Wiltshire architects abington, L. J. ?not an architect

1898-9 Holy Rood RC school, Groundwell Rd, Swindon, Wilts; WBR2; Br 1898b 198 and 260;

(1897 adds No 20 Bathwick Hill, Bath, Som, S&R; SNB;

(1899 Factory, Bath Cabinet Making Co, Bath, Som; ill on Archiseek website;

1899 Holy Rood RC School, Groundwell Rd, Swindon, Wilts; WBR2

(1900 Façade, 46 Milsom St, Bath; S&R; SNB, for their own offices;

1900 Junior School, Newtown, Trowbridge, Wilts; British Schools by S&R ill BN 14.6.01, Archiseek website; TBS BoE 535; FS 28.4.00;

(1899-1902 TH, Lloyd St, Llandudno, Caerns; built by S&R to orig des of 1894 by TBS)

1901 Capital & Counties Bank, The Strand, Calne now The Old Bank House, plans undated in WSHC G18/760/11 ?wrongly said to date from 1891-2, building dated 1901;

(1902 shopfront, No 32 Milsom St, Bath, Som; S&R; SNB;

1902 Winsley House, Winsley; WBR S&R for Arthur Lee of South Kensington; WT 12.4.02; plans Br 17.9.04 J Long & Sons bldrs; EJ Trotman clerk of works; on ground plan of old house which had to be demolished;

(1902-3 B chapel, The Triangle, Oldfield Pk, Bath, Som; SNB; B chapel and schools, Twerton, Bath, ill Br 15.3.1902

1903-4 Winsley Sanatorium, Winsley; WBR S&R; architect TBS WG 12.6.03; built as sanatorium, FS 4.6.03, opened 16.12.04, £32,739/0/1d; Long of Bath builders; adds 1911 and 1932 by WS Skinner of Bristol, and 1954-5 by Gerrard Taylor of Bath, closed 1980s, altered as Avon Park geriatric village, but main range survives; John Willett Hospital Diary;

(1905 Hayward & Wooster offices, addition to 108 Walcot St, Bath; S&R; SNB;

1904-5 Grammar School, London Road, Marlborough; WBR; ARS 338-9 cost c£6000, tenders 1903, FS 1.8.04 opened 6.10.05; architects' engraving ill ARS 328; plans G22/760/224 for adds by Wilts County Architects 1939;

(1906-7 Wesleyan Cottage Homes, Churchill, Som, for Sidney Hill of Langford House; S&R, SNB;

(1906 alts WM chapel, Churchill, Som for S Hill of Langford House; new porch; C Stell; SNB; chapel by Foster & Wood qv 1879-80;

(1907 Sunday school, B chapel, Manvers St, Bath, Som; S&R; SNB;

1907 Ivy Lane primary school, Chippenham; plans 1895-1906 F10/100/65/8HC not seen; ?also the similar school in Wood Lane; Ivy Lane plans 1905 G3/760/242 not seen;

1909 internal alts Ashley House, Ashley, Box for S Robinson MP of Winsley House;

(1910 Sunday school, B chapel, Widcombe, Bath, Som; S&R; MF;

SILCOCK, THOMAS BALL. Architect, 46 Milsom St, Bath. 1854-1924. In practice from c1887, then with Samuel Sebastian Reay (S&R) from c1897. Mayor of Bath, 1900-1 and 1910-11, Liberal MP for Wells 1906-10, then lost to Conservative, did not stand again. Son of Thomas Ball Sillcock Sr, millwright, born Rode, Som, in 1797, of Staverton, Wilts, later of 6 St Margaret's Pl, Bradford on Avon, Wilts, deacon and treasurer of C chapel Bradford on Avon; WBR2; memoir Thomas Ball Silcock, by Nathaniel Micklem, 1924;

(1887-8 YMCA, Broad St, Bath, Som; TBS;

(1891 3rd prize, Municipal Buildings competition, Bath, Som; TBS; RHH; Arch 1.1.92;

(1891-2 adds Lansdown Grove Hotel, Bath; TBS; billiard room T: Br 23.11.89

(1892 2nd prize Shepton Mallet public offices, Som; RHH; TBS;

