John Ladds, RIBA, (22 April 1835 – 15 October 1926) was an architect best known for his work on churches and schools, very often church-affiliated schools.

Life

He was born on 22 April 1835 at

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, the son of William Ladds (1798 - 1882) and Ann Inskip (1799 - 1875). He was the 8th child of 12. He married Cecilia Townshend Kent (1832 - 1922) in St Clement Danes on 19 January 1867 and they had the following children: *Sidney Inskip Ladds (1868 - 1950) became an architect *Amy Cope Ladds (1868 - 1922) *Harriet Cecilia Ladds (1871 - 1940) *Mabel Mary Ladds (1872 - 1952) He died on 15 October 1926 and left and estate valued at £3,560 10s 9d.

Works

From around 1871 he worked in partnership with

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(1847 - 1900) as ''Ladds and Powell'' until Powell emigrated to South Africa around 1890. His notable designs include: *St John's Church, Lawley, Shropshire 1865 Grade II listed *National School in Newport, Shropshire 1872 * The Corn Exchange, Bedford 1872-74 *Bowlee School, Rhodes near

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1875 *Church School, Tonge,

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, Lancashire 1875 *

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, Lancashire 1875 *Christ Church, Marton Cum Grafton,

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1876 Grade II listed *Kimbolton Grammar School, Cambridgeshire 1877 *St James' Church, Canterbury Street, Chorley, Lancashire 1878 *Chancel redecoration, Church of St John the Evangelist, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire 1879-80 *Boxmoor Schools, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire 1880 * Rivington and Blackrod High School, Rivington Lane, Rivington, Bolton 1881-82 *St Paul's Church, Finchley, London 1886 *

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, Barnet Hill, High Barnet, London 1890 (extensions and rebuilding) *New reredos, St Mary's Church, East Farleigh, Kent 1894 *Ophthalmic Hospital, Judd Street, London 1911-12 Ladds spent his last years in the North London neighbourhood of

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, where he died in 1926. His son Sidney Ladds worked as an architect to Ely Cathedral until 1950.

Sources

*John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, Shropshire; The Buildings of England, Yale University Press, 2006, {{DEFAULTSORT:Ladds, John Architects from London People from Harringay 1835 births 1926 deaths English architects