Charles G. F. Rees

The Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche, Knightsbridge, London.

Charles Gottlob Frederick Rees[1] (born Carl Gottlob Friedrich Rees; 1 February 1855[2] – 8 May 1931)[3] was a German-born architect, surveyor and estate agent, practicing from Stanmore, Middlesex, England.

Family

Rees was born in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany,[4] the son of Albert Ludwig "Louis" Friedrich Rees, a weaver, and Wilhelmina Caroline Rees. In 1880 in Hackney, he married Rees was married to Franziska "Fanny" Pauline Nuding (born c. 1859 in Stuttgart).[1]

Career

With Edward Boehmer, Rees designed the Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche in Knightsbridge, London.[5] He also carried out extensive works at Tyringham Hall in Buckinghamshire,[6] and designed the Markuskirche in Kelvedon Road, Fulham (1911). He was the surveyor for the German Hospital, Dalston and designing two extensions to that establishment in 1911–12.

References

  1. ^ a b London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932
  2. ^ Carl Gottlob Friederike Rees in the Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1985
  3. ^ Karl Gottlob Friedrich Rees in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
  4. ^ 1911 England Census
  5. ^ "Montpelier Square Area: Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche, Montpelier Place", in Survey of London: Volume 45, Knightsbridge, ed. John Greenacombe (London, 2000), pp. 124-127.
  6. ^ Tyringham Hall: the ultimate country house. Country Life, 9 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2016.

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