Glendinning Moxham was born in Swansea, Wales on 18 May 1865 and was articled to R. Charles Sutton in Nottingham from 1883 to 1886. He also attended Swansea School of Art and University College Nottingham.
From 1887 to 1889 he worked as an assistant to James Buckley Wilson (1846-1900). In 1889 he commenced independent practice in Swansea and was for a period in partnership with Wilson until 1901. He then worked alone in Swansea.
In addition to his work as an architect, from 1913 to 1930 he was Head of the Architectural School at Swansea School of Art.
Moxham was architect to the Swansea General and Eye Hospital. During World War One he was architect for the Red Cross, and carried out the duties of Honorary Architect for the Hospital in the Swansea district.
He was President of the South Wales Institute of Architects in 1914-15; and first Chairman of the Western Division of the South Wales Institute of Architects. He was a member of the Society of Architects (MSA) and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1905.
His address was given as 39 Castle Street, Swansea in 1905; and 18, Castle Street, Swansea in 1914 and 1939. He died in Swansea on 27 March 1946. His address at the time of his death was 208 Gower Road, Sketty, Swansea
Barclays Bank, Swansea (1913), Neath and Llandrindod; London City and Midland Bank, Neath; Swansea General and Eye Hospital (additions), 1912; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1912; Convalescent Home, Swansea; Convalescent Home for the Blind, Caswell, Swansea; offices, baths, mess rooms, etc., for William Foster and Co., Swansea, 1922; offices for the Anglo-French Nickel Co., Swansea; offices for the Port Talbot Steel Co., Port Talbot, 1914; offices for the Gralgola Merthyr Fuel Co., Swansea; new Y.M.C.A. buildings, Swansea, 1912; Bristol Channel Yacht Club, Mumbles; Christian Scientist Church, Swansea; many vicarages, restoration of St. Paul's Church, Sketty, St. David's Church, Ystalyfera, and Llansamlet Church. Domestic work: — Lomey, Langland; The Mount, Sketty; the Olfcha, Sketty; Oakridge, Killay; The Croft, Killay; Additions to Alltyferin Mansion, Carmarthenshire ; etc. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1923]
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Barclays Bank, Swansea (1913), Neath and Llandrindod; London City and Midland Bank, Neath; Swansea General and Eye Hospital (additions), 1912; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1912; Convalescent Home, Swansea; Convalescent Home for the Blind, Caswell, Swansea; offices, baths, mess rooms, etc, for William Foster and Co., Swansea, 1922; offices for the Anglo-French Nickel Co., Swansea; offices for the Port Talbot Steel Co., Port Talbot, 1914; offices for the Graigola Merthyr Fuel Co., Swansea; new Y.M.C.A. buildings, Swansea, 1912; Bristol Channel Yacht Club, Mumbles; Christian Scientist Church, Swansea; many vicarages, restoration of St. Paul's Church, Sketty, St. David's Church, Ystalyfera, and Llansamlet Church. Domestic work: — Lomey, Langland; The Mount, Sketty; the Olfcha, Sketty; Oakridge, Killay; the Croft, Killay. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
‘Obituary’. The Builder vol. 170, 12 April 1946, p. 366
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