Henry Moses Wood
Illustration — Lodge, Nottingham Arboretum 1851 • Illustration — Lodge, Forest Recreation Ground, Mansfield Road. Built in 1857 as the Lodge to the racecourse Henry Moses Wood (1788–28 September 1867) was an architect based in Nottingham.
Henry Moses Wood
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- Born
- Henry Moses Wood was born on 1 January 1788.
- Died
- Henry Moses Wood died on 1 January 1867.
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- architect
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Illustration — Lodge, Nottingham Arboretum 1851 • Illustration — Lodge, Forest Recreation Ground, Mansfield Road. Built in 1857 as the Lodge to the racecourse Henry Moses Wood (1788–28 September 1867) was an architect based in Nottingham.
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He studied in the practice of Edward Staveley, and continued the business after Staveley's death in 1837. One of his pupils, William Booker established himself as an architect and surveyor in Nottingham. In 1831, jointly with Edward Staveley, he produced a detailed plan and map of Nottingham and its suburbs. In 1835-1836 he was Sheriff of Nottingham. He was manager of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Fire and Life Assurance Company. His son succeeded him in this business. In 1811, he married a Miss Wilson of Shelford Manor and they had 11 children. He died in Buxton, Derbyshire on 28 September 1867. His son, Henry Walter Wood, continued his practice in Nottingham after his death. His other son, Arthur Augustus Wood, was a playwright.
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1788
Henry Moses Wood was born on 1 January 1788.
1867
Henry Moses Wood died on 1 January 1867.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Colvin, Howard. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840. Yale University Press. 1072. 1995. 0300060912.
- 2.Sheffield Independent - Tuesday 07 September 1869
- 3.Brodie, Antonia. Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 2 (L-Z). Royal Institute of British Architects. 1047. 20 December 2001. 082645514X.
- 4.1270769. Church of St Peter.
- 5.1255244. Lodge at South West Entrance to Arboreturm.
- 6.1270405. Pedestrian Subway, Railings and Walls on East side of Arboretum.
- 7.1254768. Forest Lodge.
- 8.The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. London. 1979
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