Basic Biographical Details Name: | Harold Falkner | Designation: | | Born: | 28 November 1875 | Died: | 30 November 1963 | Bio Notes: | Harold Falkner was born on 28 November 1875 to a well-off Farnham family. He became a pupil of Reginald Blomfield who had commenced practice there in 1896. A brilliant draughtsman of the F L Griggs school, in 1900 he was taken into partnership by David Barclay Niven, who had recently moved house to Farnham and was practising in partnership with Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth from offices at Gwydir Chambers, 104 High Holborn, London. The practice title became Niven, Wigglesworth & Falkner, but the full name was not always used for business outwith Surrey. Falkner's sometimes wayward arts-and-crafts habits of business at Farnham soon created problems, and the partnership was effectively dissolved in 1903, although the practice title of Niven, Wigglesworth & Falkner was used in Surrey up until 1906 and survived as late as 1909. Except for a brief period in partnership with a Niven & Wigglesworth pupil, Guy Maxwell Aylwin, from 1927 onwards, Falkner thereafter practised alone in Farnham in ever-increasingly autocratic eccentricity until his death on 30 November 1963. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Farnham, Surrey, England | Business | | | |
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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 | | c. 1907 | Hardwick House | Nottingham | | Nottinghamshire | England | Reconstruction and redecoration | | c. 1907 | Millhanger | | | Sussex? | England | | | c. 1908 | House near Farnham | Farnham (near) | | Surrey | England | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Osmond, Sam | 2003 | Harold Falkner: More than an Arts & Crafts Architect | | | |
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