Basic Biographical Details Name: | William Frame | Designation: | | Born: | 1848 | Died: | April 1906 | Bio Notes: | William Frame was born in 1848 and articled to William Smith of Trowbridge for five years, thereafter becoming assistant to John Pritchard of Llandaff. In 1868 he entered the office of William Burges, worked on Cardiff Castle, and was clerk of works on the restoration of Castell Coch in 1876. During these years he won the Royal Academy's gold medal and the Soane Medallion in 1873.
After Burges's death in 1881, Frame became architect to the Third Marquess of Bute in Cardiff and remained in Bute employment until his death in April 1906 despite problems with alcoholism from at least 1890. He was admitted ARIBA on 12 June 1876, his proposers being Burges, J P Seddon and T H Wyatt, but allowed his membership to lapse in 1900.
The job list consists only of work in Scotland. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England | Business | | | | | Cardiff, Wales | Business | 1868 | 1906 | |
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | John Pritchard | c. 1858 | Before 1868 | Assistant | | | William Burges | 1868 | 1881 | Assistant | |
Employees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Harry Smith Fairhurst | c. 1892(?) | 1895 | Assistant | | | Henry Sesom-Hiley | 1911(?) * | | Assistant | In Bute Estate office at Cardiff |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | 1868 | Cardiff Castle | | | Cardiff | Wales | Extensive remodelling - as assistant to William Burges | | 1880s | Corrugated iron cathedral | Oban | | Argyll | Scotland | Furnishings | | 1880 | Mount Stuart | Rothesay (near) | Bute | Bute | Scotland | Fitting of dining room and 3 principal bedrooms | | 1886 | Mount Stuart | Rothesay (near) | Bute | Bute | Scotland | Decoration (designs of Rowand Anderson?) carried out. Campbell Smith, H W Lonsdale and Thomas Nicholls were craftsmen. See Crook (2013) for detialed account) - chimneypieces, panelling, doorcases and ceilings (some of Anderson's woodwork discarded as not good enough) and the astrologival sitting room in its entirety. | | 1886 | RC Church of St Edward the Confessor | Sanday | Canna | Inverness-shire | Scotland | | | 1889 | Archbishop's Chapel | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Chapel interior designed for House of Falkland, transferred to Edinburgh for the Archbishop's Chapel in the early 1900s | | 1889 | Falkland Palace | Falkland | | Fife | Scotland | Palace measurement with a view to restoration | | 1889 | House of Falkland | Falkland | | Fife | Scotland | Remodelling of entrance hall of house; interior work of chapel executed but subsequently dismantled and later re-erected by R Weir Schultz in archepiscopal chapel at Greenhill, Edinburgh. Dismissed from Falkland October 1890. (According to Hannah he was unwell in 1889 and had difficulty breathing and in November 1889 was dismissed for drunkenness) |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | |
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