William W. Hunt [commonly known as William Hunt] was born in Dorset, England on 19 April 1854. By 1876 he had moved to London where he was articled to his father, Charles Hunt in 1876. In 1878 he established an independent architectural practice in London. From 1905 he was in partnership with his son, Edward Arthur Hunt (1877-1963) as W. & E. Hunt in London. A watercolour drawing of Merrievale Court, Lincolnshire, and a drawing and a ground-floor plan of a house at Streatham designed by William Hunt are illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1908 (illustrations B37, B54), and a plan and a photograph of the entrance hall at 'Redlands', Wimbledon, designed by W. & E. Hunt are featured in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1910 (pp. 45, 46).
William Hunt was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1911 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1913. His address was given as "Hillcrest', Upper Tooting Park, London in 1911; 28, Cecil Mansions, Upper Tooting Park, London in 1914; Donington House, Norfolk Street, London in 1914 and 1930; Brettenham House, Lancaster Place, London in 1935; and 13 Manville Road, Tooting, London in 1939 and 1943. He died in London on 13 January 1943.
A biographical file on William Hunt is available on request from the Enquiry Desk, Royal Institute of British Architects Library, London
Tooting Public Library, Wandsworth ; Halley Hall, the Drive Mansions, S.W.; Bramington, Streatham Park; many private mansions and houses at Streathum, Hampstead, Kensington, and other ports of London and country; and in conjunction with Edward A. Hunt: — public halls and office, 93, Mortimer Street and 43, Great Portland Street, W.1; 35, Harley Street, W.; Drogheda Court (flats); 44, Old Bond Street, W.; "Redlands" Wimbledon; estate office for Warner Estate; Harley House, extension building of flats; " Cottage Flats". Oakhill Road, S.W.; Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd. (works to premises); British Cellulose and Chemical Manufacturing Co., Ltd., works; Turrett Button Company, Limited, offices and works; Lascelles and Company's office and laboratories ; alterations and additions to Ivergrove, Iver, Bucks, and the Blind Institute; library for Sir William Lancaster; Les Lauriers Restaurant (alterations and additions); "Union Club " (decorative work); various works for the Law Land Co., Ltd.; the Law Land Building Dept., Ltd.; the Law Land Hotels; the Fulham and Hampstead Property Co., Ltd.; the City General Trust; Chas. Page and Co., Ltd.; and other various works in Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex and Kent. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
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
'Obituary'. The Builder vol. 164, 22 January 1943 p. 95
Who's Who in Architecture 1914. London: Technical Journals Ltd., 1914
Who's Who in Architecture 1923. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The Architectural Press, 1923
Who's Who in Architecture 1926. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The Architectural Press, 1926