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John Rigby Poyser LRIBA (1872 – 17 January 1954) was an English architect based in Nottingham.
John Rigby Poyser LRIBA (1872 – 17 January 1954) was an English architect based in Nottingham.
Career
He was born in 1872 in Nottingham the son of John Rigby Poyser (1836-1892) and Emma Adams (b. 1836) and educated atNottingham High School
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, address = Waverley Mount
, city = Nottingham
, county = Nottinghamshire
, postcode = NG7 4ED
, country = England
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, type = Independent day school
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He was articled to Fothergill Watson
Watson Fothergill (12 July 1841 – 6 March 1928) was a British architect who designed over 100 unique buildings in Nottingham in the East Midlands of England, his influences were mainly from the Gothic Revival and Old English vernacular architec ...
until 1897 when he became a pupil of Arthur Richard Calvert
Arthur Richard Calvert (1852-1 September 1922) was an architect based in Nottingham.
History
He was born in Clapham, Surrey in 1852, the son of Revd. William Bainbridge Calvert (1821-1892) and Charlotte Caparn.
He was educated at Tonbridge Schoo ...
until 1898. He started his own practice in Nottingham in 1898 and was based at 3 St Ann's Hill Road but shortly afterwards moved to 3 Queen's Chambers on King Street.
In 1908 he started to work in collaboration with Sidney Roberts Stevenson. A large portion of his work were Arts and Crafts housing, notably on the St John Grove estate in Beeston and in Attenborough.
He was nominated as a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three supp ...
in 1911.
He married Frances Mary Jackson in 1903. They moved into the house he designed for his family, Brookside in Attenborough. They had three children:
*Marjorie Poyser (b. 1904)
*John Rigby Poyser (1908-1990)
*Althea Mary Poyser (1909-1989)
He died on 17 January 1954 and left an estate valued at £11,857 ().
Notable works
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Poyser, John Rigby 1872 births 1954 deaths Architects from Nottingham People educated at Nottingham High School Arts and Crafts architects