William_Dymock_Pratt

William Dymock Pratt

William Dymock Pratt

English architect

William Dymock Pratt (22 December 1854 – 12 August 1916) was an architect based in Nottingham, England[1]

Fellows Morton & Clayton offices, Canal Street, Nottingham, 1895, now a public house.
Warehouses for A. Schmidt, 21-27 Stoney Street, Nottingham, 1910

Biography

Pratt was born in Sneinton on 22 December 1854, the son of Nathan Pratt of Gedling Lodge in Nottinghamshire. He was articled to W. H. Martin, and then with Adams and Kelly in Leeds. From 1877 to 1884 he was in partnership with James Edwin Truman as Truman and Pratt, at Cauldon Chambers, Long Row, Nottingham.[2] From 1884 he practised alone in Nottingham.

On 4 September 1884 he married Lillian Edith Cropper, eldest daughter of Alderman Cropper, of Nottingham. They had two daughters, Murial Edith Amy Pratt (b. 1885) and Gwendoline Ursula Pratt (b.1890).

He died on 12 August 1916 at Bleasby, Nottinghamshire, leaving an estate valued at £17,556 11s. 11d. (equivalent to £1,266,400 in 2021).[3]

Works

References

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    Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 2 (L-Z). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 406. ISBN 082645514X.
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    "No. 25412". The London Gazette. 7 November 1884. p. 4810.
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    "Ecclesiastical". Nottingham Guardian. England. 27 August 1887. Retrieved 21 March 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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    Harwood, Elain (2008). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300126662.
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    "New Theatre at Ilkeston". The Era. England. 28 December 1895. Retrieved 21 March 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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    "Ilkeston and District Heritage: Architecture". Ilkeston and district Local History Society.
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    "Building record MDR13272 - Rutland Chambers, Lord Haddon Road, Ilkeston". Derbyshire Historic Environment Record.
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    "Building record MDR13683 - Cotswold House". Derbyshire Historic Environment Record.
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    Historic England, "26 and 28, Upper Parliament Street, 1 and 3 King's Walk (1255196)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 March 2017
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    Historic England, "53 Stoney Street (1255183)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 March 2017
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    Historic England, "21 to 27, Stoney Street (1270431)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 March 2017
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