Ernest John Vale Collier [also known as Ernest J. V. Collier] was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England in 1859. He was articled to John Colson (c.1819-1895) and afterwards remained as his assistant. By 1891 he had moved to Carmathan, Carmarthenshire, Wales where he was in practice as an architect. He was a Member of the Society of Architects (MSA) and in 1925 was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA).
In addition to his work as an architect, Collier was a watercolour artist. Although there is no evidence that he exhibited, a number of examples of his paintings are in the Carmarthenshire Museums Service Collection.
His address was given as 4 Quay Street, Carmarthen, Wales in 1896 and 1932; and 22 Picton Place Carmarthen in 1901 and 1911. He died in Carmarthen in 1932
Additions and new chapel to the Joint Counties Asylum, Carmarthen, 1887-1900; extensions, laboratories and examination hall at the Training College, Carmarthen, 1906-10; West Wales Sanatorium, Llanybyther, 1907; new wards and nurses' hostel at the Carmarthenshire Infirmary, 1921; additions, gardens, garages, etc., at Coomb for Lord Kylsant, 1921-22; restoration of many churches In the diocese of St. David.
For an additional list of architectural projects by Ernest John Vale Collier see: An Index of Architects, Engineers, Surveyors, Builders, Working in Wales [go to 141 in the page number box]
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