Edward Holmes (architect)

Edward Holmes
Edward Holmes
Born	1832
Died	1909
Nationality	British
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	St Mary's Church, Selly Oak

Edward Holmes (1832 – 1909) was a British architect from Birmingham, England.

Family

He was the son of Edward Holmes and Elisa Henrietta Roulet, christened on 7 September 1832 in St Mary's Church, Moseley.

He married Mary Ann Briggs on 7 October 1856 at St Mary's Church, Moseley. Mary Ann was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Briggs. There were three children: Elizabeth Henriette Holmes (1857 - 1944), Edward Briggs Holmes (1858 - 1920) and Gertrude Fanny Holmes (1861-1938).

There is a brass plaque in St Mary's Church, Selly Oak to the memory of Mary Ann Holmes aged 31 years, wife of Edward Holmes (Architect of this Church) who died 5 November 1861 and is buried in the Family Vault at St Mary's Church, Moseley.

Holmes married Mary Lavinia Hemming on 27 May 1863 in Alvechurch. They had a further 11 children.

He contracted pneumonia just before Christmas 1909 and died at Wyndcliffe, School Road, Moseley on 30 December 1909[1] and his funeral was held in Moseley parish church on 3 January 1910. Mary Lavinia died in 1921.

Buildings designed

St Mary's Church, Selly Oak

Former Midland Bank, New Street

Lodge and twin mortuary chapels, Belper Cemetery. 1858
All Saints' Church, King's Heath with Frederick Preedy, 1860
St Mary's Church, Selly Oak. 1861
Moseley Independent Congregational chapel. 1862[2]
St James' Church, Shirley. New roof. 1862.
Exchange Building, 1865. Enlarged 1877. Demolished 1965.[3]
Immanuel Church, Broad Street, Birmingham. 1865
Former Masonic Hall, Ethel Street, Birmingham, 1865-69[3]
Midland Bank, New Street, Birmingham. 1867-69 (now Waterstones bookshop)[3]
Former Medical Mission, River Street, Birmingham, 1880[3]
Lady Chapel addition to St Paul's Church, Moseley Road, Balsall Heath. 1865.
Freemasons' Hall, Grand Lodge of Ireland, Molesworth Street, Dublin. 1866.
St John The Divine, Horninglow, Burton upon Trent. 1867
St Mark's, Winshill, Burton-on-Trent, 1869
Kings Norton Workhouse. 1870
St Paul's Church, Dosthill. 1872
George Wilkinson and Co, Ashted Steam Brewery, Ashted Row, Birmingham. 1874
37 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham. Date unknown.
Chadwick Manor, Balsall, Solihull[4]

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References

"Funeral of Mr. E Holmes". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 4 January 1910. Retrieved 6 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 17 June 1862. p.2. 'New Independent Chapel at Moseley'
Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham, Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5
Birmingham Daily Post 21 April 1883

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[1] "Funeral of Mr. E Holmes". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 4 January 1910. Retrieved 6 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 17 June 1862. p.2. 'New Independent Chapel at Moseley'

[pev-3] Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham, Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5

[4] Birmingham Daily Post 21 April 1883