Paul Waterhouse (29 October 1861 – 19 December 1924) was a British architect.

Early life

Paul Waterhouse was born on 29 October 1861 in

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, England. He was the son and business partner of

Alfred Waterhouse Alfred Waterhouse (19 July 1830 – 22 August 1905) was an English architect, particularly associated with the Victorian Gothic Revival architecture, although he designed using other architectural styles as well. He is perhaps best known f ...

, an architect who designed many well-known buildings in England and had been President of the

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(RIBA). Waterhouse was educated at

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, Oxford, obtaining his MA in 1887.

Career

Waterhouse joined his father's practice and became a partner in 1891, taking over the practice in 1905 and continuing his father's commitment to working on large business and public buildings. His own simpler and more classical style was demonstrated in his work for St Andrews University in Scotland (the University Union, St Regulus Club and the Younger Hall) and his work at Mount Melville, St Andrews, Fife and the National Provincial Banks at Paris, Brussels and Antwerp. He had a penchant for marking his buildings with chronogramic inscriptions. He was elected President of RIBA for 1921–1923.

Personal life and death

Waterhouse married Lucy Palgrave on 16 July 1887. They had two daughters, and their son,

Michael Waterhouse Captain Michael Theodore Waterhouse (1888–1968) was a British architect. Waterhouse was the third generation to be President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (1948–1950), following his father Paul Waterhouse and grandfather Alf ...

(b. 1888) also became an architect and President of RIBA. Waterhouse died on 19 December 1924.

Works

*114–116 Colmore Row, Birmingham – the former Atlas Assurance building,

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(1887) *

Refuge Assurance Building The Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is a historic commercial building, now a hotel, at the corner of Oxford Street and Whitworth Street in Manchester, England. The building was originally constructed in segments from 1891 to 1932 as the Refuge Assurance ...

, Manchester (now the Meridien Palace Hotel), (extension of his father's original work) (1893), Grade II* listed *completion of Christie Library of the

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between 1895 and 1898 *

Whitworth Hall The Whitworth Building is a grade II* listed building on Oxford Road and Burlington Street in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England. It has been listed since 18 December 1963 and is part of the University of Manchester. It lies at the south- ...

of the

, completed in 1902, Grade II* listed *extension of

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from 1911 to 1927 (the later part completed by his son, Michael Waterhouse) *

Dyson Perrins Laboratory The Dyson Perrins Laboratory is in the science area of the University of Oxford and was the main centre for research into organic chemistry of the University from its foundation in 1916 until its closure as a research laboratory in 2003. Until 2 ...

, Oxford (1913–1916) *

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, London (1896) *

University College Hospital University College Hospital (UCH) is a teaching hospital in the Fitzrovia area of the London Borough of Camden, England. The hospital, which was founded as the North London Hospital in 1834, is closely associated with University College London ...

, London (1897) * Mount Melville House, St Andrews, Fife (1902–1905)

References

Other sources

Girton College architecture
*Foster, Andy (2005) ''Birmingham''. (Pevsner Architectural Guides) New Haven: Yale U. P.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Waterhouse, Paul 1861 births 1924 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Presidents of the Royal Institute of British Architects Architects from Manchester