Arthur William Lancelot Brewill [commonly known as Arthur William Brewill] was born in Nottingham Nottinghamshire England on 17 May 1861 and was articled to Samuel Dutton Walker (1833?-1885) from 1877 to 1882. He also attended Nottingham School of Art in 1882. He commenced independent practice as an architect in Nottingham in 1883, and in 1894 formed a partnership Basil Edgar Baily (1869-1942) as Brewill & Baily.
Brewill was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1892.
The Brewill & Baily partnership was dissolved in July 1922. Brewil died in Edwalton Nottinghamshire on 18 February 1923. His son, Lionel Colin Brewill (1889-1944) continued his father's practice.
Architectural work by Brewill: Beeston Police Station in Beeston, Nottingham (1878); 1 Houndsgate, Nottingham (1883); 88-94 Derby Road, Nottingham (1884); the New Bolsover model village in Bolsover, Derbyshire, begun by Brewill and completed by Brewill & Baily (1891-96); St John's Church, Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire (1892); Albert Mill, Gamble Street, Nottingham (1893).
By Brewill & Baily: a new chancel for the Church of the Holy Rood, Edwalton, Nottinghamshire (1894); 104–106 Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham (1895–97): The Red House, 256 Melton Road, Edwalton, Nottinghamshire (1896); St Columba's Church, Nottingham (1896); Bardencroft, Tweed Street, Saltburn, Yorkshire (1897); Turkish Baths, Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham (1898); Friary United Reformed Church, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire (1898-1901); St John the Baptist, South Witham, Lincolnshire (1898–1901); Ram Hotel, Long Row, Nottingham (1899); Creswell Church of England Infants School, Bolsover, Derbyshire (1900); Wesleyan Methodist Church, Long Eaton, Derbyshire (1903-04); Edwalton Hall, Nottingham (1907); Drill Hall, Derby Road, Nottingham (1910-12); Methodist Church, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (1913); Memorial to the Robin Hood Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters in the chancel of St Mary's Church, Nottingham (1921) Albert Ball Memorial Homes, Lenton, Nottingham (1921-22); War Memorial at Nottingham High School (1922); War Memorial at Crich, Derbyshire (1923)
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See also Historic England [link below]
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