Charles Edward Bateman FRIBA (8 June 1863 – 5 August 1947) was an English

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, known for his

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and Queen Anne-style houses and commercial buildings in the

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area and for his sensitive vernacular restoration and extension work in the

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Life and career

Bateman was born in

Castle Bromwich Castle Bromwich () is a large suburban village situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of the West Midlands. It is bordered by the rest of the borough to the south east; also Sutton Coldfield to the east and ...

, the son of architect

John Jones Bateman John Jones Bateman (1817–1903) was an English architect, active in the town (later city) of Birmingham, where he designed a number of important civic buildings, and nonconformist churches, often in partnership with George Drury. He was the f ...

, and educated in

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and

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. In 1880 he was articled as a trainee in his father's practice before spending two years in the offices of London architects ''Verity and Hunt''. Verity and Hunt also had offices in

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, and it was while working here that he developed an interest in the traditional vernacular architecture of the South Midlands that was to be a lifelong preoccupation. On returning to Birmingham as a qualified architect in 1887, Bateman entered into partnership with his father as ''Bateman and Bateman''. As part of a well-established practice work was readily available, and he was able to move away from the

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styles of his father towards a style that incorporated both the simplicity of the Arts and Crafts movement and the late English Renaissance styles of

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. Bateman was an early pioneer of the

style in Birmingham and built a series of large suburban properties, with particular concentrations in

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, Four Oaks and his native

, along with more urban offices, factories and townhouses in Birmingham City Centre. His love of the

also led to a reputation for the sensitive design of country houses and series of projects conserving significant historic Cotswold structures such as the Lygon Arms in

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. Bateman became a pillar of Birmingham's architectural establishment. Elected a fellow of the

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in 1898 he went on to serve three terms as President of the

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(which had been founded by his father) and become a senior lecturer in architecture at the Birmingham School of Art. He was also a major figure in local

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, becoming Provincial Grand Deacon of the Province of

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. Bateman died in 1947 in retirement in

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'' by H Muthesius) * The Homestead, 25 Woodbourne Road,

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1897 (Listed Grade I) *Birmingham and District Bank, 78 and 79 Broad Street, Birmingham 1898 *George Jones and Sons Printworks, Cornwall Street, Birmingham 1899 (Demolished) *12 Mulroy Road, Birmingham ca. 1900 *Carhampton House, 11, Luttrell Road, Birmingham 1901-02 *

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, Queen Victoria Road, Wycombe 1903-04 (with Alfred Hale) *89 & 91 Cornwall street,

1904 (Listed Grade II*) *The Red Lion public house, Vicarage Road,

1905 (Listed Grade II) *St James' Church, Mere Green Road, Birmingham 1906-08 East end. * Lygon Arms Hotel, Broadway 1910 extensions *The Rectory, Rectory Lane, Castle Bromwich 1911 *Millbrick and Burnham, Rectory Lane, Castle Bromwich ( built for himself and his father ) 1896 *Vicarage, St James' Church, Edgbaston 1911-12 *Vicarage, St Peter's Church, Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham 1911-12 *Northfield Library 1914 *Lichfield War Memorial,

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, 1920, Listed Grade II* *Moreton-in-Marsh Cottage Hospital 1925 extensions *St Chad's Church, Walmley 1925-27 *National Provincial Bank, Bennetts Hill, Birmingham 1927 addition of two bays * St Agnes' Church, Moseley 1931-32 tower *Birmingham Law Society, 8 Temple Street, Birmingham 1933 *Cleeve House, Cleeve Prior, Worcestershire for William Heaton, 1933

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bateman, Charles Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects People from Castle Bromwich 1863 births 1947 deaths Architects from Birmingham, West Midlands