William Wallen Jr. (1817 - 1891) was an architect and surveyor in London. He is the son of William Wallen Sr. (1790 - 1873) also an architect and surveyor. The Wallen family was linked to British architecture during the 19th century.
Wallen was born in Hoxton and married Mary Ann Sydney (1828 - 1899) at Guildhall in 1848.[1] They produced four sons and one daughter.[2] William died in Greenwich aged 74 Years.[3]
William designed the first school in the Isle of Dogs. Millwall British School was built by James and Jonathan Coleman of Bermondsey in 1846 - 47.[4] He also designed a Lecture Hall for the Deptford Literary Institution. It was built by Joseph Lester in 1852.[5] William won an allegedly corrupt competition to design the Vestry Hall at the Greenwich Public Offices. The hall was built in 1876 - 77 by W. W. Allen. William Wallen the younger of Lawrence Pountney Lane, in the City of London, Architect, Surveyor, Builder, Dealer and Chapman was declared bankrupt on 25 March 1854.[6] William (jnr) was again declared bankrupt on 29 September 1869, but an Order of Discharge was granted on 10 December 1869.[7] Francis Hodgson Nixon (1832 - 83) became a pupil of William (jnr) in 1846. By mutual consent, Nixon and Wallen annulled the indenture agreement in 1849.[8] Nixon moved to Australia to pursue a career in architecture before turning to journalism.