Frank Peck (1863–1931) was an architect who was articled to Watkins and Scorer of Lincoln (1879–84).
Career
He started work with
Edward I'Anson
Edward I'Anson (25 July 1812 – 30 January 1888) was an English architect who was president of both the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Surveyors' Institution. He was a leading designer of commercial buildings in the City of Londo ...
in 1884 and then worked as Chief Assistant to
Aston Webb
Sir Aston Webb, (22 May 1849 – 21 August 1930) was a British architect who designed the principal facade of Buckingham Palace and the main building of the Victoria and Albert Museum, among other major works around England, many of them in par ...
between 1887 and 1895. He became an
ARIBA
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 ...
in 1898 and set up an office at 27 Old Queen's Street, Westminster. He was responsible for designing Government Offices and also industrial complexes. In 1908 he designed the 1st phase of Grace Marple's ''Petwood'' at Woodhall Spa and in 1910 a very early sugar beet factory at
Sleaford
Sleaford is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. On the edge of the The Fens, Fenlands, it is north-east of Grantham, west of Boston, Lincolnshire, Boston, and sou ...
, which never appears to have been built. He was elected an
FRIBA
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 ...
in 1914. In 1915 he left England to settle in New Zealand, as he was unable to get sufficient work as the result of the War. He became the architect for a major Gothic Cathedral at Nelson in New Zealand. The cathedral was not fully completed, as a result of an earthquake in 1924.
Architectural work
Churches
*St Paul's Church, Kingston Hill, Surrey.
*St James’ Church, Streatham, London.(1910–12)
*St Saviour's Church, St Albans. Rood screen, Lady Chapel Interior.
*St Peter's, Woodhall Spa. -design for tower and spire.
*St Agnes, Spital, Windsor. New aisle.
New Zealand
*Presbyterian Church, Motueka. (1917)
Houses
*Pond's Farm, Beaconsfield.
* No.10 The Avenue, Lincoln. (1892) Queen Anne style. Brick. One bay to right, set between central wide arched recessed doorway and wide two storey canted bay windows to the right. Extended dormer cutting across the eaves, and balcony with set-back window above arch with balcony. Bay windows with six panes in upper sash and single pane in lower sash.
*''Petwood'', Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. (1905). Commissioned by Grace Maple, heiress of the furniture-store owner Sir John Blundell Maple. The bungalow first proposed in 1905 didn't meet her lavish tastes and the project quickly grew wings under architect the Frank Peck. The extended house became a grand affair of “Tudor to Jacobean” style.
[“Antram”, (1989), pp. 811]
*''Tummers'', Chalfont Grove, Buckinghamshire.
*Doctor's House, Goldhill, Buckinghamshire.
Literature
*Antram N (revised), Pevsner N & Harris J, (1989), ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire'', Yale University Press.
*Antonia Brodie (ed), ''Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914'': 2 Vols, British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects, 2001
On-line
*N.Z. Building Progress April 1917. (pg.92
*N.Z. Building Progress April 1917. (pg.92
References
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1863 births
1931 deaths
19th-century English architects
20th-century English architects
Architects from Lincolnshire
New Zealand architects