Charles Nelson Holloway

Baptist Church on Dovecote Lane, formerly known as John Clifford Baptist Church, demolished in 2015

Charles Nelson Holloway (1872 – 30 March 1938) was an architect based in Nottingham.

History

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 £52,300 in 2023).[5]

Works

  • 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

  1. ^ "Nottingham Municipal School of Art". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 10 September 1891. Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Moreton". Hereford Journal. England. 7 July 1900. Retrieved 25 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Local and District". Nottingham Journal. England. 20 April 1901. Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Mr. C.N. Holloway". Nottingham Journal. England. 31 March 1938. Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ 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 7 May 2024.
  6. ^ "From Day To Day". Nottingham Journal. England. 30 April 1898. Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Harwood, Elain (2008). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. p. 156. ISBN 9780300126662.
  8. ^ "1276" (1878-1937) [Building Plan Register]. District Council Records, File: DC/BS/4/2/1. Nottingham: Nottinghamshire Archives Office.