Bromley and Watkins

130 High Street, Southend-on-Sea 1915
Former Griffin and Spalding department store, Long Row, Nottingham 1919-20 and 1927
Former National Provincial Bank, Wolverhampton

Bromley and Watkins was an architectural practice based in Nottingham from 1912 to 1928.

History

Albert Nelson Bromley and Harry Garnham Watkins established the practice in Nottingham in 1912.[1] Harry Garnham Watkins was the son of William Watkins, an architect from Lincoln. The partnership was dissolved in 1928[2] when Harry Garnham Watkins retired.

Works

  • Boots the Chemist Factory, Station Street, Nottingham 1912[3]
  • Boots the Chemist, Northgate, Gloucester 1914[4]
  • Boots the Chemist, 130 High Street, Southend-on-Sea 1915[5]
  • Boots the Chemist, 7 & 8 Pride Hill, Shrewsbury 1915
  • Griffin & Spalding department store, Long Row, Nottingham 1919-20[6] and 1927 (later Debenhams)
  • National Provincial Bank, 11 Smithy Row, Nottingham 1927-28
  • National Provincial Bank, Wolverhampton
  • Convalescent home for boys, Rosebery Avenue, Skegness 1928[7]

References

  1. ^ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914: Vol 2. Royal Institute or British Architects. p. 928. ISBN 9780826455147.
  2. ^ "Notice is hereby given". The London Gazette. No. 33389. 1 June 1928. p. 3811.
  3. ^ "Important Commercial Scheme in Nottingham". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 21 September 1912. Retrieved 11 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Shop developments in Glo'ster". Gloucestershire Chronicle. England. 9 May 1914. Retrieved 26 March 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Historic England. "130 High Street (1405205)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  6. ^ Harwood, Elain (1979). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottinghamshire. Yale University Press. p. 79. ISBN 0140710027.
  7. ^ "Home for Boys". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 31 May 1928. Retrieved 11 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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