Ernest Richard Eckett Sutton
Ernest Richard Eckett Sutton (1860 - 19 July 1946) FRIBA (also Richard Ernest Eckett Sutton) was an English architect based in Nottingham.[1]
Career
[edit]He was born the son of Richard Charles Sutton and was articled to him in 1876. Later he was assistant to Alfred Waterhouse and then Sir Arthur William Blomfield. He started in independent practice in Nottingham in partnership with his father in 1895, and was then in partnership with Frederick William Charles Gregory from 1904 to 1914.
He was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects on 9 January 1905. He was president of the Nottinghamshire Architectural Society from 1912-1913 and first president of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Architectural Society from 1913-1914.
He died on 19 July 1946[2] and left an estate valued at £6610 (equivalent to £346,300 in 2023),[3] to his son, Cecil Alfred Leonard Sutton.
Notable works
[edit]- Offices, King Street/Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham 1899[4]
- Gordon Boys’ Home 1902-03[5]
- Mansfield Library 1904-05[6]
- Branch dispensary, Gregory Boulevard, Hyson Green, Nottingham 1904-1905
- 10-11 Poultry, Nottingham 1905-06[7]
- Warehouse, 1 Hollowstone, Nottingham 1908[8]
- Seacroft Hydro Hotel, Skegness (now The Royal Renaissance Hotel)) 1908
- St Helen's Church, Grindleford, Derbyshire 1910
- Congregational Church, Abington Avenue, Northampton 1910[9]
- Mansfield Road Baptist Church 1912-13
- 5 Pelham Street, Nottingham 1913
- St Faith's Church, Nottingham 1913-15
- Basford Library, Vernon Park, Nottingham 1926[10]
- Bulwell Baptist Church 1930
- Hartley Road Children's Home, Nottingham
References
[edit]- ^ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 2 (L-Z). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 738. ISBN 082645514X.
- ^ "Death of Mr. E.R.E. Sutton". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 19 July 1946. Retrieved 20 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Harwood, Elain (2008). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780300126662.
- ^ Harwood, Elain (2008). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. p. 139. ISBN 9780300126662.
- ^ "Mansfield's New Library". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 24 May 1905. Retrieved 20 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Harwood, Elain (2008). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. p. 92. ISBN 9780300126662.
- ^ Historic England. "1, Hollowstone (1387164)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "Congregationalism. New Church at Northampton built to Nottingham Architects Plans". Nottingham Journal. England. 20 September 1910. Retrieved 20 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Ring of Ten Libraries". Nottingham Journal. England. 1 December 1926. Retrieved 20 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.