Edward John May (1853–1941) was an English architect.

Career

E.J. May was the last pupil of

Decimus Burton Decimus Burton (30 September 1800 – 14 December 1881) was one of the foremost English architects and landscapers of the 19th century. He was the foremost Victorian architect in the Roman revival, Greek revival, Georgian neoclassical and Reg ...

. He then went to the assist Eden Nesfield who was at the time working in partnership with

Richard Norman Shaw Richard Norman Shaw RA (7 May 1831 – 17 November 1912), also known as Norman Shaw, was a British architect who worked from the 1870s to the 1900s, known for his country houses and for commercial buildings. He is considered to be among the g ...

. He entered the

Royal Academy Schools The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...

in 1873, and won the RIBA Pugin Prize in 1876. Shaw commended May as Estate Architect at

Bedford Park, London Bedford Park is a suburban development in Chiswick, London, begun in 1875 under the direction of Jonathan Carr, with many large houses in British Queen Anne Revival style by Norman Shaw and other leading Victorian era architects including Edwa ...

in 1880 and May held that post until 1885. He lived at 6 Queen Anne's Grove, Bedford Park from 1881 to 1890. He was architect to the Church of England Waifs and Strays Society and to the Governesses' Benevolent Institution. His office was at Hart Street, Bloomsbury, London.Unpublished obituary by K A Pite held at RIBA He retired in 1932. From the 1890s he was a resident of

Chislehurst Chislehurst () is a suburban district of south-east London, England, in the London Borough of Bromley. It lies east of Bromley, south-west of Sidcup and north-west of Orpington, south-east of Charing Cross. Before the creation of Greater L ...

, Kent, where he was responsible for a wide range of houses. He lived firstly on Willow Grove, before moving to a house of his own design in 1913. At Chislehurst, he was a Church Warden at the Church of the Annunciation, Chislehurst High Street as well as Secretary of the Parish Nurse Fund. He died at Chislehurst on 16 March 1941. ''"To know E. J. May was an exhilarating tonic, the serious and yet lighthearted activity of thought and action, the quick movement to keep an appointment or to see you on your homeward way was characteristic."''

Works up to 1900

Kirklevington Grange - The Builder volume 63 - 9 July 1892

*1870s – 1880s Houses at Bedford Park *1877 No. 1 The Avenue, Bedford Park *1879 Club House, Bedford Park *1880 No 12 Blenheim Drive, Bedford Park (attrib) *1880 Nos 17 – 19 Marlborough Crescent, Bedford Park (attrib) *1881 The Vicarage, Bedford Park *1882 Nos 21 – 39 Marlborough Crescent, Bedford Park (attrib) *1882 Nos 15 – 33 Queen Anne's Grove, Bedford Park *1882 Nos 24 – 28 Queen Anne's Grove, Bedford Parkga *1882 Nos 2 – 10 Newton Grove, Bedford Park *1882 No 1 Newton Grove, Bedford Park *1882 No 11 South Parade, Bedford Park (attrib) *1882 Master's House, The School, Derby *1883 nos 15 – 25 Queen Anne's Grove, London *1883 New Hotel Bush Hill Park, Enfield *1883 nos 3 – 4

Gainsborough Gardens Gainsborough Gardens is a private road in Hampstead, in the London Borough of Camden. The road is arranged in an oval crescent around a central garden. It was laid out towards the end of the nineteenth century and influenced by the Bedford Park de ...

, Hampstead, London *1883 House for Dr Hogg, Priory Gardens, Bedford Park, London *1884–85 St Margaret's Terrace, Cromer, Norfolk *1884 Swarland Hall, Northumberland *1884 Stables, Swarland Hall *1884 No 5 The Orchard, Bedford ParkThe Builder, vol 49, p303, 1885 *1885 House at Wimbledon, LondonExhibited at Royal Academy, 1885 *1885 Club Room, Bedford Park *1886 Herne's Close, Overstrand Road, Cromer, Norfolk *1887 House at

Elstree Elstree is a large village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England. It is about northwest of central London on the former A5 road, that follows the course of Watling Street. In 2011, its population was 5,110. It forms part of the ...