(1894 entrant Pump Room extension, Bath, competition, RHH;

1894-5 C chapel, Sanford St, Swindon, Wilts; glass by Swaine Bourne; BN 19.4.95 572 the stained glass by Swaine Bourne; dem; plans SA 28.4.94 TBS; £6080, SBC; TBS designed Sunday School 1898 WBR2, presumably Silcock & Reay; schoolroom burnt 1947;

(1894-5 1st pr Municipal Buildings, Llandudno, Caerns; RA 1895 TBS; ill AA 1895; blt 1899-1902 by S&R;

1895 Pew Hill House, Chippenham, Wilts; house at Chippenham by TBS, ill BN 8.11.95 archiseek; by S&R WBR; plan alts and adds AA 1895 146

1895 Technical Schools, Victoria Rd, Swindon; SA 27.4.95; SA 20.7.95 architect TBS be paid £250 and builders, Long & Sons qv of Bath be paid £500 second instalment; 1897 by S&R acc to WBR; converted to flats 2016;

1895-7 Technical School, Junction Rd, Bradford on Avon, Wilts; WBR; later Fitzmaurice Grammar School, now flats; plans WRO G/13/760/5; opened Feb 1897.

1898 Sunday school, C chapel, Sanford St, Swindon; dem; WBR2;

SILLEY, GEORGE MICHAEL. Architect to Wilts & Dorset Bank, 17 Craven St, London. Cf RIBAJ 7.11.1908 32 article on John Gibson by SF Clarkson: born 1843, four years from 1863 with Habershon & Pite qv, principal assistant to John Gibson qv 1869-73, won competition for Wilts & Dorset Bank branch in Bath, 1873, left Gibson for private practice and 'has since acted as architect for that bank (W&D), having built or altered most of their numerous premises'. Also designed St Paul church and vicarage, Harringay, London, and 'numbers of other buildings'; Percival G Silley qv presumably a son or relation, practised from same address in 1920s;

Lloyds archives: I can confirm there was an architect George M Silley, who designed Shepton Mallet branch in 1877 and Corn Street, Bristol in 1880 for Wilts & Dorset Bank (this branch merged with the Lloyds branch at 55 Corn Street in 1918). Also, according to our records, Wilts & Dorset Bank opened a branch at 3 High Street Glastonbury in 1864. The building was next door to the George & Pilgrim Inn and incorporated some fine stone carving, including a frieze of animals and gargoyles. This Gothic style was not like the usual designs chosen by the bank for its buildings. In 1914 Wilts & Dorset was absorbed by Lloyds Bank.

(1873-5 Wilts & Dorset Bank, 23 Milsom St, Bath, Som; SNB; won in competition in 1873 when GMS was still with John Gibson;

1876 Wilts & Dorset Bank, High St, Chippenham, Wilts; plans WSHC; now Natwest;

(1877 Wilts & Dorset Bank, Shepton Mallet, Som; Lloyds archives

(1879-80 Wilts & Dorset Bank, Corn St, Bristol; dem;)

(1883 Savings Bank, St Stephen’s Ave, Bristol; dem; )

1883-4 Wilts & Dorset Bank, 2-4 Wood St, Swindon, corner Cricklade St; G24/760/715; SB 287 bricks from Thomas Turner's brickworks; Lloyds 1914, Barclays 1919-74;

(1885 Wilts & Dorset Bank, 3 High St, Glastonbury, Som; BoE S ‘GM Tilley’; Gothic; Lloyds archives say that branch opened in 1864; next door to medieval George Inn;

1898-9 attrib Wilts & Dorset Bank 93-4 Regent St, Swindon, dem unsigned plans G24/ 760/1786 dated 12.7.98; later Lloyds

(1899 Wilts & Dorset Bank, Burlington Rd, Redland, Bristol; Gomme;

1900 completed Brown Mausoleum, Trowbridge Cemetery designed by AS Goodridge qv but problems with dome; Monuments & Mausolea Trust website;

(1910 alts Public Hall, The Avenue, Minehead, Som for Wilts & Dorset Bank; OD347; plans SRO D/U/M/ 22/1/367; this was Town Hall by JP St Aubyn qv, built as a public hall by a private company, bankrupt 1910. Sold to W&D Bank. Silley inserted an attic floor in first-floor hall, with numerous small rooms, and subdivided ground floor left room; ground-floor right room was the bank; also inserted strong-rooms etc.

