Richard Charles Sutton

Richard Charles Sutton was an architect based in Nottingham. He was born 1834 and died on 18 October 1915.

Personal life

In the 1861 census he is listed as living at Gill Street, Sherwood, Nottingham, with wife Henrietta, daughter Ada (b. 1859) and Ernest R (b. 1860).

In the 1881 census he is listed as a widow living at 2 Southey Street, Nottingham, with daughter Ada (b. 1859) and Ernest R (b. 1860), Henrietta T (b. 1861), Charles R.A. (b. 1863), and Eleanor A. (b.1864).

In the 1901 census he is listed as living in 1 Hardy Street, Nottingham, with wife Jane.

He was a member of Nottingham City Council from 1887 - 1901.

Career

He was articled to Samuel Sanders Toulon and commenced independent practice in Nottingham in 1857.^[1] He went into partnership with his son, Ernest Richard Eckett Sutton, in 1894. He retired in 1906.

Buildings by Sutton

• Shire Hall, Nottingham 1859. New Grand Jury room.
• Wesleyan Methodist School, 12 Kirkhill, Bingham. 1859
• Congregational Chapel, Castlegate, Nottingham. 1863
• St Saviours in the Meadows, Nottingham. 1863
• Unitarian Church, Peas Hill Road, Nottingham. 1863
• Moneta House, 53 Ricardo Street, Stoke-on-Trent. 1865
• Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Rough Close, Staffordshire 1874
• Walter Fountain, Greyfriars Gate and Carrington Street, Nottingham. 1866. Demolished 1950.
• Ilkeston Town Hall. 1867-68
• The Workhouse, Southwell. 1868. Extension.
• St. Mary's Church, Attenborough, Nottinghamshire. 1868-69. Repairs.
• St. Peter's Church, Radford. 1870-72. Extension.
• Methodist Church, Parliament Street, Nottingham. 1874
• St. Peter's Church, Mill End, Rickmansworth. 1875
• Beauvale School, Greasley, Nottinghamshire 1878
• St. Philip's Church, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham. 1879. Demolished 1963.
• Boot & Co. Ltd, 16-20 Goose Gate, Nottingham. 1883.
• St George in the Meadows, Nottingham. 1887-91
• United Methodist Free Church, Kimberley. 1890

Source

• The Buildings of England, Nikolaus Pevsner