Sydney Dawe [also known as Sidney Dawe] was born in Tring, Hertfordshire, England on 3 January 1868. He was articled to William Huckvale (1847-1939) in Tring from 1884 to 1887 and worked as his assistant until 1889. After leaving Huckvale's office he worked as an assistant to T. Thurlow in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in 1889 and to Charles Henry Driver (1832-1900) from 1889 to 1895 during which time he attended classes at the Architectural Association Schools in London from 1891 to 1893 and studied with Frederick Richard Farrow (1856-1918) in 1893-94. He was then employed as an assistant by John Henry Woodhouse (1847-1929) and George Harry Willoughby (1859?-?) in 1895-96, and by Charles P. Ayres (1851?-1914) in Watford, Hertfordshire in 1896. Dawe qualified as an architect in 1896 and subsequently practised as an architect in Watford and in the 1930s was in partnership with Peter George Jeffrey Carter (1904-1949).
He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1896 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1936. His address was given as Town Farm, Tring, Hertfordshire in 1871 and 1881 ; 8 Akeman Street, Tring in 1891; 56 Market Street, Watford, Hertfordshire in 1895; High Street, Watford in 1908 and 1923; Ashlyns, Nightingale Road, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire in 1901 and 1926; 83 High Street, Watford in 1930 and 1939. Dawe died on 20 December 1939. His address at the time of his death was West Winds, The Drive, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Shops and private houses at Watford and Rickmansworth; post office, Rickmansworth; private houses, Berkhamsted; Rickmansworth Housing Scheme; Croxley Green and Hill End sites. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1923]
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