Percy Heylyn Currey FRIBA (November 1864 – 5 March 1942) was an English architect based in
Derby
Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby g ...
.
Life
He was born in November 1864, the son of Benjamin Scott Currey and Helen Heygate. He was educated at
Derby School
Derby School was a school in Derby in the English Midlands from 1160 to 1989. It had an almost continuous history of education of over eight centuries. For most of that time it was a grammar school for boys. The school became co-educational an ...
from 1875 to 1883, and was awarded the Rowland Scholarship in 1878.
He married Augusta Mary Anne Emily Frederieka Leacroft on 26 September 1897 in Little Eaton, Derbyshire.
From 1895 he was Diocesan Surveyor to the
Diocese of Southwell
The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York, headed by the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham. It covers all the English county of Nottinghamshire and a few parishes in South Yorkshire. It is b ...
.
From 1903 he was in partnership with Charles Clayton Thompson, as ''Currey and Thompson''. In 1907 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Works
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St Stephen's Church, Borrowash 1890
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Derby School Chapel, site adjoining St. Helen's House, King Street, Derby 1891 (Demolished Sept 2017)
*St Luke’s Vicarage, 48 Bedford Street, Derby 1896
*St Paul’s Church, Mansfield Road, Derby 1897 (addition of aisle)
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St Giles' Church, Matlock 1898 (addition of south chapel)
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St. Mary's Church, Westwood 1899
*28 Loudon Street, Derby 1903 (for Edward Litchford, Midland Railway Chief Accountant)
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Christ Church, Holloway, Derbyshire 1903
(tower 1911)
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All Saints' Church, Ashover 1903 restoration
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St Osmund’s Church, vicarage and almshouses in
Osmaston-by-Derby 1904
*Repton House, Church Street, Lea 1905
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St Mary's Church, Plumtree 1906 (tower restoration)
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St Peter and St Paul's Church, Eckington 1907 remodelling
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St Helen's Church, Darley Dale
St Helen's Church, Darley Dale is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Darley Dale, Derbyshire.
History
The church has elements of architecture from the Norman to the Perpendicular Gothic periods. It was restored and enl ...
1908 restoration
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St Mary's Church, Ilkeston 1910 restoration
*Rose Hill Infants and St James’ Church of England Junior School 1913
*St Mary, Buxton 1915 - their finest church
*Fressingfield, 116 Blagreaves Lane, Derby 1914 (extended 1924)
*St Bartholomew’s Church, Nightingale Road, Derby 1927
*St Stephen’s Church, Sinfin 1935
References
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1864 births
1942 deaths
Architects from Derbyshire
People educated at Derby School
Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects