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 Ockbrook School was an independent coeducational day and boarding school for children aged 3–18 years situated in rural Derbyshire between the cities of Nottingham and Derby. Boarding was for boys and girls from age 11–18 years. On Monday 7 J ...

and later in Leamington. He studied at

Nottingham School of Art Founded in 1843, the School of Art & Design at Nottingham Trent University is one of the oldest in the United Kingdom. History In 1836, the Government Select committee (United Kingdom), Select Committee on Art and Manufactures produced a repor ...

at which he won a 12 month Free Art Studentship and was articled to Richard Charles Sutton. He began independent practice as an architect in Nottingham in 1871 and was initially based in offices in Victoria Street, but later moved to Queen’s Chambers, King Street in Nottingham. In 1873 he submitted plans into a competition for St Paul’s Church, Chester. Sir Gilbert Scott acted as the judge and awarded the prize to Sidney Stevenson. In 1908 he moved from his office in Burns Street and started to work in collaboration with

John Rigby Poyser 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 appointed a

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in 1925. He married Cecilia Farmer, fourth daughter of John Farmer of Colville Street, Nottingham, at

St. John the Baptist's Church, Leenside, Nottingham The church of St. John the Baptist, Leenside, Nottingham was opened in 1844 as a parish church in the Church of England. It was destroyed in 1941. History The foundation stone for the church of St. John the Baptist was laid by Charles Pierrepon ...

on 31 July 1873 and they had the following children: *Gertrude M Stevenson (b. 1875) *Mary C. Stevenson (b. 1877) *Norah Roberts Stevenson (b. 1881) *Amy Dorothy Stevenson (b. 1882) He died on 21 January 1928 in London and left an estate valued at £2,412 16d 7d ().

Notable works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenson, Sidney Roberts 1850 births 1928 deaths Architects from Nottingham Alumni of Nottingham School of Art Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects