Charles Trubshaw FRIBA (1840 – 15 February 1917) was an architect specifically associated with railway buildings on the
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest joint stock company in the world.
Dubbed the "Premier Line", the LNWR's main line connec ...
and
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 in rail transport, 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had ...
lines.
Career
He trained as an architect in the office of his father, also Charles Trubshaw (1811–1862), a civil engineer and also
county surveyor for
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, ...
.
[Midland Hotel, Bradford]
Charles Trubshaw, Architect
He was appointed Associate of the
Royal Institute of British Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...
on 6 February 1864, and Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects on 6 November 1882.
He was on the engineering and architectural staff of the
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest joint stock company in the world.
Dubbed the "Premier Line", the LNWR's main line connec ...
1864–1874. He was then architect to the Northern Division of the
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 in rail transport, 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had ...
from 1874. On the death of
John Holloway Sanders in 1884 he became chief architect to the
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 in rail transport, 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had ...
, and held this position until 1905.
Work
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Kettering railway station
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Shipley railway station
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Skipton railway station
Skipton railway station is a Grade II listed station which serves the market town of Skipton in North Yorkshire, England. It is a stop on the Airedale Line, which provides access to destinations such as Leeds, Bradford, Carlisle, Lancaster, Lan ...
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Hellifield railway station 1880
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Kimberley West railway station 1882
[Kimberley Town Council]
Committee Minutes 2009
Bennerley
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Keighley railway station 1883–1885
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Midland Hotel, Bradford
The Midland Hotel is a 90- bedroom three-star Victorian hotel in Bradford city centre, owned and managed by Britannia Hotels.
The architect was Charles Trubshaw, who was contracted to design many railway stations for Midland Railway Company. ...
1885–1890
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Oakhurst House,
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...
1888 Enlargement
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Bradford Forster Square railway station 1890
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Bingley railway station 1892
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Derby railway station 1893 – extensions (demolished)
[Marcus Binney, 'Crunch time at Derby', ''Country Life'', 8 September 1983, 631]
*Midland Railway Institute, Derby 1894
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Leicester railway station
Leicester railway station (formerly Leicester Campbell Street and Leicester London Road) is a main line railway station in the city of Leicester, in Leicestershire, England. The station is managed by East Midlands Railway and owned by Network R ...
1892–1894
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Langley Mill railway station 1895
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Midland Hotel, Manchester
The Midland Hotel is a grand hotel in Manchester, England. Opened in 1903, it was built by the Midland Railway to serve Manchester Central railway station, its northern terminus for its rail services to St Pancras railway station, London St Pan ...
1898 – 1903
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Nottingham Midland railway station 1904
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Sheffield station 1905 enlargement
References
Trubshaw, Charlesat steamindex.com
1840 births
1917 deaths
19th-century English architects
British railway architects
Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Midland Railway people
London and North Western Railway people
Architects from Staffordshire
Associates of the Royal Institute of British Architects
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