W. H. Romaine-Walker

William Henry Romaine-Walker (1854–1940) was an English architect and interior decorator.

Life

Romaine-Walker was born into a family of art dealers. He was educated at Lancing College, and then articled to the architect George Edmund Street.[1] He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1881,[1] and in the same year began working in a partnership with Augustus William Tanner, which lasted until 1896.[2]

Works

Stanhope House, 46–47 Park Lane, London, 2016

These include:

• Stanhope House, Park Lane, London (1899–1901), ornate Gothic mansion, with Besant.[3]
• St. James, Hampton Hill, tower added to William Wigginton's earlier church, to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee (1887–88).[4]
• Canford School, Canford Magna, Dorset, extended (with Tanner) (1888).[5]
• Medmenham Abbey, Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, west wing added and remainder of the house much restored (1898) for Robert Hudson[6]
• Danesfield House, Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, for Robert Hudson (1899–1901)[7]
• Church of St. Saviour, Newtown, Dorset (1892) with Tanner.[8]
• Beaumont College, Old Windsor, Berkshire: interior decoration (1902).
• Her Majesty's Theatre, London. Interior decoration (1897).[9]
• St Michael's Church, Brighton (circa 1900). Internal features.[10]
• Church of St John the Evangelist, Upper Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, with Besant (1902–03).[11]
• Moreton Hall, Warwickshire (1906)[12]
• Knowsley Hall, Merseyside. Modifications for the 17th Earl of Derby (1908–12)[13]
• Tate Gallery extensions (1910, 1926, 1937) [14]
• Buckland House, Buckland, Oxfordshire, alterations and additions (c 1910).[15]
• Chatsworth House rebuilding of main staircase (1911–12).[16]
• Liverpool Town Hall (1913). Internal modifications and decorations (with Jenkins)[17]
• Great Fosters. Modifications (1918–19).[18]

References

1. "William Henry Romaine-Walker(1854–1940)". Archiseek.
2. Romaine-Walker, William Henry, Parks & Gardens Data Services, retrieved 23 August 2008
3. Stanhope House, 46–47 Park Lane, Marylebone St Johns Wood And Mayfair, Greater London, English Heritage, retrieved 11 March 2015
4. Historic England. "St James's Church, Teddington (1255505)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
5. Historic England. "Canford School (1217460)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
6. Historic England. "Medmenham Abbey (1310928)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
7. Historic England. "Danesfield House (1310810)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
8. Church of St. Saviour, Newtown, Dorset, Archiseek.com, retrieved 24 August 2008
9. Her Majesty's (London), The Theatres Trust, retrieved 23 August 2008
10. History II, Saint Michael and All Angels, Brighton, retrieved 23 August 2008
11. Historic England. "Church of St John the Evangelist, Poole (1239597)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
12. Historic England. "Moreton Hall (1381949)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
13. Pollard and Pevsner, pp. 217–221.
14. Extensions, Tate Gallery, retrieved 29 March 2016
15. Historic England. "Buckland House (1368380)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
16. Historic England. "Chatsworth House (1373871)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
17. Pollard and Pevsner, pp. 289–290
18. Great Fosters: A Masterplan for the Hotel and Grounds (PDF), Kim Wilkie Associates, p. 5, retrieved 23 August 2008

Citations

• Pollard, Richard; Nikolaus Pevsner (2006), The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10910-5

External links

• W. H. Romaine Walker at Library of Congress Authorities