Charles Nelson Holloway
Charles Nelson Holloway (1872 – 30 March 1938) was an architect based in Nottingham.
History[edit]
He was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, the son of William Holloway (b. 1837), a Civil Engineer, and Julia Nelson (1835–1914).
He was educated at High Pavement School, Nottingham and the Nottingham School of Art and in 1891 was awarded a Bronze Medal in the Government examinations for his design for a municipal building.[1]
He married Emily Mary Hart, daughter of Maurice Hart of Church House, Moreton, on 3 July 1900 at St Andrew's Church, Moreton, Herefordshire.[2]
In 1901 he won a competition for a new Wesleyan Church and Schools at Oxford.[3]
He died of heart failure at his home, Balmoral House, 5 Station Villas, Beeston, Nottingham on 30 March 1938[4] and left an estate valued at £648 14s. 2d. (equivalent to £44,000 in 2021).[5]
Works[edit]
- Two Boarding Houses, Skegness 1898
- Workshop and Offices, Pepper Street, Nottingham 1898
- Baptist Church, Beeston, Nottingham 1898[6] (demolished 2015)
- House behind the Post Office, Beeston, Nottingham ca. 1900
- Queen's Walk Congregational Church 1900-02[7]
- Midland Bank, High Road, Beeston, Nottingham 1901-02 (demolished ca. 1967)
- Tower house 139 Station Road, Beeston 1905[8]
- Shirebrook Congregational Church, Shirebrook, Derbyshire 1905 (now the home of the Royal British Legion)
- Houses on Cyril Avenue and Vernon Avenue, Beeston, Nottingham 1906
- 7 Chilwell Road, Beeston 1909 (demolished 1965)
References[edit]
- ^ "Nottingham Municipal School of Art". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 10 September 1891. Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Moreton". Hereford Journal. England. 7 July 1900. Retrieved 25 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Local and District". Nottingham Journal. England. 20 April 1901. Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mr. C.N. Holloway". Nottingham Journal. England. 31 March 1938. Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "From Day To Day". Nottingham Journal. England. 30 April 1898. Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Harwood, Elain (2008). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. p. 156. ISBN 9780300126662.
- ^ "1276" (1878-1937) [Building Plan Register]. District Council Records, File: DC/BS/4/2/1. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire Archives Office.