday Book: A Complete Translation (Penguin Classics) of Nottingham, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest church after the Cathedral in the city of Nottingham. The church ...

1921 *Extension to

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onto Pelham Street, Nottingham 1924–25 *Alterations to Brackenhurst Hall, Nottingham University *The Duke of Devonshire public house, Carlton Road, Nottingham 1931 (with Eberlin) *County Tavern, Nottingham, now Cock and Hoop, Nottingham 1933 (with Eberlin) *

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public house, Nottingham 1933–1934 (with Eberlin)

Military career

Baily was promoted to Second Lieutenant in the

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on 11 December 1895, then Captain in 1900. He was appointed a temporary Major on 19 December 1914.Supplement to ''The London Gazette'', 17 May 1915, p. 4770. He was injured in combat in April 1915 and lost a hand.

References

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