1913 adds Manor House, Great Durnford, Wilts; WBR;
SIMMONS, JOHN Architect, John Simmons Associates;

1974 Civic Hall, Town Park, Trowbridge; BoE;

1974 Castle Walk shopping centre and multi-storey car-pary, Trowbridge; BoE;
SIMPSON, PAUL Surveyor, copied map of North Wraxall estate of Paul Methuen, 1771, WSHC 2203/23;
SIMPSON, T. Clerk of works on first part of restoration of St Denys Warminster for AW Blomfield, had to move on to important job at Woodford, Essex, replaced by William Conradi; WJ 22.2.89;
SINGER, JOHN WEBB. Frome, metal-worker. 1819-1904. JW Singer & Sons founded 1847 as Frome Art Metal Works, produced art metalwork for churches all over Britain. Work in Westminster Abbey, Gloucester, Ripon, Madras Cathedrals. Started as bronze-founders after 1888 cast Boadicea, Westminster Bridge, General Gordon Melbourne Australia, lions for Cecil Rhodes Cape town, Victoria Memorial London, King Alfred winchester, Justice Old Bailey London; Firm survives as general engineering company, since 1999 making only sprinkler frames for fire protection; sons were Walter Herbert singer born c1853 and Edgar Ratcliffe Singer born c1858, WHS was amnager, ERS was designer c1881-91, they took over c1899, took over Spital & Clarke of Birmingham, 1914, bronze founding in London taken over by William Morris & Co of Westminster and renamed Morris Singer, 1927. Numerous brass plaques in churches i.e. Caillard family, Wingfield.

1876 brasswork in chancel, Seend ch, Wilts; WBR2

1877-8 chancel rails, Christ Church, Bradford on Avon, Wilts; WBR2

1889-9 metalwork, St Denys ch, Warminster; chancel screen, altar rails, gas fittings; WJ 22.2.89;

SINGLETON, GEORGE Builder Donhead St Andrew

1841-2 N transept, Ansty ch; ICBS

1845 parsonage Fifield Bavant; WBR;
SISSON, MARSHALL Architect; 1897-1978; RA;

1953ff repairs Ramsbury Manor for Earl of Wilton CL 21.12.1961; Wilton bought house in 1953 from Burdett estate and sold in 1958 to Sir William Rootes;

SISSONS, WILLIAM Builder, Hull;

1843-5 contractor church, school and vicarage, for GWR, Swindon, Scott & Moffatt architects; C&F 61; tender £8386; school is demolished;

6a ARCHITECTS, Rapier House, 40 Lambs Conduit St, London; founded 2001 by Tom Emerson and Stephanie Macdonald; designed Fashion Galleries, V&A; new building Churchill College, Cambridge;

2007 remodelled former Cellular Operations HQ, Peatmoor, Swindon, into 3 units, and added a motorcycle test centre nearby for Driving Standards Agency adjoining, £2m; SBC 30;

SKIDMORE, FRANCIS ALFRED Metal worker, Coventry, 1817-96, made iron and brass screens by GG Scott for Salisbury, Hereford and Lichfield Cathedrals, iron roof of Oxford Museum, started as silversmith, exhibited 1851; long working relationship with GG.Scott

(1857 ironwork, St Thomas ch, Wells, Som; SNB;

1863? Screen, Salisbury Cathedral, Wilts, des GG Scott; dem)

