Horace Cowley Nesham Farquharson [commonly known as Horace Farquharson; also known as Horace C. N. Farquerson] was born in Harberton, Devon, England in on 30 June 1875. He was articled to James Glen Sivewright Gibson (1861-1951) and Samuel Bridgman Russell (1864-1955) of Gibson & Russell, and remained with them as their assistant for two years. He was then employed as an assistant to Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869-1944).
He commenced practice as an architect in Farnham, Surrey in 1897 and later in his career was in partnership with Donald Hanks McMorran (1904-1965).
Farquharson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1907. His address was given as 50 Elizabeth Street, Eton Square, London in 1902; 41 Montpelier Square, Knightsbridge, London in 1907 and 1914; 14 North Audley Street, Grosvenor Square in 1914 and 1939; and Hill House, Harefield, Middlesex in 1923 and 1926. He died in London on 23 April 1966.
Lodge Hill, Farnham; East Lymden, Wadhurst; Little Langleys, Petersfleld; Hele Manor, Dulverton; The Mazry, Tiverton; Hawthornedene, Chiddingfold ; new laboratory buildings and new office block for the Hammersmith Distillery Co., Ltd.; Ridgehlll, Haslemere, etc.; alterations and additions to Sharpcliffe Hull, Staffs; Woolston Grange, Somerset: Linholme, Holmbury St. Mary; Woolton House, Newbury; Sefton Park, Slough; the Manor House, Byfleet, Surrey; Send Manor, Surrey; Normount, Torquay; Pilgrim's Hall, Brentwood; Castle Martyr, Co. Cork; Woodyates Manor, Salisbury; Moortown House, Rlngyrood; Pant-y-Goitre, Abergavenny ; the Old Rectory, Belstone, Okehampton, etc, etc. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1923]
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‘Obituary’. Building vol. 210, 29 April 1966 p. 124
Who's Who in Architecture 1923. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: Architectural Press, 1923