Frederick James Cooke was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England on 3 December 1883. He was articled to Francis Eldred Lodge Harris (1864-1924) and worked as an assistant to Sir Philip Sidney Stott (1858-1937). He subsequently practised as an architect in Banbury, Oxfordshire. He was a Member of the Society of Architects (MSA) and was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1925. He was also a Fellow Oxfordshire Society of Architects.
His address was given as 21 Newland Road Neithrop Banbury, Oxfordshire in 1911; and Prudential Chambers, Banbury, Oxfordshire in 1923 and 1939. He died in Banbury, Oxfordshire in 1941
Farm buildings, stables, etc., Cropredy. 1909. At Banbury: — new workshops, additions to cemetery and keeper's lodge, 1910; development of Hightown Road Estate and cottages thereon, 1911; new dairy, 1911; five houses, 1912; new silos for Hour mill, 1012; extensions to Broad Street Cinema, 1914; rebuilding of garage and warehouse (after fire), 1923. Business premises at: — Middleton Cheney, 1910; Stratford Road, Birmingham, 1911; Moseley Road, Birmingham, 1913. Numerous shops and warehouses, Birmingham, 1912- 20; boat house, Cropredy. 1914; garages at Oxford (1920) and Banbury (1921); stables at Stirchley (1914) and Nuneaton (1923); shops, warehouse and meeting hall, Leamington, 1922; domestic work,
Who’s who in architecture 1923. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The Architectural Press, 1923