Arthur Stansfield Dixon [also known as A.S. Dixon] was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England on 26 August 1856 and studied at University College, Oxford, and Birmingham School of Art. He commenced independent practice as an architect in Birmingham in 1896.
In addition to practising as an architect, Dixon was an art metalworker and painter. In 1890 he founded the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft and and designed their offices in Great Charles Street, Birmingham. He was also a member of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society with whom he frequently exhibited, and in 1906 was elected a member of the Art Workers Guild. He was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1907
His address was given as 3 Augustine Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham in 1891 and 1926; and 297 Broad Street, Birmingham in 1907 and 1927. He died in Oxford on 8 January 1929.
The Gables, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield for Montague Fordham (1897); Offices and works of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, Great Charles Treet and New Market Street, Birmingham (1897-98); St. Aidan's Clergy House, Herbert Road, Small Heath, Birmingham for Canon C. N. Long (1903); Tennal Grange, Tennal Road, Harborne, Birmingham for Claude Napier-Clavering (1903-05); Chapel of the College of Grey Ladies, Coventry, Warwickshire (1912-13); St. Andrew's Church, Barnt Green, Birmingham (1910); St. Basil's Church, Deritend, Birmingham (1911); Chapel of the Grey Ladies, Coventry, 1913; St. Mary and St. Nicholas Cathedral, Seoul, Korea (1922-28); Bishop's Chapel at Bishopscroft, Harborne, Birmingham (1924).
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