Sidney Burgoyne Kitchener Caulfield was born in Holborn, London on 14 January 1877 and trained the office of John Loughborough Pearson (1817-1897) from 1892. He also attended Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. He worked as an assistant to Charles Sydney Spooner (1862-1938).
Caulfield commenced independent practice as an architect in St. John's Wood, London in 1902, after carrying out a few projects whilst acting as assistant to Spoonor and others. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1907.
In c.1910-c1911 Caulfield was briefly in partnership with Spooner as Spooner & Caulfield in London. They designed at least three houses in Gidea Park, Havering, Essex - 52 and 56 Parkway, and 4 Reed Pond Walk.
In 1910 Caulfield was appointed Head of the Architecture Department at Central School of Arts and Crafts.
His address was given as 9 Fairfield Road, Bow, London in 1903; 17 Bedford Row, London and 48 Hamilton Garden, St. John's Wood, London in 1907; 23, Old Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, London and "Meadway", Hampstead Garden Suburb in 1914; 1 Woburn Square, London in 1923 and 1926; 15-17 Baker Street, London in 1930; 27 Emperor's Gate, London in 1935 and 1939; and 10 Porchester Terrace, London in 1964. He died in London in on 14 March 1964
Drawing office and showrooms for Hunter & English, Engineers, Bow; Iron foundry and offices for Lea Foundry Co.; factory for Burroughes & Watts; saw mills and factory chimneys for Lusty & Sons at Bromley and at Poplar, and for G. Ellis & Co., at Hackney Wick; three other factory chimneys; restoration of Radnage Church; additions to Christ Church, Woburn Square; new pavilion for North Middlesex Cricket Club; houses at Haslemere, Hindhead, Wimbledon, Hampstead Garden Suburb. Gidea Park, Mottingham, Loughton, and many cottages, additions to houses, shops, &c. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1914]
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Factories at Poplar, Bow Common, Bromley. E., and Clerkenwell; warehouse in Holborn; Huts at Kensington, and Sydenham; houses at Southampton Water, Sudbury, Mill Hill, Bickley, Beckenham Brighton and Norwood; factories at Poplar, Hackney Wick, Bromley j showrooms, Holborn; flats, Mayfair, Hyde Park. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
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