Edward William Mountford

The Old Bailey

Sheffield Town Hall

Lancaster Town Hall

Edward William Mountford (22 September 1855 - 7 February 1908) was an English architect, noted for his Edwardian Baroque style, who designed the Old Bailey.

Life

He was born in Shipston-on-Stour, Worcestershire and was educated privately. He married twice, to Jessie Smith (18 June 1888) and, following her death, Dorothy Hounsham (11 July 1903). He had a son (who became an architect) from his first marriage, and a daughter from his second. He died in London on 7 February 1908.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and President of the Architectural Association.

Notable Buildings

• Sheffield Town Hall 1890
• Battersea Town Hall 1892
• St Olave's Grammar School 1893
• Northampton Institute 1896
• Old Bailey 1900–1907
• Lancaster Town Hall 1909
• College of Technology and Museum Extension 1896–1909

With Herbert Appleton

• St Paul's Church, Forest Hill 1882^[1] (destroyed by bombing 1943)^[2]
• Elm Road Baptist Church, Beckenham 1883–84^[1]

References

1. Homan, Roger (1984). The Victorian Churches of Kent. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. p. 105. ISBN 0-85033-466-7.
2. Homan, Roger (1984). The Victorian Churches of Kent. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. p. 58. ISBN 0-85033-466-7.

• 'Mountford, Edward William', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (subscription required), accessed 17 July 2015