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William Venn Gough (1842–1918) was an architect responsible for a number of prominent buildings in 
In 1904 William Venn Gough designed the Technical Institute and Seely Library,
Bristol
Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...
. His works include the Cabot Tower, Colston's Girls' School (now Montpelier High School), Trinity Road Library, St Aldhelm's church and South Street School in Bedminster, the village hall in Yatton, and Port of Bristol Authority Docks Office, now Queen Square House, in Queen Square.
Gough collaborated with Archibald Ponton on buildings such as Bristol's Granary
A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed. Ancient or primitive granaries are most often made of pottery. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animals ...
on Welsh Back.
From 1872 he had an office at Athenaeum Chambers, Nicholas Street, Bristol. and then from 1898 to 1906 at 98, Hampton Road, Bristol. He then moved to 24, Bridge Street, Bristol until 1914.
In 1904 William Venn Gough designed the Technical Institute and Seely Library, Newport, Isle of Wight
Newport is the county town of the Isle of Wight, an island county off the south coast of England. The town is slightly north of the centre of the island, and is in the civil parish of Newport and Carisbrooke. It has a quay at the head of the na ...
; the building was Grade 2 listed in 1972.
In 1908 Gough designed the memorial for John Kay, inventor of the Flying Shuttle in Kay Gardens, Bury, Lancashire, the memorial was grade 2 listed in 1985.
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