Herbert John Green
Herbert John Green (1850/51 – 1918) was an English architect who was born near Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk.
Herbert John Green
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- Born
- 1850
- Died
- 1918
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- architect
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Herbert John Green (1850/51 – 1918) was an English architect who was born near Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk.
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He trained for the profession as a pupil under Sir Arthur Blomfield and worked from his offices once he was qualified. By 1881 he had progressed and had his own independent practice and had offices in Norwich and in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. His works include the renovation of a large number of churches in Norfolk. He also designed the Grand Hotel on the North Norfolk coast in the town of Sheringham. He was the diocesan surveyor for the Anglican Diocese of Norwich from 1881 to 1898.
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In 1894 Green was judged bankrupt, but his work was continued and project references to him as an architect continue thereafter. He is recorded as living in the same house in Norwich from 1891 to 1901.
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List of Works
England • Shadwell Court, Brettenham, Norfolk (1900) • Bank House, Cromer, Norfolk (1896) • St. Margaret's Church, Fleggburgh, Norfolk • Carnegie Library, King's Lynn, Norfolk (1904) • St. Andrew's Church, Guist, Norfolk (1880s) • St Margaret's Church, Hales, Norfolk (1890s) • St. George's Church, Hindolveston, Norfolk (designed only, built in the 1930s) • All Saints' Church, Lessingham, Norfolk (1890s) • Riddlesworth Hall, Riddlesworth, Norfolk (1900) • The Esplanada, Sheringham, Norfolk • The Grand Hotel, Sheringham, Norfolk (1898) • Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Shernborne, Norfolk (1898) • Thetford Guildhall, Thetford, Norfolk
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• Illustration — King's Lynn Carnegie Library, built in 1904 • Illustration — Riddlesworth Hall, Nr Diss, Norfolk, built 1900 • Illustration — Thetford Guildhall: the clock tower • Illustration — St George Parish Church, Hindolveston, Re-Build 1914 • Illustration — Bank House in Cromer, Norfolk, built in 1896 • Illustration — Building on the corner of Church Street and Mount Street • Illustration — Parish church of Saint Nicolas, Wells-next-the-Sea
A large town house and former Doctors surgery on the north coner of Mount Street and Church Street in the town of Cromer, Norfolk, England. This property was designed by the Norwich based architect Herbert Green.
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A large town house and former Doctors surgery on the north coner of Mount Street and Church Street in the town of Cromer, Norfolk, England. This property was designed by the Norwich based architect Herbert Green.
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1850
Herbert John Green was born in 1850.
1918
Herbert John Green died in 1918.
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- 1.Architects and Artists F to G retrieved 21 January 2013
- 2.Wilson 158.
- 3.Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. (1962; 1999). Buildings of England, Norfolk 2: North-west and south. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- 4.Knott, S. (2006;2016). Retrieved January 01, 2023. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/burghmargaret/burghmargaret.htm
- 5.British Listed Buildings. Retrieved January 01, 2023. https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101195423-the-carnegie-library-kings-lynn-and-west-norfolk-st-margarets-with-st-nicholas-ward#.Y7IeSXbP3IU
- 6.Norfolk Churches. www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
- 7.Norfolk Churches. www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
- 8.Norfolk Churches. www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
- 9.Norfolk Churches. www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
- 10.Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. (1962; 1999). Buildings of England, Norfolk 2: North-west and south. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- 11.Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. (1962; 1999). Buildings of England, Norfolk 2: North-west and south. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- 12.Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. (1962; 1999). Buildings of England, Norfolk 2: North-west and south. New Haven: Yale University Press.
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