Basic Biographical Details Name: | Horace Field | Designation: | | Born: | 1861 or 1862 | Died: | 16 June 1948 | Bio Notes: | Horace Field was born in 1861 or 1862, the son of Horace Field, a London architect who was District Surveyor for Putney and Roehampton. In a somewhat unique move for a London-based architectural family he commenced his training in the office of John Burnet Senior in Glasgow c.1877-78. Whilst there, he was clearly influenced by Burnet's son John James Burnet's large-scale approach to design, which remained characteristic of Field's work thereafter. The elder Field died in May 1879 and the following year the younger Field came home, transferring to the office of Robert W Edis and pursuing his studies at the South Kensington Schools and Royal Academy Schools. He commenced practice on his own account c.1885, in partnership with his father's former chief assistant, who has yet to be identified. In 1889 he joined the Art Workers Guild nut resigned in 1906. In or about 1895 he opened a practice in Glasgow, working from 246 West Regent Street. This stay in Scotland was surely short-lived.
He was belatedly admitted FRIBA on 8 June 1903, his proposers being R Phené Spiers, William Douglas Caröe, and Thomas Henry Watson, who affirmed in his supporting statement that he counted Field 'amongst the personal friends for whom I have a very high regard'. From 1905 or 1906 until 1915 he was in partnership with his former apprentice and assistant Charles Evelyn Simmons at Langham Chambers, London.
No work in Scotland is known. Field retired to Rye and died on 16 June 1948. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 69, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England | Business | 1885 | Before 1903 | | | 246, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1895 * | | | | 1, Langham Chambers, London, England | Business | 1903 * | | | | Chestnut Lodge, Cannon Place, Hampstead, London, England | Private | 1903 * | | | | Stuttles, Military Road, Rye, Sussex, England | Private | 1948 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersEmployees or Pupils
RIBARIBA ProposersRIBA ProposalsThis proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Charles Evelyn Simmons | 8 January 1912 | for Licentiateship |
Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | 1895 | New houses | Hampstead | | London | England | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Beauty's Awakening | | Beauty's Awakening: The Centenary Exhibition of the Art Workers' Guild | | Brighton Museum September -November 1984, Royal Pavilion Brighton | | | Brittain-Catlin, Timothy | 2010 | Horace Field and Lloyds Bank | | Architectural History, v53, p271-294 | | | Gray, A Stuart | 1985 | Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary | | | p178 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 25 June 1948 | | | p766 - obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | F v14 p95 no906 (microfilm reel 11) |
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