William Arthur Heazell was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England on 7 January 1831 and was articled to (?) Walker [possibly George Frederick Walker] in Nottingham in 1846. He then worked as an assistant to Walker & Rawlinson for three years. He commenced independent practice as an architect in 1855 and was in partnership with his son, Arthur Ernest Heazell (1863-1941) from 1888 as Heazell & Son. When, in 1901 his other son, Edward Henry Heazell (1867-1948) was made a partner, the firm became Heazell & Sons.
William Arthur Heazell was a member of Nottingham Architectural Association and its president in 1883. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1893. He retired from practice in 1903 and died in Nottingham on 22 January 1917.
Architectural projects by W. A. Heazel included warehouse for W. Cotton, Weekday Cross, Nottingham (1874-75); New chancel, St Mark's Church, Nottingham (1875); St Stephen's Mission Schools, Charlotte Street/Mount East Street, Nottingham (1875) Simkin's butchers shop, Angel Row, Nottingham (1876); Nottingham Cemetery Chapel (1876); 220 Station Road, Beeston Cottage (1877-78); Restoration after a fire of warehouse, 32a, Stoney Street, Nottingham (1885); New chancel for St Jude's Church, Mapperley (1892-93); 1 Houndsgate (1887); Semi-detached houses, 262-264 Queen's Road, Beeston (c.1890); 6 Bridlesmith Gate/21 St Peter's Gate, Nottingham (1895-96); 45 Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham (1896); 19 Stoney Street, Nottingham (1898); Insurance Offices, Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham (1900); New reredos, Church of St Mary the Virgin and All Souls, Bulwell (1900); 17 Stoney Street, Nottingham (1901).
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See also Heazell & Sons
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