Ernest Reginald Ridgway (1852 - 19 July 1917) was an English architect based in

Long Eaton Long Eaton is a town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England, just north of the River Trent, about south-west of Nottingham and some 8½ miles (13.7 km) south-east of Derby. The town population was 37,760 at the 2011 census. It has ...

Career

He was born in 1852 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the son of William Ridgway (1819-1903) and Mary. He married Mary Eliza Sketchley (1851-1904) in 1875 in Nottingham. On the death of his first wife in 1904, he married Louisa Goodwin Sketchley (1865-1926) on 5 November 1906 at St Heliers Parish Church, Jersey. From 1893 to 1899 he had as his assistant

John Frederick Dodd John Frederick Dodd LRIBA (1872 – 13 July 1939) was an architect based in Long Eaton, Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of t ...

who later set up his own practice in

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

. Until 1908 he worked in partnership with James Garfield Smith. He died on 19 July 1917 at his home, 11, Lenton Road,

The Park Estate The Park Estate is a private residential housing estate to the west of Nottingham city centre, England. It is noted for its Victorian architecture, although many of the houses have been altered, extended or converted into Apartment, flats. The e ...

, Nottingham. He left an estate valued at £13,129 ().

Notable works

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