Francis Houlton Wrench
Francis Houlton Wrench LRIBA AMICE (29 August 1869 - 17 November 1939) was an architect based in Sheffield.[1]
History[edit]
He was born in 1869 in Baslow, Derbyshire, the son of Lieut-Colonel Edward Mason Wrench MVO, VD, FRCS (1833-1912) and Anne Eliza Kirk (1831-1920). He was educated at Drapers’ College, High Road, Tottenham and then University College, Sheffield from 1886 to 1889. He was then articled to Messrs. T. Meik & Sons from 1889 to 1890, then the Eyemouth Railway & Harbour company 1891–93. In 1895 he joined Sheffield Corporation Architects’ Department at a salary of £150 per annum.[2]
He commenced independent practice in Sheffield in 1901 and was appointed LRIBA in 1910.
He married Georginia Charlotte Curll on 30 December 1892 in Edinburgh.[3] They had two children:
- Georgina Annie Wrench (1894-1985)
- Francis Anthony Wrench (1897-1984)
He lived in Sheffield for many years.
He was junior engineer in the City Engineers’ Department. He lived at Upperthorpe until 1935 and was churchwarden at St Stephen's Church.[4]
He was a member of the Sheffield Architects’ Society, a Freeman of the City of London, and a member of the Worshipful Company of Drapers of London.
He died at The Hall Cottage, East Markham in November 1939 and left an estate valued at £7,815.[5]
Works[edit]
- Abbeydale Road main sewer, Sheffield 1896[6]
- Lock up shop, junction of St Philip’s Road and Netherthorpe Place, Sheffield 1902[7]
- Baslow Hall 1907
- Memorial to Henry Bull, St Bartholomew's Church, Sheffield 1915[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: Vol 2 (L-Z). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 1069. ISBN 082645514X.
- ^ "The City Surveyor's Department". Sheffield Evening Telegraph. England. 8 June 1895. Retrieved 12 February 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wrench-Curll". London Evening Standard. England. 3 January 1893. Retrieved 12 February 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Cremation of Mr. F.H. Wrench". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 22 November 1939. Retrieved 12 February 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "East Markham Will". Newark Herald. England. 27 July 1940. Retrieved 12 February 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Completion of the Abbeydale Road Main Sewer". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 11 February 1896. Retrieved 12 February 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Portmahon". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 17 January 1903. Retrieved 8 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "A Churchwarden's Memory". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 1 June 1915. Retrieved 12 February 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.