Arthur Young (architect) explained

Arthur Young (1853 – 22 December 1924), was an English architect, particularly of Catholic churches.^[1]

Career

He was born in 1853 at Stamford, Lincolnshire, the second son of Charles Edward Young, and was educated there at Stamford Grammar School, ^[1] and then studied for two years at the "Technische Schule" at St Gall in Switzerland. He was then articled to Philip Causton Lockwood, Borough Surveyor of Brighton from 1870-3, before working in the offices of E. J. Tarver; followed by the noted church architect Benjamin Ferrey; and then George Sommers Clarke between 1870 and 1879. He commenced work in London in 1877. He was working from 19 Queen Anne's Gate in Westminster in 1886 and from 5 South Square, Gray's Inn in 1914. He became a FRIBA in 1886. ^[2]

Notable buildings

• Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Harrow (1894)
• St Mary Magdalene, Bexhill-on-Sea (1907)
• Our Lady and St. Augustine, Rickmansworth (1909)
• St Edmund's parish chapel, Old Hall
• Dominican convent at Watford
• Convent of Our Lady of Sion
• Catholic High School, at Bayswater
• New wing at Ratcliffe College
• St Edward's, Golders Green
• Church of St Edmund of Canterbury and English Martyrs, Ware (1911)
• Benson Memorial Church, Buntingford (1914)
• Our Lady's, Chesham Bois
• St Dominic's, Harrow

Literature

• Brodie A. (ed),(2001), Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914: 2 Vols, British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Tablet is the leading Catholic international magazine and website. www.digitalvirtue.com. Digital Virtue - w. archive.thetablet.co.uk. 2018-02-13.
2. "Brodie A.",(2001), Vol 2, 1087