Pearson, Frank Loughborough 1864 - 1947

Frank Loughborough Pearson [also known as Frank L. Pearson] was born in Marylebone, Middlesex [now London], England on 14 January 1864. He was articled to his father, John Loughborough Pearson (1817-1897) in London from from 1881 and in 1890 joined him in partnership. 

Frank Loughborough Pearson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1900.  

His address was given as 12 Mansfield Street, London (1900); 22 Aahley Place, Westminster, London in 1914 and 1926; 29 Courtfield Road, London in 1930 and 1939. He died in Kensington, London, England on 8 October 1947.

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Works

Following the death of his father in 1897, he continued his practice and completed a number of his commissions including Truro Cathedral and a number of churches.  His own work included the chancel and aisle of St. Alban the Martyr in Middlesborough, Yorkshire (1902); chancel and chapel, Wakefield Cathedral (1904); St. Matthew, Auckland, New Zealand (1904); the Convent School of St. Nicholas and St. Helen's church in Abingdon, Berkshire (1904); chancel, St. Augustine's church in Rugeley, Staffordshire (1905); premises for the music publishers Novello in Wardour Street, London (1908); farm buildings at Hever Castle in Kent (1908); South African War Memorial at Winchester College in Winchester, Hampshire (1909); the Memorial Fountain at the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London (1910).

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See also Historic England;  and British Listed Buildings [links below]

Bibliography

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

Gray, A. Stuart. Edwardian architecture: a biographical dictionary. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd., 1985

Long, E. T. 'Churches of a Victorian squire'. Country Life vol. 144, 26 September 1968 pp. 770-772 [Discusses the restoration by Pearson of two churches in Yorkshire for Tatton Sykes - at Kirkburn in 1856 and Bishop Wilton in 1859]

Newberry, John E. 'The work of John L. Pearson, R.A.'. Architectural Review vol. 1, 1897 pp. 69-82

'Obituary'. American Architect and Building News vol. 58, 1897 p. 94

‘Obituary’. RIBA Journal vol. 55, November 1947 pp.39-40

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