Basic Biographical Details Name: | Sandy & Norris | Designation: | | Born: | 1920 | Died: | 7 January 1922 | Bio Notes: | A short-lived partnership between Henry Thomas Sandy (1868-1922) and Ernest Bower Norris (1889-1969) which was terminated by Sandy’s unexpected death on 16 January 1922. Sandy and Norris practised in partnership in Stafford and in Birmingham as" Sandy and Norris, "and in Manchester as "Hill Sandy and Norris" (qv). Norris appears to have closed Sandy’s Birmingham office and opened a London office in the inter-war period
Between March 1920 and March 1921 Sandy and Norris employed Norval Rowallan Paxton (qv) as their chief draughtsman. Possibly with an over-inflated sense of his own importance, he later described his role in Sandy and Norris's office as “manager and chief,” claiming to have been entirely responsible in this brief period for the “design and execution of many churches, war memorials, convents and schools, the most important being the Church of the English Martyrs at Sparkhill, Birmingham and the Church of St John, Rochdale, Lancashire,” two of the most important Roman Catholic churches of the 1920s but not completed some until some years later. He also claimed t have been offered a partership by Sandy & Norris but had declined because of poor health.
While the partnership had ended, the practice names continued, Ernest Bower Norris working on his own account in Stafford under the style of “Sandy and Norris” until his death in 1969. while in Manchester he practised under the style of Hill, Sandy and Norris (qv) later in partnership with F M Reynolds until 1946. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 22, Greengate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire, England | Business | 1920 | | | | Birmingham, England | Business | 1920 | | Branch office closed by Norris at some stage following the death of Sandy | | 9, Albert Square, Manchester, England | Business | 1920 | 1946 | Under the style "Hill Sandy and Norris" | | London, England | Business | c. 1925 | | London office opened by EB Norris |
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ReferencesArchive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | | Manchester Architects 1800-1940 | | Including provisional list of works |
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