Maurice Bingham Adams FRIBA (1849–1933) was a British

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in the Arts and Crafts style.Curl, J. S., & Wilson, S., (2015) ''The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture'', 3rd edn, (OUP, Oxford)

Life

Adams was born in 1849 and educated in

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Maurice Bingham Adams After completing his articles as an apprentice architect, he worked as an assistant to Sir William Emerson and commenced independent practice in 1873.Dictionary of Scottish Architects
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Maurice Bingham Adams He was awarded

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in 1876 and FRIBA in 1886. His wife was Emily (died 1927) and their marriage lasted 60 years: they had one son and six daughters.The Bedford Park Society
Architecture and architects. He retired in 1923 and died on 17 August 1933 in

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Work

He was Architect to Brighton Council and from 1872 till his retirement was editor of the weekly ''Building News'', whose owner

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also commissioned him for many buildings, notably in the Bedford Park garden suburb, designing several houses there and completing St Michael and All Angels. In 1878 he moved to Bedford Park, and was one of the first two

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s of St Michael and All Angels. He was a prolific architect of public libraries. Other work included Camberwell Polytechnic and Art Gallery and country houses in England, Australia and the USA. He published several books including ''Artists' Homes'' (1883) and ''Modern Cottage Architecture'' (1904).Modern Cottage Architecture
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Buildings

Maurice Bingham Adams houses on Newton Grove for JC Dollman 1880

* Passmore Edwards Public Library, Shepherd's Bush
Passmore Edwards Public Library, Acton
*Passmore Edwards Library, Burgess Park, Camberwellwww.geograph.org.uk/
Former Passmore Edwards Library, Burgess Park * Isolation Home, Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshirearchiseek.com/
1898 – Isolation Home, Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire * Frederick Greene Home, Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshirearchiseek.com/
1898 – Frederick Greene Home, Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire * Lord Leighton Memorial, Camberwellarchiseek.com/
1896 – Lord Leighton Memorial, Camberwell, London * Central Library, Hammersmith,archiseek.com/
1903 – Central Library, Hammersmith, London * Passmore Edwards Polytechnic, Camberwellarchiseek.com/
1903 – Passmore Edwards Polytechnic, Camberwell, London * 12 and 14 Newton Grove, 5 Priory Avenue, Bedford Park

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Maurice Bingham Architects from Sussex 1849 births 1933 deaths Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects Arts and Crafts movement Churchwardens