Albert William Stroud was born in Stoke Newington, London, England on 26 June 1880. His training as an architect came from working as an assistant in various architectural offices including Holland & Hannen; J. Simpson & Son; A. Waterhouse & Son from 1899 to 1909; and H. M. Offices of Works from 1909. He also attended Southsea & Chester Schools of Art, Regent Street Polytechnic in London, and the London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts.
He employed as an architect at H. M. Office of Works in Bristol until the late 1930s. In 1910 he was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Drawings and plans of a house designed by him are illustrated in Designs for One Hundred Ideal £1,000 Houses. Being copies of the hundred best designs entered in the 1912 Daily Mail Architects' Competition (1912 p.96).
His address was given as "Laburnum" Oakleigh Road, Frern Barnet, Middlesex in 1901; 2 Queen Anne's Gate, London in 1911; 51 Graemesdyke Avenue, East Sheen, London in 1911 and 1914; and "Twan" Little Heath, Cobham, Surrey in 1939 and 1953. He died on 4 December 1953
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