William Doubleday was born in Coggeshall, Essex, England on 24 February 1846 and was articled to John Ross in Darlington. He subsequently worked as an assistant to George Bidlake (1829?-1892); to James Tait (1834?-1915) in Leicester; and to Anthony T. Jackson in Bradford. Doubleday commenced independent practice as an architect in Wolverhampton in 1874. By 1900 he had relocated his practice to Birmingham. He was a member of the Birmingham Architectural Association and died in Edgbaston, Warwickshire in 1938.
Bank of England, Birmingham Branch, 1886; General Dispensary, Birmingham, Smallheath Branch, 1903; ''Cobden " Hotel, Birmingham, 1888; Lowestoft Cemetery, 1885; " Merrivale", Wolverhampton, 1876; " Beaucastle", Wyre Forest, Bewdley, 1870: Staffordshire Bank, Wednesbury, 1880; Board of Guardians offices, Wolverhampton, 1878; works for Sir Henry Manton, Birmingham, 1918: Imperial Works for Wm. Whitehouse and Co., 1913; Northfield Institute, for George Cadbury, 1800; Library, Friends' Reading Society, Birmingham, 1878; Heathtown Congregational Chapel, 1885; "Bilton Rise", Rugby, 190
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