Basic Biographical Details Name: | William Mitchell | Designation: | | Born: | 16 November 1874 | Died: | 13 October 1935 | Bio Notes: | William Mitchell was born on 16 November 1874 and articled to Thomson & Sandilands of Glasgow on 9 May 1890, and remained with them as an assistant for two years after completing his apprenticeship and working on the drawings for Gartloch Asylum. During that period he attended the 'Glasgow Technical Institute', presumably the Glasgow & West of Scotland Technical College. Thereafter he was assistant to Butterworth & Duncan in Rochdale; Stevenson & Redfern, Lanchester & Rickards, and James Glen Sivewright Gibson of London; [George] Thomas Hine of Nottingham; and William Thomas Mynors Walker of London with whom he remained associated for the greater part of his working life. He was admitted LRIBA on 24 June 1912, his proposers being Redfern, Walker and [Robert] Douglas Wells, formerly of Stevenson & Redfern's office. At that time he was in the process of building a small house at Cheshunt on his own account. He was already living in Cheshunt, at 2 Mount Pleasant, Turner's Hill, and by 1914 had moved to Goff's Cottage, Church Road in the same town.
At some point Walker took Mitchell in to partnership, and Mitchell continued the practice after Walker's death in 1930. Mitchell died on 3 October 1935. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 2, Mount Pleasant, Turner's Hill, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England | Private | 1912 * | | | | Goff's Cottage, Church Road, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England | Private | 1914 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers* earliest date known from documented sources.
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ReferencesPeriodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 1 November 1935 | | | p764 - obituary - incorrectly states that he was articled to Honeyman & Keppie (LRIBA paper says Thomson & Sandilands) | | RIBA Journal | 7 December 1935 | v43 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary, p162 - incorrectly states that he was articled to Honeyman & Keppie (LRIBA paper says Thomson & Sandilands) |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v25 no2034 |
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