(187? Gasoliers, Bath Abbey, Som, design GG Scott; SNB

1884 Font-cover Christ Church Bradford on Avon, Wilts; WBR2; design by JO Scott; possibly just the iron lifting mechanism;
SKINNER, WILLIE SWINTON. Architect Bristol born 1853, later WS Skinner & Sons with Theodore Parker Skinner ARIBA born 1888; papers re work at Winsley Sanatorium 1912-41 in WSRO J3/130/9; WSS did Croydon Asylum 1903 and Cardiff City Asylum, 1908, both with George Oatley qv; WWinA 1926 mentions houses at Radstock, Som, new wing to Longford House, Som, new chapel at Frome, Som; Library, Fishponds Rd Bristol converted 1927 from a cinema;

1911 adds Winsley Sanatorium, Wilts; alts, new admin block to W with house for resident medical officer, also consulting room and laboratory to E and dining-hall/ kitchen enlarged; cf John Willett, Hospital Diary; £4000 work spread out, dining-hall and ext of quarters for domestic staff done 1912-13, mens' chalets 1913-14, women's ward completed 1923;

1921 attrib Cheddington, Winsley Sanatorium, Wilts; four bed house for senior medical officer; John Willett, Hospital Diary;

1932 adds Winsley Sanatorium Wilts; WSS&Son, Spackman & Sons contrs, admin block and nurses home;

(1937 Hall, Monkton Combe School, Som, by Skinner Bros; BoE)
SLADE SMITH & WINROW Architects Bath. Michael Slade Smith and Raymond Winrow; Mike Smith formerly with ASTAM Design of Gloucester, lived at Hillside House, Bradford on Avon, retired c2005; Roy Willcock worked with them esp on conversion of top floor of Longleat House to apartment for 6^th Marquess of Bath;

2014 prop toilet/ kitchen, Dilton Marsh ch; under W gallery; plans in church;

SLATER & CARPENTER Architects, 4 Carlton Chambers, Regent St, London. See William Slater and R.H. Carpenter.
SLATER, WILLIAM Architect London 1818-72; in practice in early 1850s with RC Carpenter qv +1855 as Carpenter & Slater (C&S), then on own (WS) until joined in 1863 by Carpenter’s son Richard Herbert Carpenter (1841-93) as Slater & Carpenter (S&C). Firm continued after 1872 as Carpenter & Ingelow qv w Benjamin Ingelow; obit Br 1.2.73;

(1849-51 rest nave & transepts Sherborne Abbey, Dorset; C&S; BoE;

1855-6 rest St Mary ch, Devizes; RC Carpenter or C&S; ?WI 11.1.55 opened

(1856-8 rest choir Sherborne Abbey, Dorset; S&C; BoE; ?C&S, ?WS; stone screens 1856; organ case 1856 by RCC acc to guidebook;

1857 chancel, Steeple Langford ch; consistory court case parishioners tried to stop demolition re moving of bodies, WI 27.11.1856, SWJ 22.11.56;

(1858 rest St John almshouse, Sherborne, Dorset; WS; BoE; To be restored, BN 1857 1233

1859 School, Steeple Langford, Wilts; WS, WHSC 782/60 dated 23.12.59

(1859 rest Chichester Cathedral, Sx; being rest WI 15.12.59)

(1860-1 School House, Sherborne School, Dorest; S&C; BoE; FS TC 4.7.60, WS architect;

1861-2 rest St John ch, Devizes, Wilts; W front WS, WBR; plans 1858 DWG 8.4.58; meeting WI 22.4.58; report on poor condition DWG 13.5.58; T WI 4.6.61; Br 5.10.61 contract with Mr Mullins qv to rebuild arcades, new nave roof and extend nave and aisles one bay westward and seating for new bay; BN 15.5.63 the execution of the windows entrusted to Mr Stockwell, painting over the altar retouched by Mr Ward;

(1862 Parsonage, Brompton Ralph, Som; SRO DD/Bbm/139-40;

(1863 rest Charlton Horethorne ch, Som; WS; ICBS; E 1864 182; Br 5.12.63, contr Clarke of Bruton;

