Basic Biographical Details Name: | Frederick George Frizzell | Designation: | | Born: | 27 November 1902 | Died: | 10 December 1976 | Bio Notes: | Frederick G Frizzell ('Freddie') was born on 27 November 1902. From June 1920 to June 1923 he served his articles with Gerald Wornum. During this period he attended classes, presumably part-time, at Regent Street Polytechnic and attended an atelier at the University of London. In June 1924 he took a post as assistant of H W Binns.
He worked for the Mines Department of the ___ from August 1927. He was admitted ARIBA in late 1930, proposed by Gerald Wornum, Cedric Gurney Ripley and another. He worked under John Austin Dempster in the Miners' Welfare Commission in the 1930s, with particular responsibility for buildings in Fife and the Lothians. After his spell designing buildings in Scotland he specialised in working in Northumberland where he became Architect to the Northumberland and Durham Miners' Welfare from the mid 1930s. He joined the Northern Architectural Association in 1945. No further details of him are yet known. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | Business | | | | | The Patch, Crossways, Shenfield, Essex, England | Private | c. 1931 | | | | 80, Portland Place, London, England(?) | Business | 1956 * | | | | Bank Chambers/133 , Aldersyde, London, England | Business | 1970s | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers
RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | Cedric Gurney Ripley | Late 1930 | For Associateship |
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 | | 1930 | Blairhall Colliery, pithead baths | Blairhall | | Fife | Scotland | Original building with J A Dempster | | 1930 | Lochhead Colliery, Pithead Baths | East Wemyss | | Fife | Scotland | With J A Dempster | | 1930 | Roslin Colliery, Pithad Baths | | | Midlothian | Scotland | With J A Dempster | | 1931 | Devon Colliery, Pithead Baths | | | Clackmannanshire | Scotland | With J A Dempster as Chief Architect | | 1931 | Woolmet Colliery, Pithead Baths | | | Midlothian | Scotland | With J A Dempster as Chief Architect | | 1932 | Aitken Colliery, Pithead Baths | Kelty | | Fife | Scotland | With J A Demopster as Chief Architect | | 1932 | Kinneil Colliery, Pithead Baths | Kinneil | | West Lothian | Scotland | With J A Dempster as Chief Architect | | 1932 | Ramsey Colliery, Pithead Baths | | | Fife | Scotland | With J A Dempster as Chief Architect | | 1933 | Arniston Colliery, pithead baths | | | Midlothian | Scotland | Original building - with Dempster as Chief Architect | | 1933 | Lindsay Colliery, Pithead Baths | | | Fife | Scotland | With Dempster as Chief Architect | | 1933 | Lumphinnans Colliery, Pithead Baths | Lumphinnans | | Fife | Scotland | With Dempster as Chief Architect | | 1933 | Preston Links Colliery, Pithead Baths | | | East Lothian | Scotland | With J A Dempster as Chief Architect | | 1934 | Michael Colliery, Pithead Baths | East Wemyss | | Fife | Scotland | With J A Dempster as Chief Architect | | 1934 | Polkemmet Colliery, pithead baths | | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Assisted Dempster who was Chief Architect for the Northern Division, Miners' Welfare Commission | | 1934 | Whitehill Colliery, pithead baths | | | Midlothian | Scotland | Assisted Dempster as Chief Architect | | 1935 | Bowhill Colliery, pithead baths | Bowhill, Auchterderran | | Fife | Scotland | With J A Dempster as Chief Architect | | 1936 | Newcraighall Colliery, Pithead Baths | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | With Dempster as Chief Architect | | 1937 | Gilmerton Colliery, Pithead Baths | | | Midlothian | Scotland | With Dempster as Chief Architect | | 1937 | Tillicoultry Colliery, Pithead Baths | Tillicoultry | | Clackmannanshire | Scotland | As assistant to Dempster | | 1938 | Hopetoun Colliery, Pithead Baths | | | West Lothian | Scotland | Alterations? Further work? - as assistant to Dempster |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Allison, Georgina | 1994 | The Miners Welfare Commission and Pithead Baths in Scotland | | Twentieth Century Society journal, Summer 1, Industrial Architecture, pp 55-64 | p 63 | | Buckley, S and Walker, L | 1982 | Between the wars: Architecture and Design on Tyneside 1919-1939 | | | p10 | | English Census | 1901 | English Census 1901 | | | |
Archive 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 | | Additional information from Graham Potts |
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