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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 at Nottingham High School. He was articled to Fothergill Watson until 1897 when he became a pupil of Arthur Richard Calvert 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 withSidney Roberts Stevenson
Sidney Roberts Stevenson FRIBA (1850 - 21 January 1928) was an English architect based in Nottingham.
Career
He was born in 1850 in Nottingham and educated at Ockbrook School and later in Leamington. He studied at Nottingham School of Art at wh ...
. 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 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