Ernest Hooley LRIBA (30 June 1880 - 1962) was an architect based in Long Eaton.

Architectural career

He was articled to Edwin Clarke of Nottingham in 1894. Later he was assistant to Edmund Herbert Child and

William Dymock Pratt William Dymock Pratt (22 December 1854 – 12 August 1916) was an architect based in Nottingham, England Biography Pratt was born in Sneinton on 22 December 1854, the son of Nathan Pratt of Gedling Lodge in Nottinghamshire. He was articled to ...

until 1901. He was established in independent practice in Long Eaton in 1901 where he took offices at Imperial Buildings, Derby Road. He worked in partnership with his son, Ernest Victor Hooley, until his early death in 1956. He was appointed a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1910. In the late 1920s and 1930s he was involved in the design and construction of large scale housing estates at Sandiacre in Derbyshire, Wigston in Leicestershire and Beeston in Nottinghamshire. By 1936 he had built around 2,000 new homes and his investments were said to generate a gross annual income of £60,000 per year ().

Personal life

He was born on 30 June 1880 in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, the son of Richard Hooley (1844 - 1927) and Elizabeth Harriet Willoughby (1847 - 1925). He married Margaret Alice Elliott (b. 1882) on 30 July 1903 at

St Laurence's Church, Long Eaton St. Laurence's Church, Long Eaton, is a Grade II* listed parish church in Long Eaton, England. 11th century History The church dates from the 12th century. It was largely rebuilt between 1868 and 1869 by the architect George Edmund Street. Th ...

, and they had two children *Marjorie Alice Hooley (b. 1905) *Ernest Victor Hooley (1907 - 1956) He died at his home in Duffield in 1962. His memorial service was held on 18 March 1962 in Station Street Baptist Church, Long Eaton.

Works

*West Villa, Derby Road, Long Eaton 1903 (alterations) *171-177

Station Road, Beeston Station Road, Beeston is street in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. It runs from its junction with High Road, Beeston in Beeston Square to Beeston railway station. History The first part of Station Road was built in conjunction with the opening of Bee ...

. 4 Houses 1905 *New Sunday Schools for Station Street Baptist Church, Long Eaton 1907-08 *Moorlands, 295 Curzon Street, Long Eaton 1908 *17 Ilkeston Road, Bramcote 1936 *Station Street Baptist Church, Long Eaton 1954 (reconstruction) *Welbeck Baptist Free Church, Long Eaton 1957-58

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hooley, Ernest 1880 births 1962 deaths British architects People from Long Eaton