Richard Charles Sutton was an architect based in

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

. He was born 1834 and died on 18 October 1915. He was a member of Nottingham City Council from 1887 to 1901.

Career

He was articled to

Samuel Sanders Teulon Samuel Sanders Teulon (2 March 1812 – 2 May 1873) was an English Gothic Revival architect, noted for his use of polychrome brickwork and the complex planning of his buildings. Family Teulon was born in 1812 in Greenwich, Kent, the son of a ...

and commenced independent practice in Nottingham in 1857. He went into partnership with his son,

Ernest Richard Eckett Sutton Ernest Richard Eckett Sutton (1860 - 19 July 1946) FRIBA (also Richard Ernest Eckett Sutton) was an English architect based in Nottingham. Career He was born the son of Richard Charles Sutton and was articled to him in 1876. Later he was assist ...

, in 1894. He retired in 1906. He attended to the execution of

Richard Thomas Parker Richard Thomas Parker (1834 - 10 August 1864) was an English murderer who was the last person to be publicly executed in Nottingham. Life He was christened in Thurgarton on 26 October 1834. Richard Thomas Parker of Fiskerton, a butcher, was pub ...

outside

Shire Hall, Nottingham The National Justice Museum (formerly known as the Galleries of Justice Museum and, historically, the Shire Hall and County Gaol) is an independent museum on High Pavement in the Lace Market area of Nottingham, England. The museum is housed ...

on 10 August 1864. This was the last execution in Nottingham. He stood as Liberal candidate for the Sherwood Ward of Nottingham Town Council in the elections of 1886, and won.

Buildings by Sutton

1859. New grand jury room. *Wesleyan Methodist School, 12 Kirkhill, Bingham. 1859 *Shipley and Cotmanhay national schools 1860. *Police stations at Basford, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Arnold and West Stockwith. 1861 *

Castle Gate Congregational Centre Castle Gate Congregational Centre is in Nottingham. It is a Grade II listed building. History The congregation formed in the 1650s. The first meeting house on Castle Gate, Nottingham, Castle Gate was established in 1689 under the Act of Tolerat ...

, Nottingham. 1863 *

St Saviours in the Meadows, Nottingham Saint Saviour's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in The Meadows, Nottingham. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic inter ...

. 1863 * Christ Church, Peas Hill, Nottingham. 1863 *Moneta House, 53 Ricardo Street, Stoke-on-Trent. 1865 *'' Walter Fountain, Greyfriars Gate and Carrington Street, Nottingham. 1866. Demolished 1950.'' *''Congregational Chapel, Albion Square, Pembroke Dock 1867. Demolished 1989.''

Ilkeston Town Hall Ilkeston Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. The town hall, which currently serves as one of two meeting places of Erewash Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building. History In the first half of the ...

. 1867-68 *Congregational Institute, Forest Road, Nottingham 1868 Grade II listed. (now Nottingham Deaf Society) *

The Workhouse, Southwell The Workhouse, also known as Greet House, in the town of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, is a museum operated by the National Trust, opened to the public in 2002.Birthday party for workhouse. ''Chad'', 21 March 2012, p.14. Accessed 4 Febru ...

. 1868. Extension. * St. Mary's Church, Attenborough,

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. 1868–69. Repairs. *

St Ann's Well Road Congregational Church St Ann's Well Road Congregational Church is a former Congregational Church on St Ann's Well Road in Nottingham. History The congregational was established from Castle Gate Congregational Centre. The church was built on the corner of St Ann’s W ...

1870 *

St. Peter's Church, Radford St Peter's Church, Radford is an Anglican parish church in Radford, Nottingham, located at 171 Hartley Road (St. Peter's Park). It is a Grade II listed building as being of special architectural or historic interest. History The medieval churc ...

. 1870–72. Extension. * Parliament Street Methodist Church, Nottingham. 1874 *

Forest Road Primitive Methodist Church Forest Road Primitive Methodist church was built on Forest Road in Nottingham in 1874. History The building was constructed in 1874 to designs by the local architect Richard Charles Sutton. The construction cost around £3,000 and the downturn i ...

, Nottingham 1874 *Methodist New Connexion Chapel, rough close, Staffordshire 1874 *St. Peter's Church, Mill End,

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. 1875 * St. Mary's Church, Arnold 1877 restoration *Beauvale School,

Greasley Greasley is a civil parish north west of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. Although it is thought there was once a village called Greasley, there is no settlement of that name today as it was destroyed by the Earl of Rutland. The built up ...

, Nottinghamshire 1878 *''

St. Philip's Church, Pennyfoot Street St. Philip's Church, Nottingham, was a Church of England church in Nottingham on Pennyfoot Street between 1879 and 1963. History St. Philip's Church was created out of the parish of St. Luke's Church, Nottingham. It was designed by Richard Char ...

, Nottingham. 1879. Demolished 1963.'' *Stapleford Board Schools, 1880 *

Wollaton Road Methodist Church, Beeston Wollaton Road Methodist Church, Beeston was a Methodist church on Wollaton Road, Beeston, Nottinghamshire from 1853 until 2014. History The church was first located on Wollaton Road in 1853 when the congregation purchased a Particular Baptist Cha ...

1882-83 *Boot & Co. Ltd, 16-20 Goose Gate, Nottingham. 1883 *Kimberley Cemetery mortuary chapel 1883 *Long Eaton United Free Methodist Church 1885 *Shops on Heathcote Street, Nottingham 1887 *

St George in the Meadows, Nottingham St George in the Meadows is a parish church in the Church of England in The Meadows, Nottingham, England. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or histo ...

. 1887-91 *'' Morley Memorial Primitive Methodist Chapel, Blue Bell Hill, 1888 – 1889 Closed 1942, demolished 1972.'' *United Methodist Free Church,

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. 1890 *''Schools at Morley Memorial Primitive Methodist Chapel, Blue Bell Hill 1891'' *

Norton Street Congregational Church Norton Street Congregational Church is a former Congregational Church on Norton Street in Nottingham. Until 1904 it was known as Bloomsgrove Congregational Church. History The church started life in 1836 as the Bloomsgrove Mission founded by Ca ...

1894

Gainsborough - United Reformed Church - geograph

*John Robinson Memorial Church, Gainsborough 1894Stamford Mercury – Friday 19 January 1894 *Warehouse, 3

Stoney Street, Nottingham Stoney Street is an historic street in Nottingham City Centre between High Pavement and Carlton Street. History The street is medieval and formed the north to south spine of the Saxon town. For many years the street was a cul-de-sac, terminating ...

. 1896 *

Musters Road Methodist Church West Bridgford Methodist Church, formerly Musters Road Methodist Church, is in West Bridgford. Nottingham. It is a Grade II listed building. It is part of the Nottingham South circuit of the Methodist Church of Great Britain. History The congre ...

West Bridgford West Bridgford is a town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Rushcliffe in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies immediately south of the city of Nottingham, from which the River Trent divides it. Forming part of the Nott ...

, Nottingham. 1899.

Sources

*''The Buildings of England'',

Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (1 ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton, Richard Charles 19th-century English architects 1834 births 1915 deaths Nottingham City Councillors Architects from Nottingham