John Armitage (9 May 1874 – 1 November 1953) was an English architect based in Nottingham and London.
Career
He was born in 1874 in Nottingham, the son of Samuel Fox Armitage (1830–1914) and Joanna Jarrett (1836–1922). He was educated at
Bootham School
Bootham School is a private Quaker boarding school, on Bootham in the city of York in England. It accepts boys and girls ages 3–19 and had an enrolment of 605 pupils in 2016. It is one of seven Quaker schools in England.
The school was ...
, York, and then apprecenticed to
Arthur Brewill
Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur William Lancelot Brewill (17 May 1861 – 18 February 1923) was an architect based in Nottingham.
Background and family
He was the son of William Rastall Brewill (1804–1897) and Sophia (1820–1886). He was educated ...
and
Basil Baily
Captain Basil Edgar Baily FRIBA (14 January 1869 – 1942) was an architect based in Nottingham. Much of his earlier work had to do with nearby churches.
Background and family
Basil Baily was born in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, son of th ...
.
He commenced independent practice in Nottingham in 1898 and opened an office in Westminster in 1900. From 1902 to 1904 he took Francis Giesler Newton as an articled pupil, and from 1903 to 1904 he took William Barnet Wyllie.
On 16 March 1904, he was initiated into the Cordwainer Ward Lodge and was recorded as being resident in Broad Sanctuary, London.
He is recorded as living in Nottingham in the 1901 and 1911 censuses.
He married Olga Ramsey (1878–1941), daughter of farmer Robert Ramsey, on 1 July 1907 in
St Barnabas' Church, Pimlico.
He died in 1953 in Surrey.
[''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995'']
Notable works
*Electrical company works, Berwick upon Tweed, 1903 (now demolished)
*Morley’s Cafe, 34 to 36
Wheeler Gate, Nottingham 1908
References
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1874 births
Architects from Nottingham
People educated at Bootham School
1953 deaths