Basic Biographical Details Name: | Edwin Morton Goodwin | Designation: | | Born: | | Died: | | Bio Notes: | Edwin Morton Goodwin and Henry Edward Coe founded the London partnership of Coe & Goodwin in 1849 with a City address at 4 Frederick Place, Old Jewry. Coe was a pupil of George Gilbert Scott but Goodwin's background is not yet known. In that year they won the competitions for Holy Trinity Bracknell, Berkshire, and the Birmingham Blind Institute; and in 1852 they won a further competition for the Infirmary in Dundee, in turn bringing a wider clientele which was lost as a result of their incautious use of Caen stone for dressed work.
The partnership ended shortly after 1856 when Coe won the competition for the War Office in association with HH Hofland. Goodwin then concentrated on the South-West Wales side of the business where they had built Whitland Church for the Hon W H Yelverton of Whitland Abbey, a slate magnate. Until the mid 1860s Goodwin continued to live in London, but subsequently he settled at Laugharne (1867-68), Pontfaen (1868), Haverfordwest and Kidwelly (1877) to Pontfaen more conveniently located for his Welsh practice which included the reconstruction of Whitland Abbey and much church, rectory and school building.
In 1874 Goodwin bankrupted himself on housing developments at Burry Port, and on the Whitland Estate the house he built for himself at Plas y Fain was abandoned incomplete and demolished. Nevertheless he retained Yelverton's confidence and within a few years he was architect for large developments in Carmarthen, Whitland and Saundersfoot. By 1877 he was living at Leatherhead, but by 1892 he was back in Pembrokeshire at Saundersfoot. The date of his death is not yet known, but he appears to have been involved in further extensive developments at Whitland as late as 1895. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | London, England | Business | | | | | Laugharne, Wales | Business | 1867 | 1868 | | | Pontfaed, Wales | Business | 1868 | | | | Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales | Business | 1877 | | | | Kidwelly, Wales | Business | 1877 | | | | Pontfaen, Wales | Business | After 1877 | | |
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Coe & Goodwin | | | Partner | |
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ReferencesArchive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Information from Julian Orbach |
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