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John Wimble (1837-1877) was an English architect based in London.[1]
Life
[edit]He was born in 1837 in Maidstone, Kent the son of Edward Wimble (1804-1875) and Mary Margaret Wildish (1810-1889). He died on 29 June 1877[2] and was buried in St Mary's Church, Long Ditton on 4 July 1877.
Career
[edit]He was educated at Tonbridge School and then articled to John Whichcord Sr. & Son in Maidstone, Kent. He set himself up in independent practice and after a few years entered into a partnership with his younger brother William Wimble. He died in 1877 and William continued the business alone.
Architectural Works
[edit]- Sittingbourne Cemetery 1860
- Congregational Church, High Street, Sittingbourne 1862-63[3] (now Covenant Love Church)
- Albert wing, Royal Asylum of St Anne’s Society, Streatham. 1865 (Demolished 1987)
- Warehouse, Southwark Street, London 1867
- Warehouse, 222 Upper Thames Street, London (now demolished)
- Peter Lawson and Son, 20 Budge Row, London 1867 (demolished)
- Countess of Huntingdon’s chapel, Tunbridge Wells 1867 (demolished 1974)
- 32 Watling Street, London 1867[4]
- Store front, Wimble and Nutt, 34 Week Street, Maidstone, Kent 1869 (building demolished)
- Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion Church, North Street, Brighton 1870-71 (demolished 1972)
- Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company Offices, 25 Cockspur Street, London 1873
- London Salvage Corps station, Watling Street, London (demolished)
- London Salvage Corps station, 38–40 Commercial Road, London 1874 (demolished 1937)
- Bedford Hotel, Henrietta Street/Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London 1876-77 (from the designs of Henry Clutton)[5]
- 24 Haymarket, London 1877 (with William Wimble)
- Investment Company, 41 Cheapside, London 1877 (with William Wimble)
- Dyer’s buildings, Holborn, London 1871-78[6]
- Offices, Gresham Street/Coleman Street, London (demolished)
- Boosey’s premises, Regent Street, London
- Domestic property, Ryder Street, St James’, London
- 59, 60 and 61 Haymarket, London
- Warehouses, Fenchurch/Leadenhall Street, London
- Mildmay Chambers, Bishopsgate Street, London
- Messrs Mather, 75 Farringdon Road, London (demolished)
- South West Quadrant, Ludgate Circus, London [7]
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Sources
[edit]- Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1997). London 1: The City of London. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-14-071092-2.
References
[edit]- ↑ Antonia Brodie; British Architectural Library; Royal Institute of British Architects (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 1 (L-Z). A&C Black. p. 1033. ISBN 978-0-8264-5514-7.
- ↑ "Death of an Old Tonbridgeian". Kent & Sussex Courier. United Kingdom. 20 July 1877. Retrieved 24 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Sittingbourne. Opening of the Free Church". Nonconformist. United Kingdom. 1 April 1863. Retrieved 24 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Tenders". London City Press. United Kingdom. 18 May 1867. Retrieved 24 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Our Office Cable". Building News. United Kingdom. 23 February 1877. Retrieved 24 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Bradley 1997, p. 519.
- ↑ Bradley 1997, p. 550.