*1889 No 2 The Grange, Wimbledon *1889 Folkton Manor House *1890 Barnsdale Hall, near Oakham, Rutland *1891 House at Hampstead *1892 Kirklevington Grange, North RidingExhibited at Royal Academy, 1892 *1892 House in Connecticut, USA *1892 Lyneham, Chislehurst, Kent (his own home) *1895 The Croft, Hindhead, Surrey *1894 West Lodge, Wimbledon *1895 Stables at Shaw Hill, Wiltshire *1895 Houses at Gainsborough Gardens, Hampstead, London *1894-8 Jardine Hall, Drumfrieshire, Scotland *1898 Saxby's St Paul's Cray Road,

(alts)

Works 1900 – 1930

*1900 Homeside, no 4 South Side, Wimbledon *1901 Norman Cottage, Morley Road, Chislehurst *1902 Falconhurst, no 19 Parkside, Wimbledon *1900–05 Branksome Place (formerly Hilders, then Branksome Hilders), Hindhead Rd, Haselmere, Surrey, for Sir Charles McLaren, bt. (later 1st Baron Aberconway) *1900–05 Honeyhanger, Haselmere, Surrey, for Sir Charles McLaren, bt. (later 1st Baron Aberconway) *1900–05 10 Palace Green, London *1904 Nos 165 – 169 Lower Camden, Chislehurst *1904 New Entrance Lodges, Toddington, Gloucestershire *1905 Ballindune, Weydown Road, Haslemere *1906–07 Saxby's St Paul's Cray Road, Chislehurst (further alts) *1907 Nos 1, 2 and 4 Shepherd's Green, Chislehurst *1907 Dunoran, Park Farm Road, Bickley. *1908 Nos 3 and 5 Shepherd's Green, Chislehurst *1908 House at Webbington, Somerset *1908 Three Firs, Hindhead, Surrey *1909 Western Motor Works, Perry Street, Chislehurst *1909 The Homestead, 9 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst *1910 Waifs and Strays' Home, Pyford, Surrey *1910 Working Men's Club (British Legion), 76 Green Lane, Chislehurst *1910 Nos 1 – 5 Beaverwood Road, Chislehurst *1910 – 11 Guild hall, Sandwich, Kent (alts) *1910 White Riggs, Mead Road, Chislehurst *1910 Sweet Meadows, Mead Road, Chislehurst *1910 Nos 1 5 Beaverwood Road, Chislehurst (attrib) *1911 House at Boyne Park, Tunbridge Wells *1911 No 48 Parkway, Gidea Park, Essex *1911 No 10 Reed Pond Walk, Gidea Park, Essex *1911 House at Toddington, Gloucestershire *1911 Lych Gate at Church of the Annunciation, High Street, Chislehurst *1912 Antokol (formerly Oak House), Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst *1913 Wallings (formerly Lyneham), Heathfield Lane, Chislehurst (own house) *1914 Millfield, Cricketground Road, Chislehurst (demolished) *1915 Red Hatch, 55 Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst (erected 1920) *1920s Elmstead Spinney, no 5 Wood Drive, Chislehurst *1922 Mainstay Lodge, Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst (demolished) *1924 St Anne's Cottage, no 6 The Meadow, Chislehurst *1925 Ada Lewis Governesses' Homes, Southend Road,

Beckenham Beckenham () is a town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley, in Greater London. Until 1965 it was part of the historic county of Kent. It is located south-east of Charing Cross, situated north of Elmers End and E ...

, Kent *1926 Quatre Fils (formerly Harwood), 41 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst *1927 Lockers, Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst *1928 Archway Cottages, Scadbury Estate, Chislehurst *1930 Moorcroft (formerly Exbourne), Wilderness Road, Chislehurst *1930 Tower at Church of the Annunciation, High Street, Chislehurst * Lychgate to St Mary's Church, Perivale, Middlesex

Other work

*Sketch of a Queen Anne Interior (Orchard House)The Cabinet maker and Art Furnisher, 2 July 1883, p2 * Royal Academy Exhibitor annually from 1881–1892 and also 1894, 1898 and 1900.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070220164223/http://www.codexgeo.co.uk/dsa/architect_full.php?id=M001656 {{DEFAULTSORT:May, E. J. Architects from London 1941 deaths 1853 births