William Wigginton

William Wigginton (1826–1890) was an English architect. He published proposals for housing the working clsses, and designed several Gothic Revival churches in London, often featuring polychrome brickwork.

Life

Wigginton was born at Eton on 22 August 1826, the son of W.L. Wigginton.[1] He worked an architect in Derby[2] and Dudley[3][4] before establishing himself in Cornhill in the City of London by 1865.[5] He was the Derby agent of the British Fire and Life Assurance Company.[6] He became an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1854 and a Fellow in 1857.[7]

He was the author of Sanitary Reform: Model Town Dwellings for the Industrious Classes (1850)[8] and a 36-page pamphlet entitled The Late Archidiaconal Visitation of Bromsgrove and the Injustice and Illegality of Visitation Fees.[9] A two volume work called England's Operative Home was announced in 1851.[3] His plans for houses for the working classes, as exhibited at a bookseller's in Derby in 1850, envisaged a block built around three sides of a quadrangle, with three storeys, each accommodating fifteen families. The dwellings were designed to be entirely fireproof, and ventilated by a system of Wigginton's own invention. Access to the upper floors was to be via two stone staircases, leading to open balconies which were carried around the quadrangle at each level.[10]

He was one of six candidates shortlisted for the post of architect and surveyor to the London School Board in 1871. The post went to E.R. Robson.[11]

Wigginton was a freemason, and a member of the Volunteer Corps,[1] receiving a commission as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Tower Hamlets Artillery, which he resigned on 29 October 1873.[12] He died at his home, Buckhurst, Forest Hill, on 8 January 1890 and was buried in the family vault at Dudley.[1]

Works

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "W. Wigginton". The Freemason and Masonic Illustrated: 58. 1890.
  2. He was at Osmaston Street, Derby in 1849: see "Classified Advertisements". The Derby Mercury (Issue 7012) (Derby, England). 5 September 1849.; in an advertisement of 1851 he announced his move to 57, St Peter's Street in 1851:"Classified Advertisements". The Derby Mercury (7098) (Derby, England). 30 April 1851.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Classified Advertisements". The Derby Mercury (7114) (Derby, England). 20 August 1851.
  4. "List of Members". List of the Members; The Report of the Council. London: Royal Institute of British Architects. 1857. p. 14.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Catalogue: D/P 58/28/1 Plans and specifications for church school, drawn by Mr Wigginton, architect of Country Chambers". Seax – Essex Archives Online. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  6. "Agents Wanted". The Derby Mercury (7130). 17 December 1851.
  7. "Dutch Church Almshouses, Charlton". British Architectural Library. RIBA.
  8. "Search results 1–10 of 10 for Author: WIGGINTON, W". COPAC.
  9. "Advertisements for New Books". The Publishers' Circular 22: 457. 1859.
  10. "Model Cottages for the Industrious Classes". The Derby Mercury (7041) (Derby, England). 27 March 1850.
  11. "London School Board". Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper (1494) (London). 9 July 1871.
  12. "War Office, 28th October 1873 – VOLUNTEERS – Tower: Hamlets Artillery Volunteer Corps – Issue 24029, 28 October 1873 | London Gazette | The Gazette" (PDF). The London Gazette (24029). p.4738 Tower: Hamlets Artillery Volunteer Corps (right column). 28 October 1873. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014.
  13. "Smethwick: Public services". A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 17: Offlow hundred (part). Victoria County History. 1976. pp. 120–3. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  14. "competition for Rose Hill Schools, Dudley". The Builder Index. , referencing articles in The Builder for 26 March 1859 (p. 227) and 4 June 1859 (pp. 374–5).
  15. "Drinking Fountains". Building News and Architectural Review 9: 147. 1862.
  16. "Display Fountain, The Cross, Oswestry, Shropshire, England, UK". Waymarking.com.
  17. "International Exhibition. English Architectural Designs". Building News and Architectural Review 9: 52. 1872. Mr. Wigginton's Design for the Wedgwood Memorial, Burslem (1605), with a lofty tower, surmounted by an octagon lantern, and a gallery of bold character, at a great height, is good, if not wholly admirable, and well massed Article reprinted from the Athenaeum.
  18. 18.0 18.1 "Bethnal Green: List of Churches". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green. 1998. pp. 217–26.
  19. 19.0 19.1 Historic England. "Details from listed building database (459808)". Images of England.
  20. 20.0 20.1 "WIGGINTON, William: fl. 1855–68 of London". Church Plans Online. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  21. Kennedy, John (1894). A History of the Parish of Leyton, Essex. Leyton: Phelp Brothers. p. 67.
  22. "CHARLTON, ST PAUL" (PDF). Diocese of Southwark. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  23. Cherry, Bridget; O'Brien, Charles and Nikolaus,Pevsner (2005). London 5: East (Reprinted with corr. ed.). New Haven, [Conn.]: Yale University Press. p. 756. ISBN 9780300107012.
  24. "Dutch Church Almshouses, Charlton". British Architectural Library Catalogue. RIBA.
  25. "Architecture and Public Improvements". The British Almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: 167. 1873.
  26. "Islington: Churches". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes. 1985. pp. 88–99. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  27. 27.0 27.1 T.F.T. Baker (Editor) (1995). "Hackney: List of Churches". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  28. "Warehouse in Ely Place, Holborn". The Architect: 16. 6 July 1872.
  29. "Architects".
  30. Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). Berkshire. London: Penguin. p. 154. ISBN 9780300095821.