Joseph Morris

• Name — Joseph Morris • Born — 1836 • Died — 1913 • Practice — Joseph Morris & Son • Significant Buildings — Cordes Hall Joseph Morris was a British architect.

Joseph was the father of Francis Edward Morris, A RIBA (1872–1908), who was articled to him in 1887 and was his professional partner 1895–1905. Joseph Morris was the Berkshire County Surveyor 1872–1905. Joseph, a Quaker, was the father of at least two daughters, Violet Morris, also an architect, and Olive Morris, wood carver and engineer. He lived for a time at the Agapemonites settlement in the Quantocks. In 1908 Joseph was in partnership with his son Henry Silver Morris, LRIBA. A biographical article was published by the Ancient Monuments Society, Morris of Reading: A Family of Architects 1836-1958.

• Illustration — Tower of the Church of the Ark of the Covenant. Grade II* listed • Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Chapel, North Block • St. Paul's parish church, Highmoor, Oxfordshire, 1859 • Church of the Ark of the Covenant, Stamford Hill originally the Agapemonite church, nowadays the Georgian Orthodox Cathedral of the nativity of the Lord. 1892/95 • Houses, 7–25 Station Road, Reading, Berkshire, 1901–03 (with F. E. Morris) *Cordes Hall, Sunninghill, Berkshire, 1902 (with F. E. Morris) • Police Station, Rectory Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, 1904 • Police Station, Broadway, Maidenhead, Berkshire, 1906