John Shewell Corder
John Sewell Corder (1856 Westoe, South Tyneside – 1922) was an English architect and artist.
Early life
John was the son of Frederick Corder and Jane Ransome, daughter of James Ransome.[1] Along with other siblings the family moved to Ipswich in 1860.[2]
Architectural career
Corder worked on the exposed timbers and plaster work of the Black Boy using a tudor style
Corder has been credited with over 100 commissions. These include:[2]
- Boscombe House, 65 Anglesea Road, Ipswich, (Grade II listed building)
- Hacheston Lodge, The Street, Hacheston
- Extra classrooms for Woodbridge School in Burkitt road, Woodbridge, Suffolk,
- Work on the Black Boy public house, Sudbury
- Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo, 1910. Home of Edith Pretty during the 1938-39 excavation of the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon burial mounds.[3]
He trained Harold Ridley Hooper who later became a prominent Ipswich architect.[4]
Publications
- The Corner Posts of Ipswich
- Christchurch or Withepole House: A Brief Memorial (1893) S. H. Cowell: Ipswich
References
- "Corder, John Shewell". suffolkartists.co.uk. Suffolk Artists. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- "Suffolk People". historicalsuffolk.com. Historical Suffolk Research. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- Bettley & Pevsner 2015, pp. 538-539.
- Antonia Brodie, ed. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: A-K. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 945–946. ISBN 0-8264-5513-1.
Sources
- Bettley, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2015). Suffolk: East. Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-19654-2.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.