Wood, Kenneth c. 1869 - 1943

Kenneth Wood was born in the UK in 1869 or 1870 and was articled to Henry Grieves (1861-1940) in South Shields from 1888 to 1893. He then went as an improver to Rowland Plumbe ((1838-1919) in London. He also attended the South Kensington Arts Schools in London. He then worked as an assistant to Frank Morrish Harvey in 1894 and to Green & Hedley in Sunderland.

Wood qualified as an architect in 1895.  In c.1902 he formed an architectural partnership with John Kingwell Cole in the London-based practice J. Kingwell Cole & Kenneth Wood.  The partnership was dissolved in c.1906 and from 1906 Wood was in partnership with John Sarvis (1873-1928) as Wood & Sarvis. The practice had offices in London and in Woking.   Robert George Miuir (1888-1968) later joined the practice which became Wood, Sarvis & Muir. The partnership was dissolved in 1928 and that year Wood formed a new partnership with Charles Holland Rose as Wood & Rose [Kenneth Wood & Rose] which closed in 1939 following the outbreak of World War One.

Wood was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1896 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1939. However, at Wood's request, the Fellowship was rescinded and he still appears as an Associate in the RIBA Kalendar for 1939-40.

His address was given as Homeside, Westoe, South Shields in 1896; 17 Hart Street, Bloomsbury, London in 1907 and 1923; Old Bank Chambers, Woking, Surrey in 1910 and 1914; and 20 The Broadway, Woking, Surrey in 1926 and 1939.  He died in Pwllheli Caernarvonshire Wales on 3 October 1943.