Louis Ambler
Louis Ambler FSA FRIBA (2 June 1862 - 1 April 1946) was an English architect.[1]
Career[edit]
He was born on 2 June 1862 in Manningham in Yorkshire, the son of John Ambler (1832-1889) and Mary Hannah Wood (1831-1893).
He was articled to Henry Francis Lockwood and William Mawson of Bradford where he won a prize in the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors Pupils’ Competition in 1883.[2] Later he was assistant to Robert William Edis. He also assisted George Frederick Bodley.
He began in independent practice in 1889 initially at 8 Osnaburgh Street, London, but by 1892 he had moved to The Clock House, Arundel Street, Strand, London. Later he was based at 200-2 Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, London.
He was nominated for ARIBA in 1888 and FRIBA in 1900.
He was a Vice-President of the Society of Yorkshiremen in London in 1901.[3]
In 1921 he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries.[4]
He died on 1 April 1946 at the Archway Hospital, Highgate in London and his funeral took place at the Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford on 6 April 1946.[5]
Publications[edit]
- The old halls and manor houses of Yorkshire. Publisher: Batsford. 1913.[6]
- The Ambler Family. Publisher: Percy Lund, Humphries and Company. 1924.
Notable works[edit]
- St Mary and St Laurence's Church, Bolsover, Derbyshire 1897 (restoration after fire)[7]
- St Mary Magdalene's Church, Creswell, Derbyshire, 1899, 1913 (aisles) and 1927 (tower)[8]
- St Thomas' Church, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire 1901-03
- Langwith Lodge, Nether Langwith, Nottinghamshire 1904[9][10]
- The Wriothesley Tomb, St Peter's Church, Titchfield, Hampshire 1905 (restoration)[11]
- St John the Evanglist's Church, Kirkby Woodhouse 1905-06
- Godber Memorial Church Hall, Ogle Street, Hucknall Torkard 1906-07[12]
- St Wilfrid's Church, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire 1907-08[13]
- St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Outram Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire 1909 (addition of nave and west tower)
- Conservative Club, Drighlington 1910
- St Alban's Church, Forest Town 1910-11[14]
- St Winifred's Church, Holbeck, Nottinghamshire 1913-16 and Lych Gate[15]
- War memorial Sutton-in-Ashfield 1921[16] originally at St Michael and All Angels' Church, Outram Street, now moved to the junction of Downing Street with Mansfield Road.
References[edit]
- ^ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 1 (A-K). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 36. ISBN 0826455131.
- ^ "Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors". Bradford Daily Telegraph. England. 1 November 1883. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mr. Louis Ambler". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 3 April 1946. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "A Yorkshire Antiquary". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 4 June 1921. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Late Mr. Louis Ambler". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 8 April 1946. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "New Books Received Yesterday". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 17 December 1913. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (1979). The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. Penguin Books Limited. p. 92. ISBN 0140710086.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (1979). The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. Penguin Books Limited. p. 155. ISBN 0140710086.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979). The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. p. 180. ISBN 9780300096361.
- ^ Historic England. "Langwith Lodge (1267055)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Titchfield". Hampshire Chronicle. England. 22 April 1905. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "New Church Hall at Hucknall". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 2 August 1906. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979). The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. p. 156. ISBN 9780300096361.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979). The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. p. 169. ISBN 9780300096361.
- ^ Historic England. "Lychgate to the North of Church of St Winifred (1045724)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Sutton in Ashfield War Memorial (1431444)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 March 2019.