Arthur Young (1853 – 22 December 1924), was an English architect, particularly of Catholic churches.

Career

He was born in 1853 at

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, the second son of Charles Edward Young, and was educated there at Stamford Grammar School, and then studied for two years at the "Technische Schule" at St Gall in Switzerland. He was then articled to Philip Causton Lockwood, Borough Surveyor of Brighton from 1870-3, before working in the offices of E. J. Tarver; followed by the noted church architect

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; and then George Sommers Clarke between 1870 and 1879. He commenced work in London in 1877. He was working from 19 Queen Anne's Gate in Westminster in 1886 and from 5 South Square, Gray's Inn in 1914. He became a

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in 1886. "Brodie A.",(2001), Vol 2, 1087

Notable buildings

* Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Harrow (1894) *

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(1907) * Our Lady and St. Augustine,

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(1909) * St Edmund's parish chapel, Old Hall * Dominican convent at Watford * Convent of Our Lady of Sion * Catholic High School, at Bayswater * New wing at Ratcliffe College * St Edward the Confessor Church, Golders Green * Church of St Edmund of Canterbury and English Martyrs,

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(1911) *

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(1914) * Our Lady's,

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* St Dominic's, Harrow

References

Literature

*Brodie A. (ed),(2001), ''Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914'': 2 Vols, British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects. {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Arthur 1853 births 1924 deaths Architects from Lincolnshire People from Stamford, Lincolnshire