Bromley and Watkins was an architectural practice based in Nottingham from 1912 to 1928.
History
[edit]Albert Nelson Bromley and Harry Garnham Watkins established the practice in Nottingham in 1912.[1] Harry Garnham Watkins was the son of William Watkins, an architect from Lincoln. The partnership was dissolved in 1928[2] when Harry Garnham Watkins retired.
Works
[edit]- Boots the Chemist Factory, Station Street, Nottingham 1912[3]
- Boots the Chemist, Northgate, Gloucester 1914[4]
- Boots the Chemist, 130 High Street, Southend-on-Sea 1915[5]
- Boots the Chemist, 7 & 8 Pride Hill, Shrewsbury 1915
- Griffin & Spalding department store, Long Row, Nottingham 1919-20[6] and 1927 (later Debenhams)
- National Provincial Bank, 11 Smithy Row, Nottingham 1927-28
- National Provincial Bank, Wolverhampton
- Convalescent home for boys, Rosebery Avenue, Skegness 1928[7]
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References
[edit]- ^ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914: Vol 2. Royal Institute or British Architects. p. 928. ISBN 9780826455147.
- ^ "Notice is hereby given". The London Gazette. No. 33389. 1 June 1928. p. 3811.
- ^ "Important Commercial Scheme in Nottingham". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 21 September 1912. Retrieved 11 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Shop developments in Glo'ster". Gloucestershire Chronicle. England. 9 May 1914. Retrieved 26 March 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Historic England. "130 High Street (1405205)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Harwood, Elain (1979). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottinghamshire. Yale University Press. p. 79. ISBN 0140710027.
- ^ "Home for Boys". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 31 May 1928. Retrieved 11 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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