Alfred John Taylor was born in Bath, Somerset, England in 1878. He was articled to Charles Edward Davis (1827-1902), City Architect of Bath, England, following which he practised as an architect in Bath and was Architect to Spa Committee, Bath Corporation.
In c.1900 he formed a partnership with Arthur Cecil Fare (1876-1958) as Taylor & Fare. By the early 1920s the practice had been renamed Alfred J. Taylor & Partners. Among the partners were his daughter, Gertrude Molly Justice Taylor (1909-1988) [also known as Molly Gerrard] and son, A. Rowland Taylor, and A. W. Hind. The practice's office was located for many years at 4 and 5 Bridge Street, Bath.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1925.
Taylor was the author of 'The Roman Baths of Bath - Catalogue of Antiquities discovered during Excavations on the Site of the Roman Thermae at Bath' (Bath: Mendip Press, 1933).
His address was given as 2 Forester Road Bath in 1911 and 1938. He died in Bath on 25 December 1938.
A biographical file on Alfred John Taylor is available on request at the Enquiry Desk, Royal Institute of British Architects Library, London
Works by Taylor & Fare and Alfred J. Taylor & Partners: Corporation Medical Baths and Spa Buildings (1902-25); Shop front for a jewellers, 12 New Bond Street, bath (1906); Iron canopies for Empire Hotel, Bath (1907); Minerva Temple for British Empire Exhibition, Crystal Palace (1911); Ticket kiosk for Sydney Gardens, Bath (1914); Torquay Medical and Swimming Baths (1915-16); 12 semi-detached houses, Dolemeads, Bath (1920); Council housing, The Oval, Englishcombe Park, Bath (1920); Alterations to Beau Nash Cinema, 22-23 Westgate Street, Bath (1920, 1926); Shop fronts, 1-2 Bridge Street, Bath (1922); Shop from 19 New Bond Street, Bath (1922); Forbes Fraser Hospital and Nurses' Home, Bath (1923); Bournemouth Racecourse and Buildings (1924); Summerhouse, Botanical Gardens, Bath (1924); Chepstow Racecourse and Buildings (1925); Shop front, 14 Cheap Street, Bath (1925); 5-6 Cheap Street, Bath (1925-29); 12 Northgate, Bath (1927); Killowatt House, North Road, Bath (1935-36); St. Batholomew Church, Lyncombe, Bath (1936-38).
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. 156, 6 January 1939 p. 21
‘Obituary’. RIBA Journal vol. 46, 23 January 1939 pp. 312-313