John Holloway Sanders
Illustration — Ribblehead railway station opened in 1876. An example of Derby Gothic by John Holloway Sanders John Holloway Sanders FRIBA (1825 – 16 October 1884) was an architect based in England and chief architect of the Midland Railway until 1884. His date of appointment as Chief Architect to the Midland Railway is not known, but he is recorded as working for them in 1845.
John Holloway Sanders
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- Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
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Illustration — Ribblehead railway station opened in 1876. An example of Derby Gothic by John Holloway Sanders John Holloway Sanders FRIBA (1825 – 16 October 1884) was an architect based in England and chief architect of the Midland Railway until 1884. His date of appointment as Chief Architect to the Midland Railway is not known, but he is recorded as working for them in 1845.
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He is particularly noted for his station buildings on the Settle to Carlisle railway which were all built in a similar style, they became known colloquially as Midland Gothic or Derby Gothic. He was appointed Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects on 22 April 1872. On his death in 1884, the position of Chief Architect of the Midland Railway went to Charles Trubshaw.
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- 1.Brodie, Antonia. Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914. Vol 2. Royal Institute of British Architects. 535. 20 December 2001. 9780826455147.
- 2.Pevsner, Nikolaus. The Buildings of England. Yorkshire West Riding. Penguin Books. 278. 1967.
- 3.The Sheffield and Chesterfield District Railway. The New stations. Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 13 April 1869.
- 4.Pevsner, Nikolaus. The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. Yale University Press. 311. 2020. 9780300247831.
- 5.Dandrymire Viaduct. 1384058. II.
- 6.Notes by the Way. Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. 1 November 1884.
- 7.The improvements at the Midland Railway Station. Derby Daily Telegraph. 28 March 1881.
- 8.The new Midland Railway Station at Burton-on-Trent. Derby Daily Telegraph. 30 April 1883.
- 9.New station at Mangotsfield. Western Daily Press. 25 June 1883.
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