Basic Biographical Details Name: | Henry Denison Walton | Designation: | | Born: | 1862 | Died: | 1919 | Bio Notes: | Henry Denison Walton was born at 16 Lanark Street, Glasgow on 10 November 1862, the son of John Walton, waste and flock manufacturer, and his wife Mary Denison. His father was born in Glasgow; no family connection to George Henry Walton was known to Camilla Uytman (née Walton), although the fact that both worked on St Peter's Episcopal Church, Glasgow within a short period of each other suggests that there may have been a link. Henry Denison Walton was educated at Paisley Grammar School and Glasgow Academy, and articled to James Milne Monro from 1877 to 1882, attending classes at Glasgow School of Art. In 1883 he moved to London as assistant first to James Cubitt for a year, then to Robert William Edis for two years and finally to William Young, for whom he returned to Glasgow as resident architect and clerk of works on Glasgow City Chambers. During his London years he studied at the Royal Academy Schools and at the Architectural Association: he was RA Silver Medallist in 1884, Architectural Association Travelling Student in 1885 and Pugin Student in 1886. These enabled him to travel in the Cotswolds, Germany, France, Holland, Belgium and Italy prior to commencing practice in Glasgow in 1888 as the partner of the older William Holmes Howie (born 1858), a fellow student at the RA Schools and a colleague in Young's office. They adopted the practice title of W H Howie & H D Walton. The partnership was initially supported by Walton's continuing role at the City Chambers, but was dissolved in 1894.
Despite his distinguished student record and experience of large building projects with Young, Walton's practice was never large, his main client being the Episcopal Church of which he was a member. He married in 1896, his first home being in Gordon Terrace, a block of tenement flats at 431-437 Clarkston Road. By 1901 he was sufficiently prosperous to build a pair of semi-detached villas, one of which, Learig, became the Walton residence. He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson; his address at that time was 213 West Campbell Street. Perhaps anticipating that the disastrous subsidence at Christ Church, Mile End, his largest and best church, would oblige him to give up his West Campbell Street office, he gave only his home address in 'Who's Who in Architecture' in 1914. In the event war work of some kind seems to have enabled him to keep it open until early 1919 when he closed his Glasgow practice completely and moved first to London, probably as an assistant, and then to Coventry where he died late in 1919. He was buried at Cathcart Cemetery. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 131, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1889 * | | | | Fernlea Villa, Langside/Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | Before 1889 | After 1891 | Parental home | | 11, Bothwell Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1895 | After 1904 | | | 213, West Campbell Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1909 | 1919 | | | Lea-rig (or Learig), New Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland | Private/business | 1911 | | Residence from before 1911; also working from there by 1914 |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersEmployees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | John Alfred Taylor Houston | April 1894 | April 1898 | Apprentice | |
RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | John Bennie Wilson | 20 July 1911 | for Licentiateship - as President of the Glasgow Institute of Architects |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 23 January 1920 | v118 | | p104 - obituary - CHECK for further info | | RIBA Journal | 24 January 1920 | v27 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p140 - 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 | | L v21 no1653 |
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