Taylor, Samuel Pointon 1884 - 1969

Samuel Pointon Taylor was born in Hanley, Staffordshire, England  21 September 1884 and was articled to William Albert Baynes in Henley, Oxfordshire from 1901 to 1905. He then worked as an assistant to Richard Barry Parker (1867-1947) and Raymond Unwin (1863-1940) of Parker & Unwin. Taylor established his own independent architectural practice in Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, in 1907.

Architectural projects by Taylor included houses in Harrow; additions to the art school in Harrow; and groups of cottages for the Ebeneezer Howard Cottage Society Ltd. in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. Town planning projects by Taylor included the South Hills in Harrow; and the Ashbourne House Estate in Harrow. A drawing and ground-flor plan of a house in Harrow designed by Taylor is illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1910 (p.78).

Taylor was co-author (with Edmund George Bentley) of 'Housing, Town Planning, etc.. Act, 1909: A Practical Guide in the Preparation of Town Planning Schemes' (London: G. Philip & Son, 1911), which had a foreword by Raymond Unwin.

Taylor was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1908. He was a member of the National Housing Council, 1910-13. His address was given as Peterborough Road, Harrow, Middlesex in 1908; The Cottage, Roxeth Hill, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex in 1908 and 1914; and 58 Roxeth Hill, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex in 1914 and 1926; 62 Roxeth Hill, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex in 1928 and 1939.  He died in 1969. His death was registered in Eton, Buckinghamshire