Samuel Perkins Pick (1858
Samuel Perkins Pick FRIBA
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was an English
architect
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strongly associated with
Leicestershire, and co-founder of the architecture and civil engineering firm
Pick Everard
Pick Everard is a UK based multi-disciplinary consultancy, operating primarily in the built environment. They offer services including Architecture, BIM services, Building services engineering, Civil engineering, Cost and commercial management, En ...
.
Early career
The son of a veterinary surgeon, Pick was born in
Kettering
Kettering is a market and industrial town in North Northamptonshire, England. It is located north of London and north-east of Northampton, west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place (or territory) of ...
and educated at
Kibworth
Kibworth is an area of the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, that contains two civil parishes: the villages of Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt . At the 2011 census, Kibworth Beauchamp had a population of 5,433 and Kib ...
Grammar School,
where he was introduced to two artists (Harry Ward and
John Fulleylove
John Fulleylove (18 Aug 1845 – 22 May 1908) was an English landscape artist and illustrator.
Life
Born in Leicester, he originally trained as an architect with local firm "Shenton and Baker", before becoming an artist in watercolours and oi ...
) who encouraged him to produce drawings of buildings, some of which were published in ''
The Builder
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''.
In 1884, when he was awarded a medal by the
Worshipful Company of Plaisterers
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, he was described as an architectural apprentice of
John Breedon Everard
John Breedon Everard (22 September 1844 – 12 September 1923) was an English civil engineer and architect strongly associated with works in Leicestershire, and co-founder of the firm Pick Everard.
Career
Everard was born in Groby, Leicestershi ...
of
Leicester and assistant teacher at the Leicester School of Art.
In 1888 he entered into partnership with Everard. In 1911, the partnership was expanded to include
William Keay William Keay (1869-1952) was an English civil engineer and architect particularly associated with works in Leicestershire.
Career
Born in Leicester, Keay began his career as a civil engineer working with Everard, Son and Pick from 1911, while als ...
, forming the partnership of Pick, Everard and Keay, with premises at 6 Millstone Lane, Leicester.
Major work
His works included:
*the County Mental Hospital (later known as
Carlton Hayes Hospital
Carlton Hayes Hospital, Narborough, Leicestershire was the psychiatric hospital of Leicestershire from 1907 to 1995.
History
The complex was built to the designs of Samuel Perkins Pick (1858-1919), a well-known Leicester architect, in the Art Nou ...
) at
Narborough (1904–07)
*extensions to the
Leicester Royal Infirmary
The Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) is a National Health Service hospital in Leicester, England. It is located to the south-west of the city centre. It has an accident and emergency department and is managed by of the University Hospitals ...
, the Leicestershire and Rutland Lunatic Asylum (now the Fielding Johnson Building of the
University of Leicester
, mottoeng = So that they may have life
, established =
, type = public research university
, endowment = £20.0 million
, budget = £326 million
, chancellor = David Willetts
, vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah
, head_la ...
), the Borough Mental Hospital (The
Towers Hospital
The Towers Hospital was a mental health facility in Humberstone, Leicestershire, England. The administration building, which became known as George Hine House, is a Grade II listed building.
History
The site chosen for the hospital had previousl ...
), and Leicester's technical and art schools (now the Hawthorn Building of
De Montfort University
De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England. It was established in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 as a degree awarding body. The name De Montfort University was ta ...
).
*the Midlands Agricultural and Dairy College (1895; today the
University of Nottingham
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's
Sutton Bonington Campus
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) at
Kingston on Soar
Kingston on Soar is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England.
Description
Setting
Kingston on Soar predominantly lies within the Trent Washlands character area, and partially in the Nottinghamshire ...
, Nottinghamshire
*extensions to the
Royal Hampshire County Hospital
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,
Winchester
*major extensions to
Addenbrooke's Hospital
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,
Cambridge
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, and the Coppice Mental Hospital, Nottingham.
*St Michael and All Angels Church, Leicester (1897–98)
*the
Parr's Bank
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building in St. Martin's, Leicester (1900 - later National Westminster Bank)
*St Phillip's Church, Leicester (1909–13)
*houses in Victoria Park Road, Leicester
*the façade of the Marquis Wellington
pub
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, 139 London Road, Leicester
He twice served as president of the Leicester Society of Architects, was elected a fellow and vice-president of the
Royal Institute of British Architects
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, a fellow of the
Society of Antiquaries, and a member of the
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) (also known as Anti-Scrape) is an amenity society founded by William Morris, Philip Webb, and others in 1877 to oppose the destructive 'restoration' of ancient buildings occurring in ...
.
References
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1858 births
1919 deaths
Architects from Leicester
Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects
People from Kettering