John Bowley LRIBA (26 July 1864 - 28 January 1938) was an architect and engineer based in England who worked mainly in

Beeston, Nottinghamshire Beeston is a town in the Borough of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England, south-west of Nottingham city centre. To its north-east is the University of Nottingham's main campus, University Park. The pharmaceutical and retail chemist group Boots h ...

and

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

Architectural career

He was educated at

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public university, public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. The University of Nottingham belongs t ...

and the

Nottingham School of Art Founded in 1843, the School of Art & Design at Nottingham Trent University is one of the oldest in the United Kingdom. History In 1836, the Government Select committee (United Kingdom), Select Committee on Art and Manufactures produced a repor ...

. He was articled to J.W. Eardley of Derby from 1881 to 1884 and assistant until 1886 until he moved to be assistant to W.E. Woolley of Loughborough where he stayed until 1889. He then started his own practice in Beeston at lived at 39 Dovecote Lane. In 1896 when he moved to Hastings, initially living at 29 Old London Road. He was appointed Architect to Hastings Town Council. He was also resident engineer to the Eastbourne Waterworks Company and consulting surveyor to the Devonshire Park Company. He was also surveyor to the Compton Estate from 1911 to 1927. He was appointed Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1910.

Personal life

He was born on 26 July 1864 in Ratclife on Soar, the son of Thomas Cross Bowley (1830-1865) and Frances Chadfield (1831-1881). He married Elizabeth Jane Fertel (1862-1912) in April 1885 and they had two children: *Frances Elizabeth Bowley (1886-1981) *John Hugh Bowley (1889-1979) He married secondly Margaret McLean Agnew in Eastbourne in 1913. He died on 28 January 1938 in Eastbourne and left an estate valued at £1,540 5s. 1d. His funeral service was held at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Eastbourne on 31 January 1938.

Works

*Shops, 2-4

High Road, Beeston High Road, Beeston is a pedestrianised shopping street in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. It runs from Beeston Square to Humber Road. History The road was constructed as part of the Sawley to Nottingham turnpike road. In the 19th century, it was on t ...

1889 (demolished 1965) *Sandiacre Schools, 1890 (additions) *Semi detached houses, 3 and 5 Imperial Avenue, Beeston 1890-91 *Semi detached houses, 7 and 9 Montague Street, Beeston 1891 *Additions to Beeston School, Church Street, Beeston 1891 *Two cottages, City Road, Beeston 1892 *Five cottages, 75 to 83 Chilwell Road, Beeston 1893 *Public house for Shipstones, The City, Beeston 1893 *Semi detached houses, 7 and 9 Imperial Avenue, Beeston 1894 *Houses and shops for Wilkinson, Middle Street, Beeston 1894 *Five cottages, 75-83

Chilwell Road, Beeston Chilwell Road, Beeston is street in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. It runs from its junction with High Road, Beeston in Beeston Square to the Hop Pole public house. History The road was constructed as part of the Sawley to Nottingham turnpike road. ...

1908 (demolished 2012) *Three houses, 52-56 Imperial Road, Beeston 1910 *The Residence, Ceylon Place, Eastbourne 1934

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowley, John 1864 births 1938 deaths British architects Architects from Nottingham Alumni of Nottingham School of Art