Ernest Charles Shearman (1859 - 17 April 1939) was a British architect. He was the son of a physician, Charles James Shearman. In 1878 he was articled to

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, remaining his assistant until 1888, the year Shearman set off for

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, where he was architect to the

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until 1891. On his return to the United Kingdom in 1892 he was elected an Associate of the

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and ten years later he began to practice independently. He was especially prolific in London, where he designed six churches between 1910 and 1935 - St Matthew's Church, Wimbledon,

St Silas Church, Kentish Town The Church of Saint Silas the Martyr is a Church of England parish church in Kentish Town, London. The church is a grade II* listed building. History The church was built from 1911 to 1913, and designed by the architect Ernest Charles Shearman. ...

, St Barnabas Church, North Ealing, St Gabriel's Church, North Acton, St Barnabas Church, Temple Fortune and St Francis of Assisi Church, Isleworth. He also designed the west end of St Mark's Church, Leicester. He died in Winchester in 1939.

Bibliography

*John Salmon, ''Ernest Charles Shearman (1859-1939). An Anglo-Catholic Architect. An Illustrated Introduction to his Work'' (Anglo-Catholic History Society, 2009) *''Directory of British Architects 1834-1914'', British Architectural Library

External links

*http://www.saintsilas.org.uk/section/99 *http://www.passmoreedwards.org.uk/pages/Architects/Shearman.htm 19th-century British architects 20th-century British architects 1869 births 1939 deaths Associates of the Royal Institute of British Architects {{UK-architect-stub