Edward Holmes (1832–1909) was a British architect from

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, England.

Family

He was the son of Edward Holmes and Elisa Henrietta Roulet, christened on 7 September 1832 in

St Mary's Church, Moseley St Mary's Church, Moseley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England located in Moseley, Birmingham. It is now part of a united benefice with St Anne's Church, Moseley. The War Memorial in the South-East corner of the Churchyard ...

. He was educated at Birmingham Free Grammar School. He married Mary Ann Briggs on 7 October 1856 at St Mary's Church,

Moseley Moseley ( ') is an affluent suburb in south Birmingham, England, south of the city centre. It is located within the eponymous Moseley ward of the constituency of Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley (UK Parliament constituency), Hall Green and ...

. Mary Ann was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Briggs. There were three children: Elizabeth Henriette Holmes (1857 - 1944), Edward Briggs Holmes (1858 - 1920) and Gertrude Fanny Holmes (1861-1938). There is a brass plaque in

St Mary's Church, Selly Oak St. Mary's Church, Selly Oak is a Church of England parish church in Selly Oak, Birmingham, England. History The parish of St. Mary was from part of the parish of St. Laurence, Northfield in 1862. The church is set back from the main Bristol ...

to the memory of Mary Ann Holmes aged 31 years, wife of Edward Holmes (Architect of this Church) who died 5 November 1861 and is buried in the Family Vault at

. Holmes married Mary Lavinia Hemming on 27 May 1863 in

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. They had a further 11 children. He was for many years architect to the King’s Norton School Board, and to King’s Norton District Council. For this and for the Aston and Handsworth Boards he designed a number of school buildings. He contracted pneumonia just before Christmas 1909 and died at Wyndcliffe, School Road, Moseley on 30 December 1909 and his funeral was held in Moseley parish church on 3 January 1910. Mary Lavinia died in 1921.

Buildings designed

*Corn Exchange, High Street, Alcester 1857-58 (demolished) *West Bromwich Cemetery Chapels 1858 *Lodge and twin mortuary chapels,

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Cemetery. 1858 *Foleshill New Workhouse, Coventry 1858 *Corporation Baths, Woodcock Street, Birmingham 1859-60 *

All Saints' Church, King's Heath All Saints' Church, King's Heath, is a Grade II listed Church of England parish in the Anglican Diocese of Birmingham. History The church was constructed by Edward Holmes and Frederick Preedy in 1860. It was consecrated on 26 July 1860 by Henr ...

with

Frederick Preedy Frederick Preedy (2 June 1820 – 28 March 1898) was an architect and glass painter in England. Life Preedy was born in Offenham near Evesham in Worcestershire and died at his son's home in Croydon. During his early life, his family moved f ...

, 1860 *

. 1861 *Moseley Independent Congregational chapel. 1862 *St James' Church,

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. New roof. 1862. *National Schools, Oldbury 1864 *The Royal Sutton Hotel, Sutton Coldfield railway station 1864-65 *'' Exchange Building, 1865. Enlarged 1877. Demolished 1965.''''Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham'', Andy Foster, 2005, * Immanuel Church, Broad Street, Birmingham. 1865 *Former Masonic Hall, Ethel Street, Birmingham, 1865-69 *Masonic Hall,

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1867-68 *Lady Chapel addition to St Paul's Church, Moseley Road, Balsall Heath. 1865. *

St John The Divine, Horninglow St John the Divine is the Church of England parish church in the suburb of Horninglow, north west of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. It is part of the Diocese of Lichfield. The church was built in 1866, designed by Edward Holmes (architect) ...

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. 1866 *

St Mark's, Winshill St Mark's is the Church of England parish church for the Burton upon Trent suburb of Winshill, east of the town. It is part of the Diocese of Derby. Built to the west of Winshill and commanding a prominent spot high above Burton upon Trent, St ...

, Burton-on-Trent, 1869 *Midland Bank,

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. 1867-69 (now Apple retail store) *37

Bennetts Hill Bennetts Hill is a street in the core area of Birmingham City Centre, United Kingdom. It runs from New Street, uphill to Colmore Row, crossing Waterloo Street in the process. It is within the Colmore Row conservation area. History Bennetts ...

, Birmingham. 1868-1870 *

Kings Norton Kings Norton, alternatively King's Norton, is an area of Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Worcestershire, it was also a Birmingham City Council war ...

Workhouse. 1870 *Penkridge Union Workhouse, Cannock 1870 *Wesleyan Chapel, Station Street, Burton on Trent 1870-71 *

St Paul's Church, Dosthill St Paul's Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Dosthill, Staffordshire, England. History The foundation stone was laid on 5 October 1870 by Mr. Farmer. The church was built between 1870 and 1872 to designs of t ...

. 1872 *George Wilkinson and Co, Ashted Steam Brewery, Ashted Row, Birmingham. 1874 *St Peter’s Church, Drayton Bassett 1875 (restoration) *Board School, Attleboro Lane, Water Orton 1878 *Board School, Vicarage Street/Sycamore Road, Aston 1878 *

St Alphege Church, Solihull St Alphege Church, Solihull, is a medieval parish church in the Church of England in Solihull, West Midlands. History The church is medieval, dating from the 13th century. The previous spire was 59m and collapsed in 1757: the current spire is 57 ...

1879 (restorations) *Former Medical Mission, River Street, Birmingham, 1880 *Chadwick Manor, Balsall, Solihull *Alcester Brewery 1887 *Board Schools, Rookery Road, Handsworth 1899

References

External links

Irish Architecture site entry on Grand Masonic HallDerwent Valley Mills entry on Belper CemeteryProject Gutenberg entry on Showells' dictionary of Birmingham
19th-century English architects 1832 births 1909 deaths Architects from Birmingham, West Midlands People educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham {{UK-architect-stub