Horace Jones [also known as Sir Horace Jones] was born at 15 Size Lane, Bucklerbury, London, England on 20 May 1819 and was articled to John Wallen (1785-1865). He was also a student of the Architectural Society.
Jones commenced independent practice as an architect in London in 1843 and in partnership with Arthur Ebden Johnson (1821-1895). He was later in partnership with the civil engineer John Wolfe-Barry (1836-1918) as Jones & Barry. From 1864 until his death he was Architect Surveyor to the City of London.
He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1842; and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1858. From 1882 to 1884 he was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (PRIBA). Jones was knighted for his services to architecture in 1886. He died at home at 30 Devonshire Place, London, on 21 May 1887.
Jones was responsible for the design of a number of major London Metropolitan Markets, notably Smithfields (1866-83). He also designed several City police stations, and completed the City Lunatic Asylum at Dartford (1864). His best-known contribution to the skyline of London is Tower Bridge across the Thames, designed in collaboration with Wolfe-Barry and completed after his death in 1894. Other buildings designed by Jones included Cardiff Town Hall (c.1850–53); and Marshall & Snelgrove's department store in Oxford Street, London (1850s).
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