Edward Mansell Explained

Edward Mansell FRIBA (c. 1861 – 11 March 1941)^[1] was an architect based in Birmingham.^[2]

Career

He was a pupil of J Barnsley and Sons, and then articled to his father, Thomas Henry Mansell. He was made Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1908.

His main office was 47 Temple Row, Birmingham. He was in independent practice from 1887, and in partnership with his brother, Thomas Gildart Mansell, and Dixon.

He was Diocesan Surveyor for Birmingham and Coventry.

New buildings

• Shop premises, 86 Digbeth, Birmingham, 1890
• St Luke's Church, Bristol Street, Birmingham, 1903^[3]
• King Edward VII Memorial Sanatorium adjacent to Central Hospital, Hatton^[4]

Alterations and restorations

• Enlargement of Central Hospital, Hatton, c. 1893
• Repairs to All Saints’ Church, Leamington Spa, 1908
• Christ Church, Leamington Spa (church demolished 1959)
• Home for Incurables, Leamington Spa, 1936

Notes and References

1. Leamington Spa Courier. Friday 14 March 1941. p.4. Mr Edward Mansell
2. Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914. Antonia Brodie. Royal Institute of British Architects. 2001. p. 128
3. The Buildings of England. Warwickshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. p.149. Second Edition. 1966. Penguin Books Limited
4. Leamington Spa Courier. Friday 23 July 1920. P.4. Big Contract for Milverton Builders