John Shewell Corder (1856

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– 19 July 1922

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) was an English architect, artist and antiquarian.

Early life

Corder came from a well connected

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family with links in East Anglia, North England and Berkshire. He was the son of Frederick Corder and Jane Ransome, daughter of James Ransome. Along with other siblings the family moved to

in 1860. He was given the name of Shewell form Fredrick's mother, Mary Shewell.

Architectural career

During the period 1872-7, Corder was articled to his step-uncle, the architect Joseph Morris based in

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. Frederic Corder had married Maria Morris, Joseph's sister, both of whom were children of Thomas Morris and Ann Talwin Shewell. Black Boy Hotel, Sudbury, Suffolk

Corder has been credited with over 100 commissions. These include: * Boscombe House, 65 Anglesea Road, Ipswich, (Grade II listed building) * Hacheston Lodge, The Street,

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* Extra classrooms for

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in Burkitt road,

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, * Work on the Black Boy public house, Sudbury * Tranmer House, 1910. Home of

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during the 1938-39 excavation of the

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burial mounds. He trained Harold Ridley Hooper who later became a prominent Ipswich architect.

Publications

Corder joined the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History. He also made several contributions to their journal:
"The Guild Hall, of Corpus Christi, Lavenham"
Volume VII, part 2 (1890)
"The timber framed buildings of Ipswich and their pargetting"
,Volume VII Part 3 (1891)
"Notes on Bury corner posts"
Volume XVI Part 3 (1918) Published as a separate booklet, 50 copies. Other publications: * ''Ye Olde Corner Posts of Ipswich'', (1890) S. H. Cowell: Ipswich * ''Christchurch or Withepole House: A Brief Memorial'' (1893) S. H. Cowell: Ipswich

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* 1856 births 1922 deaths 19th-century English architects Architects from Ipswich 20th-century English architects Ipswich artists {{England-architect-stub