Basic Biographical Details | Name: | Niven Wigglesworth & Falkner | | Designation: | | | Born: | 1900 | | Died: | 1903 or 1909 | | Bio Notes: | In 1893 David Barclay Niven entered into partnership with another Scottish-trained architect, Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth, who had been articled to Alexander Marshall Mackenzie in Aberdeen and was shortly to become brother-in-law on Niven's marriage to his sister Sarah. By 1895 the practice was obtaining major domestic commissions, and by 1900 when Niven became FRIBA and had visited the USA, the office moved to Gwydir Chambers, 104 High Holborn. In that year Niven moved house to Farnham, Surrey, and took into partnership a brilliant draughtsman of the F L Griggs school, Harold Falkner. Born in Farnham on 28 November 1875, Falkner was a well-off pupil of Reginald Blomfield who had commenced practice there in 1896. The practice title became Niven, Wigglesworth & Falkner, but the full name was not always used for business outwith Surrey. Falkner's sometimes wayward arts-and-crafts habits of business at Farnham soon created problems, and the partnership was effectively dissolved in 1903, although the practice title of Niven, Wigglesworth & Falkner was used in Surrey up until 1906 and survived as late as 1909. Except for a brief period in partnership with a Niven & Wigglesworth pupil, Guy Maxwell Aylwin, from 1927 onwards, Falkner thereafter practised alone in Farnham in ever-increasingly autocratic eccentricity until his death on 30 November 1963; Niven and Wigglesworth, meanwhile, continued to work in partnership as before. | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | Farnham, Surrey, England | Business | | | |
Employment and TrainingEmployees or Pupils| The following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | David Barclay Niven | 1900 | 1903 | Partner | Partnership dissolved in 1903 but name continued to be used until as late as 1909 | | Harold Falkner | 1900 | 1903 | Partner | Partnership dissolved in 1903 but name continued to be used until as late as 1909 |
Buildings and Designs| This 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 | | c. 1907 | Hardwick House | Nottingham | | Nottinghamshire | England | Reconstruction and redecoration | | c. 1907 | Millhanger | | | Sussex? | England | | | c. 1908 | House near Farnham | Farnham (near) | | Surrey | England | |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this : | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Osmond, Sam | 2003 | Harold Falkner: More than an Arts & Crafts Architect | | | |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this : | | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Courtesy of Andrew Bradford | Information sent to David Walker | | Sent 2017 | | Courtesy of Frank Kelsall | Information sent to Dictionary | | Further research by Frank Kelsall | | Courtesy of Sarah Wigglesworth, granddaughter of Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth | Information sent to David Walker | | Sent 2017 |
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