Ernest Charles Allerton was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England on 2 August 1886, the son of Charles Allerton, a builder. He was articled locally in 1902 and also attended Lowestoft Technical School. He commenced independent practice as an architect and surveyor in Lowestoift in 1907 and from that year lectured in Building Construction and Drawing at the Lowestoft Technical School.
Allerton was a Member of the Society of Architects (MSA) and was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British architects (LRIBA) in 1937. He died in Lowestoft, Suffolk on 4 October 1950.
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Entry in East Anglia in the Twentieth century: contemporary biographies (1912 p. 276):
Ernest Charles Allerton, 162, London Road North, Lowestoft; son of Charles Allerton, builder, of Park Road, Lowestoft ; born at Lowestoft, August 2nd, 1886 ; educated at Lowestoft, St. Margaret’s, and Technical Schools. Architect and surveyor; articled in 1902, and in 1907 commenced business on his own account as an architect and surveyor in Lowestoft, rapidly building up a considerable practice ; already erected several residences and business premises in Lowestoft, Kessingland, and district; now engaged on premises for the fishing business, school alterations, and chapel restoration ; appointed, at the age of twenty-one (1907), Lecturer in Building Construction and Drawing at the Lowestoft Technical School, by the Higher Education Committee, and has held the position since; appointed Lecturer Mr. e. C. Allerton, M.S.A. in Builders’ Quantities, 1910, and in Architecture, Drawing and Design, 1911. Holds first class certificates in architecture and building under the Board of Education, 1904 to 1909 ; in March, 1910, passed the membership examinations of the Society of Architects (M.S.A.), and in November of same year was elected a full member; also member of the Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions, 1910.
Mutford Manor Farm (Small Holdings), for East Suffolk County Council; Enlargement Gisleham School, Master's Residence (won in competition open to local architects); Shelters for Consumptives, and additions to Nurses' Home, Oulton Workhouse; restoration and alterations, High Street Wesleyan Church, Lowestoft; many residences, fishing-boat owner's premises, and other business premises, Lowestoft and district. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1914]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
East Anglia in the twentieth century: contemporary biographies. Brighton, Sussex: W.T. Pike, 1912