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Percy Heylyn Currey

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Percy Heylyn Currey FRIBA (November 1864 – 5 March 1942) was an English architect based in Derby.[1]

Life

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He was born in November 1864, the son of Benjamin Scott Currey and Helen Heygate. He was educated at Derby School from 1875 to 1883, and he was awarded the Rowland Scholarship in 1878.

He married Augusta Mary Anne Emily Frederieka Leacroft on 26 September 1897 in Little Eaton, Derbyshire.

From 1895, he was diocesan surveyor for the Diocese of Southwell.

From 1903, he was in partnership with Charles Clayton Thompson, as Currey and Thompson. In 1907, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[2]

Works

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St Mary's Church, Westwood of 1899

References

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  1. ^ Dictionary of British Architects 1834 – 1914. Vol 1. Royal Institute of British Architects. ISBN 9780826455130(subscription required)
  2. ^ "Honour for a Derby Architect". Derby Daily Telegraph. Derby. 17 July 1907. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Christ Church, Holloway". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 23 February 1903. Retrieved 5 March 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.