1863 St Thomas School, Salisbury, Wilts; by WS; WBR;

1863 rest Calne ch, Wilts, WS, WBR; plans WSHC dated 1863 not quite as done, showing SE vestry whereas actually put on NE; rebuilt S porch, added S chapel and rebuilt S transept extending it S, also rebuilt W end and replaced E window tracery; DWG 21.5.63 proposed reseating and interior restoration, remove galleries, WS; list of subscriptions DWG 25.6.63 mentions new E window given by Lord Lansdowne; ICBS £3370 estimate, vestry, S transept and aisle, W wall, E window, reseating; BN 29.5.63 E window by Clutterbuck gift of Lord Lansdowne; reopened DWG 24.1.64 Penning of Marlborough contractor, W end completely rebuilt, S transept heightened and extended with fine Gothic windows, old vestry called the Horse Market completely rebuilt and thrown into the church, its fine old arch found under plaster; new seats; stained glass E given by Lord Lansdowne, S transept to W Wayte, two in S chantry, one given by Mrs Guthrie to her mother, another by Mrs Ladd to husband; elesewhere one given by G Ogilvie, a 6^th about to be erected on right of chancel by family of Sergeant Merewether; chancel exquisitely illuminated and elaborate fittings around altar at expence of Eccl Commissioners, pulpit with 12 Apostles carved by Forsyth, Bible desk, organ remodelled by Sweetland; admirable light standards designed by WS executed by Singer of Frome 'perhaps the most effective ever seen'; warming apparatus by Singer; communion plate by Keith of London; £4400 without glass, pulpit, chancel ornament; Canon Guthrie gave £2000; G 30.11.64 E window gift of late Lord Lansdowne with Crucifixion at centre;

1864 alts Rectory, Cherhill, Wilts; WS, WBR; for Rev W Plenderleath; D1/11/163;

(1864-5 Yeatman hospital, Sherborne, Dorset; BoE;

1864 chancel, Bromham ch, Wilts; opened 15.1.65 S&C, 1865 WBR; chancel by WS 1876 BoE, error;

(1865 lengthened chapel, Sherborne School, Dorset; added cloister, S&C

1866-7 St Peter ch, Devizes, Wilts; S&C, WBR; ?new church at Caen Hill DWG 13.4.65

1866 Schools, Calne; T: DWG 24.5.66, S&C; schools and house; ?Holy Trinity, Quemerford schools, unsigned plans in WSHC 782/22 are accompanied by a site plan signed S&C; but also said to be by Mungo Hart qv;

1867 National Schools, Quemerford; WSHC 782/22 undated plans by S&C, certified 24.2.68 by Mungo Hart qv; dull with outer bargeboarded gables;

(1869 Digby Hotel, Sherborne, Dorset; BoE; S&C;

1869-71 restored Hannington ch, Wilts; S&C, WBR;

(1870 reredos, Nettlecombe ch, Som; design SRO D/p/net/8/3/2; removed 1935 for board altar back by Martin Travers qv;

(1871-2 rest Bruton ch, Som; 1st plans by RHC, 2nd by S&C, 3rd by C&I; ICBS; Thomas Court, surveyor, was clerk of works; Clarke & Son contrs; reopened after rest by S&C: Bristol Times & Mirror 21.6.72; Shepton Mallet Journal 28.6.72;

(1871 rest Podimore ch, Som; SRO Podymore Milton cf/1871/8 S&C;

(1871-2 reblt chancel, Yeovilton ch, Som; S wall & E wall, ogee tracery. Plans SRO D/D/Bbm/184; S&C, spec by RHC; Br 29.6.72 513; Freestone work by Trask of Stoke sub Hamdon & Doulting; glazing by Croad of Sherborne;

(1873 Digby Mortuary Chapel, Sherborne, Dorset;

SLEAT, WILLIAM Architect, surveyor, Exeter St, Salisbury; dirs 1822, 1830, 1842; marriage of a daughter reported WI 25.7.39, death of wife WI 21.5.46;

1827 parsonage, Little Langford; WBR;

1828 parsonage Shrewton; WBR;

1837 Two dwellings TC 1.2.37 houses for sale (no addresses or old or new); SWJ 11.9.37 Mr Sleat architect and surveyor;

18?? undated survey plan Wylye ch; D1/61/6/9 in package with Wyatt & Brandon rebuilding plans of 1844;
SLOCOMBE, WILLIAM Builder, Bristol, died before 11.2.1847; WBR2;

