| Albert Estcourt | |
| Birth Date: | c. 1832 |
| Birth Place: | Painswick, Gloucestershire |
| Death Date: | 18 February 1909 |
| Death Place: | Gloucester |
| Nationality: | British |
| Occupation: | Builder |
| Known For: | Constructing:
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Albert Estcourt (c. 1832 – 18 February 1909) was a builder in Gloucestershire, England, in the 19th century who with his brother, and later on his own, constructed a number of notable buildings in the county and across southern England.
Some of his buildings are Hillfield House in Gloucester (1867–1869), now grade II listed; major restoration work at St Mary's Church, Cheltenham (1877); the Oxford University Cricket Club Pavilion (the Parks Pavilion) to a design by Thomas Graham Jackson (1880 - 1881); and Clouds House in Wiltshire (1881–1886).
Albert Estcourt was born in Painswick, Gloucestershire, around 1832 to William and Maria Estcourt. He was christened on 27 May 1832 at Painswick.[1] The 1851 census shows him as a stone mason, lodging at St Mary's Square in Gloucester with the publican Joseph Gardner.[2] In the 1861 census he was in Painswick with his wife Ellen.[3]
Albert Estcourt was at first in partnership with his brother Oliver Estcourt who died in 1871.[4] Oliver was responsible for the construction in 1858[5] of the grade II listed Gloucester Court of Probate by Thomas Fulljames of Fulljames & Waller.
Estcourt worked with leading architects on buildings throughout Gloucestershire[6] and across southern England. His works include Hillfield House in Gloucester (1867–69) to a design by John Giles for the timber merchant Charles Walker, now grade II listed and described as the "most elaborate Victorian house in Gloucester";[7] major restoration work at St Mary's Church, Cheltenham (1877);[8] and in 1880–1881 the Oxford University Cricket Club Pavilion (the Parks Pavilion) to a design by Thomas Graham Jackson.[9]
A major work was the construction in 1881–1886 of Clouds House in Wiltshire,[10] now grade II* listed with Historic England.
Estcourt married Ellen[11] who was born at Coaley.[12] At the time of the 1871 census he was living in South Hamlet, on the southern edges of Gloucester, with Ellen, four children and one servant. He was described as a "builders manager".[13] In the 1881 and 1891 censuses he and his wife were recorded as living in Barton Street in Gloucester with seven children and two servants.[11] [14]
In 1897 he owned the Middletown estate in Upleadon which he sold in 1898.[15]
Estcourt died on 18 February 1909. His address at the time of his death was Falkland House, Denmark Road, Gloucester. He left an estate of £55,987 and probate was granted to George Oliver Estcourt, builder, and Charles William Estcourt, timber merchant.[16]
The Escourts are remembered in Estcourt Road, Gloucester, built in the 1930s near Albert's home in Denmark Road.[17]
