Briant Alfred Poulter [also known as Briant Poulter] was born in Frimley, Surrey, England on 24 February 1881. He studied at Fulham School of Art from 1894 to 1898, and at Reading University from 1899-1904, during which time he was also articled to William Ravenscroft (1848-1943) in 1899 to 1903. He then worked as an assistant to Cyril B. Tubbs and Arthur Alfred Messer (1863-1934) of Tubbs & Messer in 1903, and to Edward Prioleau Warren (1856-1937) in 1904-05.
From 1905 he was in partnership with his brother, Harry Reginald Poulter (1879-c.1966) as H.R. & B.A. Poulter in Camberley, Surrey, and later with Percy Richard Morley Horder (1870-1944) as Morley Horder & Poulter from 1919 to 1925.
The H.R. & B.A. Poulter partnership designed a number of private residences in the Camberley area. They also designed the Camberley Heath golf clubhouse; St Andrews Church in Frimley; and the Territorial Drill Hall in Aldershot.
Two drawings of 'Llantwit' in Farnborough, Kent designed by H.R. & B.A. Poulter are illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1907 (p.39); a photograph and a ground-floor plan of 'Denistoun' in Camberley, Surrey, designed by H.R. & B.A. Poulter is illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1910 (p.67); photographs of Seaton House, Camberley and 'Collingwood', Bagshot Heath, designed by H.R. and B.A. Poulter is illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1911 (p.65); photographs of the south front and entrance hall of a house in Camberley, Surrey, designed by H.R. & B.A. Poulter are illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1912 (p.56); and two photographs of the lounge at 'Old Kiln', Churt, by H.R. & B.A. Poulter are illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1915 (p.103).
B.A. Poulter 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 1916. In addition to his work as a painter, B.A. Poulter was also a watercolour painter. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh between 1905 and 1936. He died in Surrey in 1972.
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