William Bonython Moffatt (1812 – 24 May 1887) was an architect, who for many years was a partner with Sir

George Gilbert Scott Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), largely known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he ...

at Spring Gardens, London. Moffatt was the son of a small builder and pupil of

James Edmeston James Edmeston (10 September 1791 – 7 January 1867) was an English architect and surveyor; he was also known as a prolific writer of church hymns. He was born in Wapping, Middlesex, England. His maternal grandfather was the Reverend Samuel ...

. He was originally taken on by Scott to assist with drawings, and then as site architect on four

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire ( ; abbreviated Northants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshi ...

workhouse In Britain and Ireland, a workhouse (, lit. "poor-house") was a total institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment. In Scotland, they were usually known as Scottish poorhouse, poorh ...

s. Moffatt died in 1887 at Summercourt, Cornwall aged 75. He was buried at

St Enoder St Enoder () is a civil parish and hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated five miles (8 km) southeast of Newquay. There is an electoral ward bearing this name which includes St Columb Road. The population at t ...

Church,

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

References

Peter Higginbotham's website on Workhouses
*Directory of British Architects 1834–1900, comp. A. Felstead, J. Franklin and L. Pinfield (R.I.B.A., 1993) 1812 births 1887 deaths 19th-century English architects Gothic Revival architects {{UK-architect-stub