James St Clair Wade (born 1962) is a retired British architect. He was educated at

Shrewsbury School Shrewsbury School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Shrewsbury. Founded in 1552 by Edward VI by royal charter, to replace the town's Saxon collegiate foundations which were disestablished in the sixteenth century, Shrewsb ...

, and was a scholar at

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch L ...

before attending

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

Education

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, he studied under by

Eric Parry Eric Owen Parry (born 24 March 1952) is a British architect, designer, writer and educator. Parry is the founder and principal of Eric Parry Architects established in London in 1983. His built work includes the restoration and renewal of St Mar ...

Nicholas Hare Sir Nicholas Hare of Bruisyard, Suffolk (c. 1495 – 31 October 1557) was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1539 and 1540. Life Hare was the eldest son of John Hare and Elizabeth Fortescue and was born about 1495. His father wa ...

and Peter Carl. He won the E. S. Prior Prize (1984). At Harvard, he was one of four subjects depicted by

David Hockney David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English Painting, painter, Drawing, draughtsman, Printmaking, printmaker, Scenic design, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considere ...

in the Harvard Etching (1986).

Work and recognition

His early work at Carline Fields, Shrewsbury, for Arrol Architects, was selected for inclusion in the Prince of Wales' ''

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'' (1989). As a team leader at

Nicholas Hare Architects Nicholas Hare Architects is a UK architectural practice, with a portfolio of award-winning projects. These include schools, higher education, refurbishment, commercial projects, and buildings for the arts. Founded by Nicholas Hare in 1977, the pr ...

, he led educational projects at

Benenden Benenden is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The parish is located on the Weald, to the west of Tenterden. In addition to the main village, Iden Green, East End, Dingleden and Standen Street set ...

and

Leighton Park Leighton Park School is a co-educational private school for both day and boarding pupils in Reading in South East England. The school's ethos is closely tied to the Quaker values, having been founded as a Quaker School in 1890. The school's etho ...

schools. His conservation work, whilst at Arrol Architects, has been recognised with the SPAB John Betjeman Award (2005) as well as a Georgian Group Award (Best Restoration of a Church, 2010). His newbuild work has also featured in the latest edition of Pevsner's ''

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'' (2006). Whilst Senior Architect at Arrol Architects, he contributed to major schemes of restoration and repair at

Lincoln Castle Lincoln Castle is a major medieval castle constructed in Lincoln, England, during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress. The castle is unusual in that it has two mottes. It is one of only ...

and

York Minster York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, is an Anglicanism, Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second-highest of ...

. He has acted as an Assessor fo
The Register of Architects Accredited in Building Conservation
As an illustrator, Wade has contributed to a number of books, including, with Charles Foster, a long-running series of caricatures to '' Shooting Times Magazine''. Since 2019 he has been drawing Shrewsbury’s historic streetscape in a systematic series of drawings. Shrewsbury Streetscape Project.

References

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