Architects

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Edward Ingress Bell

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Architect

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28/05/1926

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1837

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30/08/1914

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Bio Notes :

Edward Ingress Bell was born in 1837 and apprenticed to his father who was a civil engineer. He was in partnership with H V Bacon from 1860 and had extensive experience having worked for George Gilbert Scott and Richard Cromwell Carpenter (? Richard Herbert: Richard Cromwell died in 1855 when Bell was eighteen), Rhode Hawkins, William Wilkinson Wardell, William Bonython Moffatt, William and Andrew Moseley, Sir Charles Barry and Joseph Aloysius Hansom. He was admitted ARIBA on 3 December 1866, his proposers being Robert William Edis, Moseley and Thomas Edward Knightley. Circumstance compelled him to retire in 1869, but he was readmitted on 17 February 1873 and became architect to the Crown Agents for the Colonies in 1882. In the early 1880s he joined Aston Webb in partnership.

In 1885 the partnership of Webb & Bell made its name by winning the competition for the Birmingham Law Courts and in 1891 that for the South Kensington Museum; that for Christ's Hospital in Horsham followed in 1894. These successes brought in their wake a long series of public commissions and further competition successes notably that for the improvement of the Mall in 1901.

Ingress Bell died on 30 August 1914 at St Stephen's Winchester Road, West Worthing. By that date Webb had taken his son Maurice Everett Webb, born 23 April 1880, into partnership.

'Biography authored by the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Compilation Team.'

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The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:

Private Addresses2 classic

Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
Castelnau Barnes London England	Private
The Parade Epsom Surrey England	Private
19 Queen Anne's Gate London England	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
30 Regent Street London England	Business	1866
17 Craven Street London England	Business	1879

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The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this person (click on an item to view details):

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position	Notes
(Sir) Charles Barry	100201	After 1852	Before 1860	Assistant
William Wilkinson Wardell	203864	After 1852	Before 1860	Assistant
(Sir) George Gilbert Scott	200042	After 1852	Before 1860	Assistant
Richard Cromwell Carpenter	200218	After 1852	Before 1860	Assistant	Uncertain - more likely to be Richard Herbert
Joseph Aloysius Hansom	201396	After 1852	Before 1860	Assistant
William Bonython Moffatt	202092	After 1852	Before 1860	Assistant
(Sir) Aston Webb & E Ingress Bell	202152	c. 1880		Partner

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This person was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):

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Building Name	Date Started	Town, District or Village	City or County	Country	Notes
Birmingham Law Courts	In year 1885		Birmingham	England	Won competition and secured job
Imperial Institute	In year 1887		London	England	Unsuccessful competition design
South Kensington Museum	Before 1891	South Kensington	London	England	Won competition to secure job
Edinburgh Castle, Magazines and Ordnance Store	In year 1893		Edinburgh	Scotland	Plans for reconstruction as a military hospital drawn up
Birmingham University	In year 1900	Edgbaston	Birmingham	England
Dunecht House (including chapel)	In year 1913	Echt	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Additions comprising boilerhouse wing, gates and lodges (northeast and northwest), terraces, loggia and gazebo

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date
British Architectural Library, RIBA	Directory of British Architects 1834-1914	2001
Gray, A Stuart	Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary	1985
Service, Alastair	Edwardian Architecture and its Origins	1975

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The following periodicals contain references to this person:

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Periodical Name	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
RIBA Journal	1930/09/20	*	Obituary of Webb
Builder	1930/08/29	*	Obituary of Webb
Builder	1930/09/05	*	Obituary of Webb
Builder	1930/12/19	*	Obituary of Webb
Building News	1890/01/03	*

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