William Frederick Unsworth (1851–1912) was an English architect.

Biography

William Frederick Unsworth began working in 1869 in the Wilson & Wilcox agency in

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, then after a one-year trip to France, he spent two years in the architectural firm of

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, then a year with

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. He opened his own architectural firm in 1875 where he first worked in partnership with architect Edward John Dodgshun (1851–1927). Around 1908 he moved to Steep, near

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, where he worked in partnership with his son, Gerald Unsworth (1883–1946) and

Inigo Triggs Henry Inigo Triggs (1876–1923) was an English country house architect and designer of formal gardens, and author. Family life Harry Benjamin Inigo Triggs was born in Chiswick, London, on 28 February 1876, to James Triggs, carpet agent, and h ...

(1876–1923). He then built several houses in the

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style. He died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Steep, near Petersfield, in 1912.

Achievements

* The "

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" and

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Library, in 1879, with Edward John Dodgshun. This theatre was destroyed by fire in 1926. It is now the

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. * Village of Sion Mills, south of

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, in the 1880s and 1890s, for the Herdman brothers who had a flax factory there. William Frederick Unsworth was the son-in-law of James Herdman. * Christ Church, Woking, in 1889. * Woodhambury, Woodham Lane,

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, in 1889. * Weston Hotel,

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, in 1890 in an

style. * All Saints Church, Woodham Lane, Woking, in 1893. * Good Sheperd Church, in the village of

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, Northern Ireland, in 1909. * Broad Dene, Hill Road built for

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by the architectural firm comprising WF Unsworth, his son and Inigo Triggs * Ashford Chace, Petersfield, in 1912.Getty images: Ashford Chace, Petersfield, 1912
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References

External links

Dictionary of Irish Architects: Unsworth, William Frederick

Archiseek: W. F. Unsworth
{{DEFAULTSORT:Unsworth, William Frederick 19th-century English architects 1851 births 1912 deaths

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