Robert Hargreave Brodrick (3 July 1860 – 19 September 1934) was an architect from England who spent most of his life in Australia as City Architect for

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

. He was born in

Macclesfield Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

, the son of Robert Brodrick, a silk manufacturer. His apprenticeship was served at the practice of James Fraser, of

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

. He was initially in partnership with W. Lewis, trading as Lewis and Brodrick of Thirsk and

Ripon Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city ...

, but this partnership was dissolved in 1877. He undertook a number of commissions in England, until aged 22 he moved to Australia. In 1883 he got a job as a draftsman in the City Architect's Department of Sydney Municipal Council. Within 12 years he was City Architect. He married Emily Jane Maher on 20 May 1896 at All Saints' Church, Petersham. They had five children, four daughters and a son.

List of works

*Church and Sunday school at

Copt Hewick Copt Hewick is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. The village lies about two miles east of Ripon. It had a population of 180 in 2004 according to the North Yorkshire County Council, increasing to 2 ...

1876 *

St Michael and All Angels' Church, Littlethorpe St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Littlethorpe is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Littlethorpe, North Yorkshire Littlethorpe is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district, in the English county of No ...

1878 *

St John's Almshouses, Ripon St John’s Almshouses (formally the ''Hospital of St John the Baptist'') are Grade II listed Almshouses in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. History The hospital was founded by the Archbishop of York Thomas in the early 12th century. In 1544 ...

1878 *Congregational School and Ministers House, Ripon 1881

External Links

https://www.bchg.org.au/index.php/en/people/individuals/a-f/54-robert-hargreave-brodrick https://dictionaryofsydney.org/person/brodrick_robert_hargreave

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brodrick, Robert Hargreave 1860 births People from Macclesfield 1934 deaths Architects from Cheshire Architects from Sydney British emigrants to Australia