Ernest Robert Walker was born in Leamington, Warwickshire, England on 10 May 1872 and was articled to Frederick Bodley (1827-1907) and Thomas Garner (1839-1900) of Bodley & Garner in London. He also attended classes at South Kensington School of Art in London.
He commenced practice as an architect in 1897 and was in partnership with William Bonner Hopkins (1868-1958) in the London-based architectural firm W.B. Hopkins & E.R. Walker from 1900-1905. In 1905 Walker moved to York in Yorkshire where he was in practice until at least the late 1920s. He was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1911.
Walker's address was given as 5 Staple Inn, Holborn, London in 1897; 7 Clifton, York in 1911; and 17a Lendal, York in 1911 and 1930. He died in York, Yorkshire on 17 May 1942.
Alterations, additions, etc.: — at Gaston House, Bishops Stortford, Reeves Rest, Chipstead; and in York: Moorlands (Haxby), Upper Helmsley Hall, Sand Mutton Hall, Aldwark Manor, Bishopthorpe Vicarage, Colton Lodge, etc., etc. New work: — Barclays Bank. Hemsworth; Church at Scacketon. Yorks.; Claxton House, York; Saudreith, Walton, Yorks; Sand Hutton Hall (garage); cottages for Thirsk R.D.C. Housing scheme. Interior church oak-work, etc.: — at Settrington, Walton, Yorks; Stockton-on-Forest, York; Shenleybury, Herts; Sand Hutton, York, etc. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
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
Who's Who in Achitecture 1926. Edited by Frederick Chatterton: The Architectural Press, 1926