W. B. Stonebridge

Walter Butler Stonebridge FRIBA (8 September 1879 – 1 November 1962) was an architect, Diocesan Surveyor for Ely and St Albans and afterwards Surveyor for the Archdeaconry of Bedford.[1][2][3][4][5] He was president of the Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Society of Architects in 1932.[1]

Early life

Stonebridge was born on 8 September 1879 at Oakley, Bedfordshire, and christened Walter Charles Butler Stonebridge.[6] He was the son of Charles Stonebridge, a Carpenter and Surveyor of Works, and his wife Emily.[7] Stonebridge was educated at Bedford Modern School and then articled to the architectural practice of Messrs Highton and Ardron of Bedford and Westminster between 1895 and 1899.[1][8]

Career

After Highton and Ardron, Stonebridge was an Assistant in the Duke of Bedford’s Estate Office, to H. Ban of Maidstone and to John E. Kingham of Aldershot.[1] He commenced independent practice in 1903 in Woburn Sands and Bedford.[1] Following the outbreak of World War I, Stonebridge served with the 1/7 West Yorkshire Regiment leaving at the end of the war as a Lance-Corporal.[9]

After the war, Stonebridge became Ecclesiastical Surveyor for the Dioceses of Ely and St Albans and was thereafter Diocesan Surveyor for Bedford.[1] In the latter years of his career in private practice, he worked in partnership with H.A. Harris.[10]

Stonebridge was elected LRIBA on 9 January 1911,[1] and FRIBA in 1925.[1][11] He was president of the Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Society of Architects in 1932.[1]

Family life

Stonebridge married Jane Winslade on 11 January 1905 at the Church of St John the Evangelist in Hale, Surrey.[12] They had a son, Bernard Butler Stonebridge, and a daughter, Mary Julia Stonebridge.[13][14] His wife predeceased him on 24 December 1961 and Stonebridge died on 1 November 1962 at Barton on Sea in Hampshire.[15]

Selected works

The Church of St Nicholas, Hockliffe

References

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  3. "An American's guide to English parish churches". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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  5. "The Kalendar of the Royal Institute of British Architects". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  6. "Ancestry™ - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  7. 1881 England Census
  8. 1 2 "Brown Book". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  9. UK, WW1 Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-20.
  10. "Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue - Details". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  11. "RIBA Journal". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  12. Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754–1937
  13. 1911 England Census
  14. England & Wales, Free BMD Birth Index, 1837–1915
  15. England and Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1965
  16. http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/CommunityArchives/Hockliffe/HockliffeChurchRepairsAndAlterations.aspx
  17. "WOBURN SANDS COLLECTION". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  18. "Roll of Honour - Bedfordshire - Woburn Sands". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  19. http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/CommunityArchives/Elstow/ElstowLodge.aspx
  20. "CAMPTON : Campton Manor Alterations and additions (W.B. Stonebridge of Bedford,...". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  21. http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/communityandliving/archivesandrecordoffice/communityarchives/irelandrowney/gastlings.aspx
  22. "Plan. New rectory, Pertenhall. Architect -.WB Stonebridge and HA Harris". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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