John Charles Traylen ARIBA (27 February 1845 - 11 June 1907) was an English architect.

Life

He was born at Sibson in

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, and educated at

Oundle School Oundle School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) for pupils 11–18 situated in the market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire, England. The school has been governed by the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City ...

and

Northampton Grammar School Northampton School for Boys (NSB) is a secondary school in Northampton, England. It was founded as Northampton Town and County Grammar School in 1541 by Thomas Chipsey, Mayor of Northampton. Years 7 to 11 are boys-only, while Sixth Form classes ...

. He was admitted a student of the Royal Academy of British Architects. He became an articled pupil of William Millican of Leicester from 1858 to 1863. He then became an assistant to John Johnson in London whom he assisted in designing

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. He then moved to be an assistant of

Frederick Webster Ordish Frederick Webster Ordish FRIBA (1821 – 22 September 1885) was an English architect based in Leicestershire. Life He was a pupil of Henry Isaac Stevens. Initially based in London, he returned in Leicestershire in 1850 and worked in partners ...

and later became his partner. Together they produced

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, St Leonard’s Church, Leicester and several other buildings in the city. In 1877 he moved to Peterborough and was appointed surveyor for the Archdeaconry of Oakham, which he held until 1894. He was also surveyor to the

Archdeaconry of Lincoln The Archdeacon of Lincoln is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Lincoln – he or she has responsibilities within his archdeaconry (the ancient Archdeaconry of Lincoln) including oversight of church buildings and some supervision, d ...

. He did restoration work to many churches including St George's Church, Stamford where there is a stained glass window to his memory by

Hugh Arnold Hugh Arnold (1872 – 11 August 1915) was an English stained glass artist. Arnold was educated at the Slade School of Fine Art before attending the London County Council (LCC) Central School of Arts and Crafts where he studied under Christopher ...

. On 20 March 1882 he was appointed

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. In 1884 he bought the practice of

Edward Browning Edward Browning (1816 – 1882) was an English architect working in Stamford, Lincolnshire, Stamford. Life Edward Browning or Edward Bailey Browning was the son of the Stamford architect Bryan Browning (architect), Bryan Browning (1773-185 ...

of Broad Street, Stamford and continued working here until his death. He died at his home in Broad Street, Stamford on 11 June 1907. His son Henry Francis Traylen joined the practice which became Traylen and Son in 1906Stamford Civic Society "Henry Traylen"
/ref> and in 1921

Traylen and Lenton Traylen and Lenton was an architectural practice in Stamford, Lincolnshire. The practice had offices at 16 Broad Street, Stamford and were the successors to a line of architects working in Stamford, starting in the 1830s with Bryan Browning and ...

Works

1871 * Stamford School of Art 1895

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Traylen, John Charles 1845 births Associates of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1907 deaths Architects from Lincolnshire People educated at Oundle School People educated at Northampton School for Boys