1845-6 works for IK Brunel qv at railway village, Swindon, Wilts, two blocks of shops and cottages, Emlyn Square, 1845, between Bristol and Bath Streets, contract drawings 16.7.45; three blocks with six shops completed by 1846; C&F;

SMALLEY, WILLIAM Architect The Dairy, 40 Emerald St, London

2013-15 addition to Glove Factory Studios, Holt; studios and cafe; also plans for another building enclosing other side of courtyard; Wiltshire planning W/13/01080; also masterplan for redevelopment of adjoining Old Tannery, inc new housing behind;

SMEATON, JOHN Engineer 1724-92 born and died Austhorpe near Leeds; Eddystone Lighthouse, 1755, harbours, canals, major engineering works;

1776 bridge over Avon, Amesbury, for D of Queensberry; T Ruddock, Arch bridges and their builders 1735-1835, 1979;

1777 baluster bridge, Wilton House; WBR;
SMIRKE, Sir ROBERT Architect London, 1780-1867, trained with George Dance Jr and Thomas Bush, surveyor, travelled to Greece 1801-5, successful country house and public buildings practice from c1807; knighted 1832; retired 1845, RIBA Gold Medal 1853; designed GPO and British Museum; did County Halls/Assize Courts for Cumb, Glos, Herefs, Bristol, Salop, Lincs, Kent and Perths; brother of Sydney Smirke 1797-1877;

1817-18 upper terrace, Bowood; HC, CL 8-22.6.1972;

(1824-7 Council House, Broad St, Bristol; HC)
SMITH & KNIGHT Contractors

1862 contrs Berks & Hants Extension Railway (Hungerford to Devizes) and Marlborough Railway branch off it to Marlborough; RJ Ward qv engineer for both;

SMITH & MARSHALL Chippenham, Surveyors, Cyril H Smith qv and - Marshall

1896-8 Ayshford Terrace, Priory St, Corsham; plans for last eight houses 1898 G3/760/15;

1899 Shop, Market Place, Melksham, Wilts and two cottages behind, for Charles Awdry; former International Stores premises; plans WSHC G/14/760/138;

1904-5 Library, The Strand, Calne, opened 25.3.05 now Calne Heritage Centre, ?by CH Smith; Carnegie Library, FS 16.7.04;

1914 plans Lea School; ?for alts, school of 1872 by CJ Phipps qv; 1794/3PC;

1914 plans Seend Park House for Mrs Ludlow Bruges 1794/28 PC; ground plan shows additions to SW a drawing room labelled 'built 1906-7' crossed out, and small addition to dining-room NW with conservatory beyond, also shown is a morning-room SE also labelled built 1906-7 crossed out; 1906-7 additions either not built or have gone;

1924 plans Swallett House, Christian Malford 1794/19PC

1925 Cottages for New College Oxford, Alton Barnes; 1794/17PC;

1926 cottages, Chilvester Hill, Calne for Captain C Herbert Smith; by S&M 1794/26 PC; gabled pair;

SMITH GAMBLIN HAWORTH Architects Bridgwater, Alan Smith;

2013 rest Steeple Ashton ch; church website;
SMITH, CYRIL H. Architect, Calne; born 1879, articled HT Holloway of Chippenham; WWinA 1926; partner in Smith & Marshall qv of Chippenham; ? same as Captain C Herbert Smith of Chilvester Hill House, Calne; partnership 1924 of C Herbert Smith FSI MSA and Sandford Pitt MSA ARSA

1904-5 Free Library, The Strand, Calne; WBR; by Smith & Marshall acc to Calne Heritage Centre; converted to Heritage Centre c2000;

19?? The Highlands, Silver St, Calne; WBR; ?The Highlands is early C19 extended mid-C19;

1909? Secondary School, Calne; presumably the one on The Green dated 1909;

192? work at Chilvester Hill House, Calne for Captain C Herbert smith;

