Charles Cowles-Voysey Explained

Charles Cowles-Voysey (24 June 1889 – 10 April 1981) was an English architect.

Career

Charles Voysey studied at the Architectural Association School and the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture. Between 1909 and 1912 he was articled to Horace Field and assistant to John James Burnet and to Horace Farquharson, before starting his own practice in 1912.^[1] John Brandon-Jones worked for Cowles-Voysey, became a partner in the business and finally took over the firm.^[2]

Voysey's father, the Arts and Crafts movement architect and designer C. F. A. Voysey (1857-1941), was recognized by the seminal The Studio magazine.^[3]

In 1912, Charles married Dorothea Denise Cowles (1885-1980) and amended his surname to Cowles-Voysey.^[4]

Architectural works

• White Rock Pavilion (1922), Hastings^[5]
• Bridgeton Public Halls (1924), Glasgow^[5]
• Kingsley Hall (1927), London^[5]
• 1&2 Bunkers Hill, 34-42 Wildwood Road & 19 Wellgarth Road (1929), Hampstead Garden Suburb, London^[5]
• Chance Wood (1929), Sevenoaks, Kent^[5]
• Bognor Regis Town Hall (1930), Bognor Regis, West Sussex
• Municipal Offices, High Wycombe (1932), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire^[6]
• Worthing Town Hall (1933), Worthing, West Sussex
• Watford Town Hall (1937-1939), Watford, Hertfordshire
• Cambridge Guildhall, Peas Hill Guildhall (1939), Cambridge
• Bromley Town Hall extension (1939), Bromley, Kent
• Magistrates' Court (1939), Bromley, Kent^[5]
• Maybridge Estate (1940s), Worthing, West Sussex^[5]
• Morley College reconstruction (1958), Waterloo, London^[5]

Notes and References

1. The Times, obituary 15 April 1981
2. Web site: Charles Cowles Voysey. Dictionary of Scottish Architects. 14 February 2021.
3. Book: Jackson, Lesley. Twentieth Century Pattern Design. Princeton Architectural Press. 2007. 978-1-56898-712-5. 1 August 2009. 13.
4. Web site: Charles Cowels-Voysey, Architect, Art Deco in Bromley. Bromley Civic Society. 30 September 2019. 14 February 2020.
5. Web site: A dynasty of architects. The C.F.A. Voycey Society. 14 February 2021.
6. Web site: High Wycombe Historic Towns Assessment Report. 74. Wycombe District Council. 20 August 2020.