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词条 Holland W. Hobbiss
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  1. Life

  2. Works

  3. References

  4. Sources

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Holland William Hobbiss, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|FRIBA}} (8 February 1880 – 22 July 1970) was an English architect in the Birmingham area. He traded under the names Holland W. Hobbiss and Partners and Holland W. Hobbiss and M. A. H. Hobbiss.

Life

Hobbiss was born in Birmingham on 8 February 1880, the eldest son of Henry Hobbiss, a school master and later a lecturer in a teaching college, and his wife, Alice.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

In 1914 Hobbiss won a national competition (and 25 guineas prize) for his design of agricultural workers cottages in Essex.[1] During the First World War, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} Between 1956-1958 Hobbiss was elected and sat as president of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.

His signature brick pattern was English garden wall bond with three rows of stretchers between each row of headers.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

A number of his buildings were decorated by the sculptor William Bloye.

He died in Birmingham in 1970.

Works

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He designed:

  • St Mark's Church House, Washwood Heath, 1909–10
  • Fox and Goose pub, Washwood Heath, 1913
  • The Bear Public House, Stratford Road, Sparkhill
  • The Antelope, Birmingham, Stratford Road, Sparkhill 1922 Listed Grade II in 1991[2] (with Bloye sculptures)
  • St Giles, Church Road, Rowley Regis, 1923 with A. S. Dixon.[3]
  • The Guild of Students, University of Birmingham, 1928-30. Extended 1948-51 and 1960. (with Bloye sculptures)
  • Queens College, Somerset Road, Edgbaston. Residential block and lodge 1929-30, chapel 1938-47
  • Pitmaston, formerly the Ideal Benefit Society Building, Goodby Road, Edgbaston, 1930-1. Listed Grade II in 2002[4]
  • Christ Church, Burney Lane, Ward End, 1935[5] (with Bloye sculptures) Listed Grade II in 2009[5]
  • St Francis' Hall, University of Birmingham, 1936. Extended 1968-9.
  • Crematorium and chapel at Lodge Hill Cemetery in Selly Oak, 1936–37
  • Three Tuns Hotel, Lichfield Street, Tamworth, opened 1937 [6]
  • Holy Cross church, Brigfield Road, Billesley Common, 1937[5]
  • King Edward's School, 1937-47. He rebuilt and clad with brick the upper corridor of the New Street (Charles Barry) King Edward's school as the current chapel, 1952-3. Chapel listed Grade II listed[7]
  • King Edward VI High School for Girls, 1937-47.
  • St Edmund, Reddings Lane, Tyseley, 1939-40[5]
  • St Mary and St John, Alum Rock Road, 1934-5 [5]
  • Chemical Engineering Building, University of Birmingham, 1960 (Holland W. Hobbiss and Partners)[8]
  • Edgbaston High School for Girls, 1960 (Holland W. Hobbiss and Partners)
  • Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI, Foundation Offices.
  • The Copcut Elm, Salwarpe, 1937[9]

He also designed a number of unnamed houses in Amesbury Road and Russell Road in Moseley.[10]

He completed the west end of St Gregory the Great's Church, Small Heath in 1926-1928 Listed Grade II listed in 1994 [11]

References

1. ^{{cite news |title=Cottages For Agricultural Labourers - Successes Of Birmingham Architects |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=2 May 1914 |page=7 |accessdate=30 September 2014 |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000033%2f19140502%2f184| via= British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}}
2. ^{{NHLE|num=1276234|desc=|accessdate=5 March 2017}}
3. ^The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p89
4. ^{{NHLE |num=1393669 |desc=Pitmaston House|grade=II |accessdate=24 April 2015}}
5. ^{{NHLE|num=1393385|desc=|accessdate=5 March 2017}}
6. ^{{cite news |title=Tamworth's Newest House Opened - The "Three Tuns" |work=Lichfield Mercury |date=17 December 1937 |page=11 |accessdate=30 September 2014 |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000379%2f19371217%2f255| via= British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}}
7. ^{{IoE|217030|King Edward's School chapel|accessdate=18 August 2006}}
8. ^The Buildings of England: Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood, 1966, 2003, {{ISBN|0-300-09679-8}}
9. ^{{Worcestershire https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3sG9568rRJsC&pg=PA589&lpg=PA589&dq=Holland+W+Hobbiss&source=bl&ots=Bs1WyM48cR&sig=pe5ND1i4aXHAXW-JSS_VPUShDe0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi29KO7hMDSAhXDYJoKHeXvC_o4ChDoAQg3MAg#v=onepage&q=Holland%20W%20Hobbiss&f=false}}
10. ^[https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/.../moseley_conservation_area_character_appraisal_]
11. ^{{NHLE|num=1234443|desc=|accessdate=5 March 2017}}

Sources

  • Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham, Andy Foster, 2005, {{ISBN|0-300-10731-5}}
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