1924 cottage at Chilvester Hill House for Captain C Herbert Smith by C Herbert Smith FSI MSA and Sandford Pitt MSA ARSA; 1794/26 PC;

1926 cottages, Chilvester Hill, Calne by S&M 1794/26 PC; gabled pair;

SMITH, FRANCIS Warwick 1672-1738; HC;

(c1720-30 attr wings Sandywell Pk, Glos; HC)

(1724 alts Stanway Manor, Glos; HC;

(1729ff Badminton Ho, Glos reblt for 3rd Duke of Beaufort; HC)

1735-6 Netheravon House, Wilts for 3rd Duke of Beaufort, HC; alts 1791 and later; an elevation by James Gibbs is noted in T Friedman, James Gibbs, 1984, 325;

SMITH, GEORGE SAUMAREZ Architect with Robert Adam Architects now Adam Architecture;

2008 Design for neo-Geo garden pavilion, for new house at Wedhampton; signed drawing;

2011-12 Wudston House, Wedhampton for D & V Morrison; stucco panels by Geoffrey Preston;
SMITH, H. STANLEY Architect

1957 Semiconductors factory, Cheney Manor industrial estate, Swindon; WBR; BoE windowless aluminium front; ?dem;

SMITH, HARRY W. Architect;

1922-3 adds Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, headmaster's house and W extension to central back wing of 1911 by Ponting qv; The Dauntseian 2015;

SMITH, JOHN JAMES, Architect, Faringdon Rd, Swindon; 1848-1915, born Winchfield, Hants c1848, articled Charles Smith of Reading 1863-8 and then assistant, then assistant for four and half years to TS Lansdown qv, started practice 1873; fl 1880-92, 1878 John J Smith of Lowland Villa, Wellington St; death of wife of JJ Smith, architect formerly of Swindon now of Aberdeen at their residence 8 Prince's St Swindon SA 31.3.1894; at Bideford, Devon, by 1901 census, died there; obit Br 26.2.1915; WBR2;

1876 Clothing factory, Sheppard St, Swindon for J Compton & Son, dem; WBR2; WT 12.1.78 open since August 1876 and important additions made, in Sheppard St facing Bridge St;

1877 organ chamber, St Mark ch, Swindon; Messrs Phillips builders; plans 1875 BRO EP/J/6/SwStM/1, one bay on E end N aisle, with screen to aisle;

1877 Pair of cottages, Rodbourne, Swindon for Mr Woolford; WBR2;

1877 shop, Swindon for Falconer Bros; WBR2; Mozart House premises for Falconer Bros, New Swindon in Decorated Gothic style in Bath stone and brick very bold and pretentious design relieved with carving, by JJS of Lowland Villa, Wellington St, WT 12.1.78 work was carried out by Mrs Phillips of Swindon assisted by her manager Mr Powell,

1882 No2 188-190 Drove Rd, Swindon;

1883 cottage, Dixon St, Swindon;

1884 assisted on St Barnabas ch, Gorse Hill, Swindon; architect JP Seddon, church history 1886-1936 in BRO file; W Jones of Gloucester builder;

1885 alts 6-7 Wellington St, Swindon;

1886 billiard room, Beaconsfield Club, Eastcott House, Regent St, Swindon

1886 house, John St, Swindon;

1886 No 97 Bath Rd, Swindon;

1889 Sunday school, St Barnabas ch, Gorse Hill, Swindon; SB; now church hall; FS 11.8.89, G Wiltshire qv builder;

1891-2 GWR Medical Fund Dispensary and Swimming Baths, Faringdon Rd, Swindon, C&F 166-9; site sold to GWR Medical Fund Soc in 1885; main entrance Faringdon Rd, men's swimming bath along Chester St; smaller women's bath parallel to E, dispensary in NE corner, washing baths added in SE corner 1897, Turkish Baths N of them and S of dispensary added 1904 (plans unsigned G24/760/ 2157; dressing rooms SW corner added before 1930s; coloured glass by T Rice of the Railway Works; curved wrought-iron roof-trusses designed and made at Railway Works; DoE; wall tiles by Ruabon Coal & Coke co, floor tiles by Woolscroft;