Harvey Lonsdale Elmes (10 February 1814 – 26 November 1847) was an English architect, the designer of St George's Hall, Liverpool.

Life

The son of the architect, James Elmes, he was born in

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. After serving some time in his father's office, and under a surveyor at

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and an architect (

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) at

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, Elmes became partner with his father in 1835. One of the first buildings Elmes designed was 10-12 Queen Anne's Gate,

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, London, for

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, the City Solicitor.Pevsner, Buildings of England: London In July, 1839, he was successful among 86 competitors for a design for St George's Hall, Liverpool. The foundation stone of this building had been laid on 28 June 1838, but, Elmes being successful in a competition for the Assize Courts in the same city, it was finally decided to include the hall and courts in a single building. Consequently, Elmes prepared a fresh design, and construction work commenced in 1841. He superintended its progress until 1847, when because of failing health, he was compelled to delegate his duties to John Weightman (City Surveyor) and

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(Structural Engineer) and leave for

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, where he died of consumption on 26 November 1847.

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took over supervision of the project in 1851.

Notable buildings

* St. George's Hall,

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

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Thingwall Hall Thingwall Hall is a former stately home situated in the Knotty Ash district of Liverpool, England. The grade II listed building was built early in the 19th century and was originally set in of grounds. It can upon occasion be mistaken for the n ...

Rainhill Hospital Rainhill Hospital was a very large psychiatric hospital complex that was located in Rainhill, formerly Lancashire but now Merseyside, England. History The facility was designed by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes and opened as the Third Lancashire County L ...

(now demolished)

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* 19th-century English architects British neoclassical architects 1813 births 1847 deaths People from Chichester 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Jamaica Architects from Sussex {{UK-architect-stub