James Hibbert
James Hibbert (1831 – 19 November 1903) was an English architect who practised in Preston, Lancashire.
James Hibbert
- Born
- 1831
- Died
- 1903 · Anerley.
- Occupation
- architect
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James Hibbert (1831 – 19 November 1903) was an English architect who practised in Preston, Lancashire.
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Hibbert was born in Preston and educated at Preston Grammar School. From 1855 Hibbert worked in partnership with Nathan Rainford. From October 1871 he was a councillor for the Christ Church ward in Preston, soon after he also became an alderman of Preston. He was elected mayor of Preston in 1880. He resigned from the council in 1898 Hibbert's finest and most important work is the Harris Museum (1882–93), which is described by Hartwell and Pevsner in the Buildings of England series as "one of the largest, most imposing and memorable public buildings in north Lancashire". It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. He also designed Fishergate Baptist Church (1858) (with Rainford), and Preston Savings Bank (1872), also Treales Primary school (1872), also in Fishergate. Other works include an extension to Preston Royal Infirmary (1866–70), and the partial rebuilding of North Road Pentecostal Church in Preston (1885–86). Following his retirement he moved to a house he built in Anerley, London, where he died on 19 November 1903
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1831
James Hibbert was born on 1 January 1831.
1903
James Hibbert died on 19 November 1903.
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- 1.The Harris Museum and Art Gallery. About Us.
- 2.Death of a Preston ex-Mayor - the Architect of the Harris Museum. Lancashire Daily Post. 5321. 4. 19 November 1903.
- 3.1207306. Harris Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery. cs2.
- 4.Historic England. Listed Buildings.
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