Basic Biographical Details | Name: | Joseph Gibbons Sankey | | Designation: | | | Born: | 28 May 1860 | | Died: | 1 December 1898 | | Bio Notes: | Widely considered an architect of unusual promise and ability, Joseph Gibbons Sankey, MA., FRIBA came of an old Salopian family. He was born in Salford in 1860, the son of John Sankey, of Southport. and resided nearly all his life in Blackley near Manchester, his native village. He served his articles in Manchester with Albert William Smith in 1876 before studying architecture in the Royal Academy School and in the office of Colonel Edis, London. He was awarded numerous honours as a student, including the the Sharpe Prize in 1882-1883, the Pugin Studentship of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1884, the Association Travelling Studentship, and various other medals and prizes. He entered Christ’s College Cambridge, in 1884, graduating BA in 1887 and afterwards proceeding to the MA. degree. During his Cambridge career he designed the Simpson Memorial Building at Moston, north of Manchester.
J Gibbons Sankey commenced independent practice in Manchester in 1889. In a career spaning less than a decade his principal works included the head office of the Mercantile Bank of Lancashire in Mosley Street, extensions to the Municipal School of Art in Cavendish Street, the Branch Free Library in Chester Road, and the Primitive Methodist College at Alexandra Park, all in Manchester. Completed shortly before his death was the great new warehouse of Tootal Broadhurst Lee and Company Limited in Oxford Street Manchester.
He became a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1897 and shortly before his death moved to “Bollinhurst,” Disley. Here he died after a brief spell of peritonitis on 1st December 1898 and was interred at Manchester’s Southern Cemetery. He had married Fanny Young Sillifant in 1889. The couple had one daughter, Marjorie Gibbons Sankey. After his death the firm was continued by his assistant John Cubbon and Thomas William Cubbon as Sankey, Cubbon & Cubbon | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | Manchester, England | Business | | | |
Employment and TrainingEmployees or Pupils| The following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | James Lindsay Grant | After 1896 | Before 1900 | Assistant | |
ReferencesPeriodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this : | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 10 December 1898 | | | p535 - obituary | | Manchester Guardian | 3 December 1898 | | | p11 - obituary | | RIBA Journal | 1899 | v 6 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | pp78-9 |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this : | | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | | Manchester Architects 1800-1940 | | | | Courtesy of Toni Leden | Information sent via 'Contact Us' on website | | Sent May 2012 | | England and Wales | Births, marriages and deaths | | |
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