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Walter Hervey Bagot (17 March 1880 – 27 July 1963) was a South Australian architect. He was one of the last great proponents of the traditional school of South Australian architecture. He founded Woods & Bagot in 1905.
Bagot was born in North Adelaide, the son of pastoralist John Bagot MHA, and Lucy Josephine Ayers; his grandfathers were Charles Hervey Bagot and Sir Henry Ayers He was educated at the
''Bagot, Charles Hervey (1788-1880)''
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 47-48.
Walter Hervey Bagot (17 March 1880 – 27 July 1963) was a South Australian architect. He was one of the last great proponents of the traditional school of South Australian architecture. He founded Woods & Bagot in 1905.Early life and education
Bagot was born in North Adelaide, the son of pastoralist John Bagot MHA, and Lucy Josephine Ayers; his grandfathers were Charles Hervey Bagot and Sir Henry Ayers He was educated at the Collegiate School of St Peter
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After serving an apprenticeship with the architect Edward John Woods in Adelaide for four years, in 1902 Bagot went to England where he studied architecture at King's College London
King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...
. He won the silver medal of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters, and in 1904 was admitted as an associate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Career
Bagot returned to Adelaide in 1905, and was taken into partnership with Woods, forming Woods & Bagot. The practice grew to include other prominent architects as members over time, includingLouis Laybourne-Smith
Louis Edouard Laybourne Smith CMG (1 April 1880 – 13 September 1965) was an architect and educator in South Australia. Born in the Adelaide inner-southern suburb of Unley, he became interested in engineering and architecture while in th ...
in 1917, Herbert Jory in 1915, and James Campbell Irwin
Sir James Campbell Irwin ( – ) was an Australian architect and government official. Irwin studied architecture at the South Australian School of Mines and Industries, under the stewardship of George Soward. He joined the firm of Woods, Bagot, ...
in 1932.
Bagot preferred classical architecture and despised Modernism. He was appointed architect for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide in 1905, and architect in charge of St Peter's Cathedral in 1907, remaining in that position until 1945. He was architect for the University of Adelaide from 1910 until 1945.
Selected works
Bagot's work includes: *Chapel of the Convent of Mercy (1920) *Additions to St Francis Xavier's Cathedral (1922) * War Memorial (1924 design destroyed by fire; contributed to final design built 1931.) *Waite Institute
The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...
Building (1927)
* Elder Smith & Co. Ltd (1929)
* Union Buildings (1929 and 1937)
*Barr Smith Library
The Barr Smith Library is the main library of the University of Adelaide, situated in the centre of the North Terrace campus. History
The library was named in honour of Robert Barr Smith
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(1932)
* Bonython Hall (1936)
Family and personal life
Woods bought the McMinn-designedWaterhouse House
Thomas Greaves Waterhouse JP (22 January 1811, Conisborough,Conisborough is/has also been known as Conisbrough and Conisburgh. Yorkshire – 9 October 1885, London) was a prominent businessman, investor and philanthropist in early colonial S ...
on North Terrace in 1906, selling it in 1926.
On 18 November 1908 at St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, he married Josephine Margaret Barritt (1889-1946), a granddaughter of Joseph Barritt. They lived at "Forest Lodge", a house near Aldgate built by Bagot's father, John Bagot. The couple had three children, one being John Hervey Bagot (1910–2008), a prominent lawyer.Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 47-48.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bagot, Walter 1880 births 1963 deaths Alumni of King's College London Architects from Adelaide People educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide