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Tuesday, 28 April 2026

So What Is Our Letter X?

An A-Z of Architects of Loughborough

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Sadly, I have been unable to find an architect connected in some way with Loughborough, whose name starts with an X. This comes as no surprise, as there are no architects listed under letter X in the ‘Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Architects 1800-1950’. What, then, can I share with you?

What about ‘xylography’, which is the name given to the process of engraving patterns into woodblocks, which are then used for printing? I always think it’s quite interesting that the former Ladybird Books factory on Windmill Road was taken over by Anstey Wallpapers, who are also printers, but of, umm, wallpaper, rather than books. Very exciting that the company holds the William Morris archive of woodblocks, which were used to create those wonderful wallpapers. I believe the staff do factory tours, too!

Related to xylography is ‘xylotek’, which apparently means a company which specialises in designing and making advanced timber structures. I’m presuming this means things like modern house frames, rather than the frames which the carpenter made for our 13th-century buildings, like the manor house, now Caravelli’s. As an aside, this research has actually been really helpful in providing me with knowledge that means that finally after more than 60 years of knowing the visual differences between a glockenspiel and a xylophone, I can now remember which is called what!!

Or another interesting word, and one that can be applied to architecture and urban design, perhaps - ‘xenodochial’. This word refers to spaces that are designed specifically to be welcoming, friendly, and hospitable to visitors, newcomers, and strangers to a place. The word comes from two Greek words, ‘xenos’, which means guest, or stranger, and ‘docheion’, which means to receive. It’s certainly a word that I have never used before, but thinking about the concept of welcoming and friendly in terms of architecture and urban design, it’s possible to look at Loughborough, and consider what we have that’s friendly and welcoming, and what we could have, but haven’t yet got.

Charnwood Borough Council’s (CBC) 'Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan February 2026, has clearly given xenodochia some thought, as the foreword states (my highlighting):

“Loughborough’s town centre is an important commercial and cultural hub which is a focal point for the town and the wider borough of Charnwood. It draws people in from many parts of the East Midlands and is visited by people from across the UK and beyond. Whether shopping, eating and drinking, visiting beautiful parks, using commercial services or having business meetings, Loughborough town centre caters for all and is a welcoming, diverse and safe place.”

Still in the foreword, it is stressed that CBC want Loughborough to thrive, and to be welcoming and attractive. Further into the document, it is considered that actually the people of Loughborough want a more vibrant, active, and welcoming town centre, and later, ‘attractive’ is added to that list.

When considering the Devonshire Square, Cattle Market, and nearby car parking area, CBC suggests future development here should provide safe and welcoming streets, after all, no-one wants to feel unsafe in the town centre, and no-one wants to feel alienated. The plan is that along the road which was previously the A6, updating shop frontages will encourage more visitors to the area, and improved safety in the area will create a more welcoming gateway to our lovely town centre.

CBC have identified that there are a number of inter-related themes, which affect all areas the masterplan is trying to address. One of these is the public realm and townscape. In this theme, one aim is to promote walkability and community safety, to ensure the town centre is safe, accessible to all, and welcoming. A welcoming environment is one that is safe, secure, clear of refuse, and well-lit.

Heritage and culture is another theme that was identified, and there is recognition that our heritage is not all located in the town centre, and finding a way to link such heritage assets, perhaps through trails, clear signage, lighting etc. would create a more inclusive and welcoming experience.

What more can I possibly say!! After all, Loughborough is already the best town in the world!

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Monday, 27 April 2026

So Who Was Watson Fothergill?

An A-Z of Architects of Loughborough

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Short biography of Watson Fothergill

Now, it may seem that I am cheating again, and choosing a forename for my letter W of the alphabet, but, in this particular instance, we have a surname for W, and also a surname for F! Let me explain …

Architect Watson Fothergill was born in 1841, to parents Robert Watson, and Mary Ann Fothergill who had married in York in 1838. When Fothergill was aged 14, his father died, and at the age of 15, Fothergill was articled to Frederick Jackson in Nottingham, and in 1861 was lodging on Burton Street, Nottingham. He then became assistant to Isaac Charles Gilbert, also in Nottingham, and then to Arthur William Blomfield, whose practice was in London. It was Blomfield who designed Loughborough’s Holy Trinity church 1877. In 1864 Fothergill set up his own practice in Nottingham, before going into partnership with Lawrence George Summers in 1880. In 1889 he was on the Council of the Nottingham Architectural Society.

It was in 1892 that Fothergill Watson changed his name. It is said that he wanted to honour his mother, and his maternal line, and so by reversing the order of his names, he could do this. So, our NatWest bank, which was designed by Fothergill Watson for the Notts Bank and Banking Co., and built in 1888, was actually designed by an architect with a surname beginning with W. Amongst his designs are many banks for the Notts Company, as well as prestigious houses, mostly in the Nottingham area.

Fothergill probably retired around 1906, having designed more than one hundred buildings, which included houses, banks, churches, shops, and warehouses, mostly in the Gothic revival and Old English vernacular styles that were popular at the time – so based on mediaeval churches and castles, and Tudor buildings. A feature of many of his buildings is his use of stripes of blue bricks, and turrets, and tall chimneys. He was highly influenced by the work of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and George Gilbert Scott.

Blomfield was president of the Architectural Association in 1861, a fellow of RIBA in 1867, and its vice president in 1886, knighted in 1889, and received the Royal Gold Medal in 1891. Blomfield designed our Holy Trinity church in 1877-8.

The turret and the upper floors of Loughborough's NatWest Bank

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What follows is a selection of buildings designed by Watson Fothergill

Note: this is a selective, not a comprehensive listing.

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*Bank for Nottingham & Notts Banking Co. (now NatWest) Loughborough 1888

*Offices for Nottingham Daily Express and Midland Counties Courier (Express Chambers) Upper Parliament St Nott (turn right out of Victoria Centre)

*HQ for Nottingham & Notts Banking Co. on Thurland Street (heading toward Hockley)

*Bank for Nottingham & Notts Banking Co. in Newark near St Mary’s church

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Basic facts

Name: Watson Fothergill (originally Fothergill Watson, changed 1892)

Parents: Robert Watson (lace manufacturer & merchant) and Mary Ann Fothergill, m.1838, York

Date and place of Birth: 12 July 1841, Mansfield

Spouse: Ann Hage, m.1867, Mansfield

Children: Marian; Annie; Edith; Eleanor; Samuel (engineer); Harold; Clarice

Death: 1928 Nottingham

Places lived: Mansfield; Mapperley Park

Place of work/Offices: Clinton Street; George Street

Qualifications

Not known, but certainly involved with RIBA

Hon Sec of the Nottingham Architectural Society 1889

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Saturday, 25 April 2026

So Who Is Our Letter V?

An A-Z of Architects of Loughborough

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Short biography of Reginald Vaughan

Now, as far as I know, Reginald Vaughan was not born in Loughborough, didn’t die in Loughborough, and didn’t design anything in Loughborough. So why I am featuring him? Well, finding an architect whose name begins with a V, who has some connection to Loughborough has been difficult, so I find myself making a few connections instead.

Reginald was born in 1906, and every source I’ve read says little is known about his childhood, and despite doing loads of research, I can find nothing about him either! However, we do know that he studied architecture with the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which seems to be an independent place of education, created in 1847. Registered with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1927, in 1933, Reginald was elected as an associate of RIBA, and fellow in 1953.

In the early stages of his career, Reginald left the UK in 1928, to become architect to the Municipal Engineers’ Department, based in George Town, Penang, Straits Settlements, for three years. From 1933-1938 he was firstly chief assistant to Maxwell Fry, and later to Gropius and Fry. Following a period as an officer in the Second World War, in 1945 Reginald set up an architectural practice with Bronek Katz, a Polish architect, who was a graduate of the Technical University in Vienna, whom he had worked with whilst with Fry. In 1951 the pair designed the Homes and Gardens exhibition on the South Bank, at the Festival of Britain, as part of the “Downstream Circuit: The People”. I am fascinated by the Festival of Britain, and have tried to research Loughborough’s own involvement with this, in a previous blogpost.

The architectural practice of Katz and Vaughan were commissioned to design a clothes shop in Regent Street, London (Richards), and shops for the big shoe manufacturers, Freeman, Hardy, & Willis, Truform, and Bata. Given that these contracts didn’t come until the late 1940s-early 1950s, Katz and Vaughan cannot have been the architects behind Loughborough’s own branch of FHW. This is because the shoe shop was situated in the building which now houses Holland and Barrett, in the Market Place, next door to Caffe Nero, and it is a prime example of an Art Deco building – Crittall windows, pilasters, geometric shapes etc. - so likely to have been designed in the late 1920s-early 1930s. You can find out more about Art Deco from my A-Z blogging challenge 2025, or from my Art Deco Glossary.

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What follows is a selection of buildings designed by Katz and Vaughan

Note: this is a selective, not a comprehensive listing.

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*Richards Clothes Shop, Regent Street, London

*Shops for Freeman, Hardy, and Willis

*Shops for shoe shop, Bata

*Shops for shoe shop Truform

*Homes and Gardens Pavillon, Festival of Britain (1951)

*Re-development of Lowdell family home (Baldwins), Felbridge

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Basic facts

Name: Reginald Vaughan

Parents: Not known

Date and place of Birth: 1905

Spouse: Not known

Children: Not known

Death: 1971

Places lived: Boundary Road, London; Ritherdon Road, London

Place of work/Offices: 35 Welbeck Street, London; Norfolk Crescent, London; 17 Great Cumberland Place, London; Regent Street, London

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Friday, 24 April 2026

So Who Is Our Letter U?

An A-Z of Architects of Loughborough

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So, I have to confess I have struggled to find an architect with a connection to Loughborough whose surname begins with U. The closest I can get is Raymond Unwin, who was the cousin of Barry Parker, and who worked with Parker on those garden cities with which we are familiar. Of course, it was Barry Parker who designed our very own garden city, in the form of Shelthorpe.

And then, of course, we have an actual building whose name begins with a letter U which was designed by a local architect of whom I have already written under letter H. Willie Thomas Hampton designed Unity House for use as a medical aid centre, offering assistance to people via Friendly Societies before the NHS came along. Dr Corcoran was senior medical officer at Unity House, and Gertrude Mary Hutton was one of the subsequent doctors. Unity House was opened on Wednesday 4 December 1889, and was reported as follows in the Leicester Daily Mercury:

"LOUGHBOROUGH MEDICAL AID ASSOCIATION.

OPENING OF NEW PREMISES.

On Wednesday the new premises in Fennell-street, which have been built for the above association, were formally opened to the members. For some time the original premises purchased and fitted up for the association in Fennell-street have been inconvenient and inadequate to the requirements of the institution, and the committee having acquired a site adjoining the surgeon's residence, commenced the erection of new and improved offices.

Mr W. T. Hampton, architect, Loughborough, was commissioned to prepare plans, and the tender of Mr. A. Faulks, of Loughborough, for the construction of the premises was accepted. The building stands upon a superficial area of 67 feet by 31 feet, the latter being the street frontage. It is two storeys high.

To the left the dispensing department is reached through a private door, and a little farther on are two waiting-rooms, one for patients desirous of consulting the doctors, and the other for those who require the dispenser. These rooms, divided by a fixed screen, are respectively 20ft. square and 29ft. by 16ft., and 12ft. high. Communication with the dispensing department is obtained by means of two small apertures.

Two consulting rooms, connected with each other, are provided, one for each doctor. As the members have their prescriptions dispensed they pass out into Fennell-street by a second door at the other side of the building. Space at the rear is utilised for outhouses, &c. A room, 50ft by 20ft., and 16ft. high, is intended by the committee, if occasion requires, to be used for the meetings of the several friendly societies. The erection of the premises is estimated to have cost about £1,000."

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Thursday, 23 April 2026

So Who Is our Letter T?

An A-Z of Architects of Loughborough

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Letter T in the A-Z blogging challenge throws up many choices! I will struggle to provide relevant posts for some of the final letters of the alphabet, so in case I do fall short, let’s have a look into a couple of architects for letter T!

Short biography of Frank Tranmer

Frank was born in 1887 to Henry, a grocer, and Martha Kate, née Luck, in Scarborough. He grew up on Candler Street, where his father was a grocer, and upon his father’s early death, when Frankl was only 10, the business was continued by his mother. [Check out Candler Street on a street view map: No. 41, where the Tranmers are said to have lived, looks like an ordinary house, whereas No. 43 has distinct signs of once being a corner shop – a ghost sign and a hanging sign frame on the side wall, and a new brick wall.]

In 1913, Frank married Ida Dorothy Emerson in Harrogate. The couple went on to have children, Dorothy in 1915, and Eric in 1920. Eric sadly died at the age of 24 in a flying accident during the Second World War.

Shortly after the end of the First World War, Frank joined the architectural practice of Samuel Stead, who had founded the company just before the start of the war, when he retired from the position of borough engineer for Harrogate. Samuel then retired from his newly formed company in 1922.

In 1925, Frank designed a new school for Loughborough, which was in what was once part of the grounds of Limehurst House. In 1930, The Yorkshire Post described one of Frank’s new buildings:

“Parochial halls are usually more utilitarian than beautiful, and it is pleasing to find in Harrogate, on a prominent site on the busy Leeds Road, a building which combines both qualities. In place of the corrugated iron room which stood in the grounds of St Mark’s church, and spoiled one of its characteristic aspects, the new parochial hall, designed by Mr Frank Tranmer of Harrogate, is a notable addition to the smaller architectural treasures of the town.”

Frank, who resided at 34 Park Parade, Harrogate, died on 17 March 1938, and his personal effects were £5,269 13s. 8d.

Until Franks’ death, the architectural practice was based in Westminster Chambers, Station Parade, Harrogate. Following his death, the practice moved to Victoria Avenue, Harrogate, and was run by architects Eric Brown and Harry Bailey, who joined in 1937 and 1938 respectively.

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What follows is a selection of buildings designed by Frank Tranmer

Note: this is a selective, not a comprehensive listing.

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*Limehurst School (1925, opened 1931)

*Norton Church House, attached to St Peter’s church, Norton on Derwent, Malton, Yorks.

* Parochial Hall for St Mark’s church, Harrogate (1930)

*Rest homes (almshouses) for Mr Kirby, Driffield (1933)

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Basic facts

Name: Frank Tranmer

Parents: Henry (1860-1897) and Martha Kate Luck (1859-1948), m.1883

Date and place of Birth: 1887, Scarborough

Spouse: Ida Dorothy Emerson (1887-1984), m.1913, Harrogate

Children: Dorothy Phyllis (1915); Eric William (an architect) (1920-1944)

Places lived: 41 Candler Street, Scarborough; Park Parade, Harrogate

Place of work/Offices: Station Parade, Harrogate

Qualifications

Associate of RIBA 1920

Fellow of RIBA 1933

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Short biography of Walter John Tapper

Walter John Tapper, born in 1861 in Bovey Tracey, is one of those nationally well-known architects who played an important role in designing one of Loughborough’s buildings. Others, whom I could have written about in earlier blogposts include Thomas Rickman (Emmanuel Church); William Slater (the Corn Exchange/Town Hall, and the Baxter Gate Dispensary); William Railton (the Bavarian Gates, and several of the lodge houses at Garendon Park); Arthur William Blomfield (Holy Trinity church) – and more!

Walter Tapper’s work was predominantly but not exclusively on church buildings, including St Mary’s in Harrogate, St Erkenwald’s in Southend, and St Stephen’s in Grimsby. Other work included Bicton Hall, Devon; Eartham Grange, Worcestershire, and Shipley Hall, Derbyshire, which, I think, was once home to the American Adventure theme park.

In Loughborough, Walter Tapper was the architect chosen to design the iconic Carillon Tower and War Memorial, in 1921, although his first design was rejected as being rather too expensive. Building work started in November 1921, the foundation stone was laid in January 1922, and the building was officially opened in July 1923. What is amazing about this building is that it was a truly local affair, the idea for such a war memorial being supported by citizens and officials of the town, and the structure being created with local trades and local materials. This is what I wrote in ‘Loughborough in 50 Buildings’:

“Queen’s Park is the perfect setting for Loughborough’s unusual war memorial. The Grade II Listed Carillon Tower, built following public consultation, provides a lasting memorial to local people who perished in the First World War. Heanor chose a memorial hospital, Quorn a memorial garden, other towns a stained-glass church window, or other monument: Loughborough chose to honour its dead by building a towering structure housing a carillon. The bells would be reminiscent of those more commonly found in Belgium: many of those to whom the Carillon is dedicated, fell at Ypres.

Walter Tapper, the architect appointed to design the edifice, was a contemporary of Sir George Gilbert Scott, and most noted for his churches. In the latter part of his career Tapper was a President of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

The construction of the tower was a most local affair: built by Moss, of bricks by Tuckers; steelwork by Herbert Morris, and the bells of the carillon made by Taylors Bellfounders.

A Portland stone base and window dressing, with pointing of Portland cement complement the local materials. At 151 feet tall, the Tower weighs a total of 1,300 tons. The main gallery projecting from the body of the tower, is surrounded by sixteen columns which support the roof, and an octagonal gallery with a turret, topped by a cupola roof, rise from this gallery. Access is through the large wooden doors at ground level, and then via the spiral stone stairs.

The foundation stones were laid in 1922 by General Lord Horne and Mrs J. T. Godber, and the memorial unveiled by Field Marshal Sir William Robertson on Sunday 22nd July, 1923. In 1928 a stone balustrade around the base of the tower was added, and in 1981 floodlighting was presented by descendants of the Tucker family.”

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What follows is a selection of buildings designed by Walter John Tapper

Note: this is a selective, not a comprehensive listing.

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*Alterations to York Minster

*Alterations to Westminster Abbey

*St Mary’s church, Harrogate

*St Stephen’s, Grimsby.

*Bicton Hall, Devon

*Eartham Grange, Worcestershire

*Shipley Hall, Derbyshire

*Carillon Tower and War Memorial, Loughborough (1921/3)

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Basic facts

Name: Walter John Tapper

Parents: George (1816-1877) and Elizabeth, née Medland (1818-1881)

Date and place of Birth: 21 April 1861, Bovey Tracey, Devon

Spouse: Catherine Jotcham, m.1886, St Mary’s Islington

Children: Michael John (became an architect) (1886-1963); Kathleen (1890-1977)

Death: 21 September 1935, Westminster; buried in the west cloister of Westminster Abbey

Places lived: Bovey Tracey; Clerkenwell; Gray’s Inn Square, London’ Hornsey Middlesex; St John’s Wood; Dean’s Yard, Westminster

Qualifications

Associate of RIBA 1889

Fellow of RIBA 1912

Associate of the Royal Academy 1926

President of RIBA 1927-1929

Royal Academician 1935

Knighted 1935

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Wednesday, 22 April 2026

So Who Was Christopher Staveley?

An A-Z of Architects of Loughborough

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Short biography of Christoper Staveley

Christopher, the eldest son of Christopher Staveley, architect and sculptor of Melton Mowbray, was baptised on 16 April 1759. Christopher started his career in Melton, and classed himself as an architect, surveyor, and engineer. In 1872 Christopher was involved in the Melton Navigation works. He married Ruth Ella on 27 May 1793 and together they had seven children - three sons and four daughters. During his middle years Christopher was based in Loughborough, possibly in Church Gate, but definitely as tenant of the Bull’s Head on High Street, from 1797-1808, then Market Street until 1819 when he moved to Leicester. Christopher was in partnership with Samuel Waters in Leicester, trading as timber merchants on Humberstone Gate, until Staveley’s death on 23 July 1827. He was buried in Loughborough cemetery.

Ruth outlived him. In 1835 and 1841 she was listed in Pigot’s Directory under the heading “Clergy and Gentry” as living on Sparrow Hill in Loughborough, and on the 1841 census as living on Sparrow Hill, with Mary Staveley aged 30 her youngest daughter, and Fanny Lewis. Ruth died on 21 January 1842 and is buried in Loughborough cemetery.

Ruth Staveley

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What follows is a selection of buildings designed by Arthur John Price

Note: this is a selective, not a comprehensive listing.

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*Maps of Charnwood Forest and the River Wreake Navigations

*Major reconstruction of the interior of the parish church, Loughborough 1799

*Parish Church Loughborough erected three galleries and relocated the pulpit (1815)

*Repairs, renovations and extensions to the Old Rectory Loughborough (extension of 5 bays at right angles to what existed, porch, entrance hall, 20x25 ft living room, and similar drawing room, three bedrooms upstairs, and a cellar (1799)

*Sutton Bonington Rectory (1811)

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Basic facts

Name: Christopher Staveley

Parents: Christopher (1727-1801) Sarah nee Hill, the fifth of ten children, and the first of three boys. Father later married Lucy Smith (23 Dec 1784) who had been previously married to Robert Smith (she was daughter of Henry Kettle)

Date and place of Birth: 1758 Melton Mowbray

Spouse: Ruth nee Ella (m.27 May 1793) (1762-1842)

Children: 7 children - 3 sons and 4 daughters – eldest was Edward (1795-1872), Christopher

Death: July 1827

Places lived: Melton, Loughborough, Spa Place Leicester (1793-1797); Bull’s Head Loughborough (as tenant, 1797-1808); Loughborough (1808-1819); 1819 Market Street, Leicester At time of death Craven Street, Strand, London

Place of work/Offices: 1826 Humberstone Gate Leicester

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