Arthur Jessop Hardwick [commonly known as A. Jessop Hardwick] was born in Surbiton, London, on 10 January 1867. He was articled to Robert William Collier (1854-1923) in 1887 and attended the Architectural Association Schools in London.
Hardwick established an independent practice in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey in 1897. A drawing and a plan of a house at Southport designed by him is featured in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1907 (p.24).
He was architect to Tolworth Joint Hospital Board and to Kingston Municipal Charities. Hardwick was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1905. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London between 1902 and 1910. His office was located at Eagle Chambers, 18 Eden Street, Kingston-on-Thames in 1902 and 1939. He died in 1948
Architectural projects by Hardwick included the Secondary County Boys' School in Maidenhead; the Secondary County Girls' School in Newbury; a house in Coombe Warren, Kingston-upon-Thames; the 'Thatched House' at Gerrard's Cross, Buckinghamshire'; 'The Lodge' at Thames Ditton; Messrs Kelly's printing works; the A.B.C. motor factory; and numerous small houses in Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex, Berkshire, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Hayllng Island, and Southport.
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