Charles Nelson Holloway Explained

Charles Nelson Holloway (1872 – 30 March 1938) was an architect based in Nottingham.

History

He was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, the son of William Holloway (b. 1837), a Civil Engineer, and Julia Nelson (1835–1914).

He was educated at High Pavement School, Nottingham and the Nottingham School of Art and in 1891 was awarded a Bronze Medal in the Government examinations for his design for a municipal building.^[1]

He married Emily Mary Hart, daughter of Maurice Hart of Church House, Moreton, on 3 July 1900 at St Andrew's Church, Moreton, Herefordshire.^[2]

In 1901 he won a competition for a new Wesleyan Church and Schools at Oxford.^[3]

He died of heart failure at his home, Balmoral House, 5 Station Villas, Beeston, Nottingham on 30 March 1938^[4] and left an estate valued at £648 14s. 2d. .

Works

• Two Boarding Houses, Skegness 1898
• Workshop and Offices, Pepper Street, Nottingham 1898
• Baptist Church, Beeston, Nottingham 1898^[5] (demolished 2015)
• House behind the Post Office, Beeston, Nottingham ca. 1900
• Queen's Walk Congregational Church 1900-02^[6]
• Midland Bank, High Road, Beeston, Nottingham 1901-02 (demolished ca. 1967)
• Tower house 139 Station Road, Beeston 1905^[7]
• Shirebrook Congregational Church, Shirebrook, Derbyshire 1905 (now the home of the Royal British Legion)
• Houses on Cyril Avenue and Vernon Avenue, Beeston, Nottingham 1906
• 7 Chilwell Road, Beeston 1909 (demolished 1965)

Notes and References

1. News: . Nottingham Municipal School of Art . Nottingham Evening Post . England . 10 September 1891 . 17 June 2019 . British Newspaper Archive .
2. News: . Moreton . Hereford Journal . England . 7 July 1900 . 25 July 2020 . British Newspaper Archive .
3. News: . Local and District . Nottingham Journal . England . 20 April 1901 . 17 June 2019 . British Newspaper Archive .
4. News: . Mr. C.N. Holloway . Nottingham Journal . England . 31 March 1938 . 17 June 2019 . British Newspaper Archive .
5. News: . From Day To Day . Nottingham Journal . England . 30 April 1898 . 17 June 2019 . British Newspaper Archive .
6. Book: Harwood, Elain . 2008 . Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham . Yale University Press. 156 . 9780300126662 .
7. 1276 . Building Plan Register . 1878-1937 . DC/BS/4/2/1 . District Council Records . Nottinghamshire Archives Office . .