Crouch & Butler was an architectural practice established in Birmingham, England by Joseph Crouch [1859-1936) and Edmund John Butler (1862-1946) in 1886. Their office was located at 39 Newhall Street, Birmingham until 1923 when they relocated to 67a New Street, Birmingham. In 1902 a third partner, Rupert Savage (1871-1956) joined the partnership which was renamed Crouch, Butler & Savage.
Shop for George Cadbury, Great Hampton Street, Birmingham (1887); 56 houses, three shops and workshop for H. C. Fulford, New Town Row, St. Stephen's Street and Ashford Street, Birmingham (1888); Chapel, Mission Roome and caretaker's house, Inge Street, Long Acre, Birmingham (1888); Wesleyan Elementary School, Coventry Street, Birmingham (1888); 10 houses for Richard Rabone, Woodstock and Anderton Park Roads, Birmingham (1889); Baptist Chapel and School, St. Thomas and Charles Hentry Streets, Birmingham (1890); Factory, warehouse and shop, Oliver Street, Birmingham for Brampton & Co. (1890); Dactory, Hampton Street, Birmingham for N. S. Heeley (1890); Shop, Great Hampton Street for Green, Caper & Co. (1891); Shop, 5-7 Hockley Hill, Birngham for S. Dale (1891); Factory, Price Street, Birmingham for Bolt Addis (1891); 16 houses, Villiers Street, Winson Green, Birmingham (1891); Offices and shops for Dr Parks, Newhall and Lionel Streets, Birmingham (1891); Red Hill Elementary School, Yardley, Birmingham (1892); Red Hill Elementary Boad School, Hay Mill, Birmingham (1892); 8 houses for John Loughton off Bacchus Road, Birmingham (1893); Factory, Northwood Street, Birmingham for W. J. Baker (1893); Factory, Oliver Street, Birmingham for F. Brampton (1893); 16 houses and a shop for John Loughton, Leonard Street, Birmingham (1894); Lozells Methodist Church, Loizells Street, Birmingham (1894); 46 houses for H. C. Fulford, Kenhelm Road, Small Heath, Birmingham (1895); Wesleyan Chapel, Somerset House, Handsworth (1895); Premises, Livery Street, Birmingham for William Pope (1895); Shop, Shofield Street, Birmingham for F. Brampton (1895); 51 houses for H. C. Fulford, Kenhelm Road, Small Heath, Birmingham (1896); Gaiety Concert Hall, Gem Street, Birmingham for Weldon Watt (1896); Business premises, workshops and restaurants, 153-161 Corporation Street, Birmingham for A. R. Dean, furniture manufacturer and retailer (1896-99); Cycle factory, Sampson Road, Birmingham for A. W. G. Baxter (1897); Shop, 36 Darwin Street, Birmingham for Charles Hodges (1897); Aston Higher Grade Elementary School, Whitehead Road, Aston (1898); Business premises for Edgar Evans, Lancaster Street, Birmingham (1899); Kiln, Cleveland Street, Birmingham, for Morland Bros.; Sydenham Hotel, Golden Hillock and Anderton Roads, Small Heath, Birmingham for Thomas Leckie (1900); Broadway Lower School, Whitehead Road, Aston, Birmingham (1900); Wesleyan Mission Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1900).
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See also:
Historic England - contains over 40 references to architectural work by Crouch & Butler and by Crouch, Butler & Savage [link below]
British Listed Buildings - 40 listed buildings by Crouch & Butler and Crouch, Butler & Savage [link below]
List of Architectural Works of Crouch & Butler and Crouch, Butler & Savage in Herbert, Rudi and Shackley, Barbara. ‘Crouch and Butler’ pp. 471-476 [Bibliography below]
By Hammer and Hand: the Arts and Crafts movement in Birmingham. Edited by Alan C. Crawford. Birmingham, England: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 1984
Crouch, Joseph and Butler, Edmund. The apartments of the house : their arrangement, furnishing and decoration. London: At the sign of the Unicorn, 1900
Crouch, Joseph and Butler, Edmund. Churches, Mission Halls and Schools for Nonconformists. Birmingham: Buckler & Webb, 1901
Herbert, Rudi and Shackley, Barbara. ‘Crouch and Butler’ in Birmingham's Victorian and Edwardian Architects, edited by Phillada Ballard. Wetherby: Oblong Creative Ltd. for the Birmingham and West Midlands Group of the Victorian Society, 2009, pp. 451-478