John Shewell Corder
John Shewell Corder (1856 in Westoe, South Tyneside – 19 July 1922 in Ipswich) was an English architect, artist and antiquarian.
Early life
Corder came from a well-connected Quaker family with links in East Anglia, North England and Berkshire. He was the son of Frederick Corder and Jane Ransome, daughter of James Ransome. Along with other siblings the family moved to Ipswich in 1860. He was given the name of Shewell from Fredrick's mother, Mary Shewell.
Architectural career
During the period 1872-7, Corder was articled to his step-uncle, the architect Joseph Morris based in Reading. Frederic Corder had married Maria Morris, Joseph's sister, both of whom were children of Thomas Morris and Ann Talwin Shewell.
Corder has been credited with over 100 commissions. These include:
- Boscombe House, 65 Anglesea Road, Ipswich, (Grade II listed building)
- Hacheston Lodge, The Street, Hacheston
- Extra classrooms for Woodbridge School in Burkitt road, Woodbridge, Suffolk,
- Work on the Black Boy public house, Sudbury
- Tranmer House, 1910. Home of Edith Pretty during the 1938-39 excavation of the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon burial mounds.
He trained Harold Ridley Hooper who later became a prominent Ipswich architect.
Publications
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Corder joined the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History. He also made several contributions to their journal:
- "The Guild Hall, of Corpus Christi, Lavenham" Volume VII, part 2 (1890)
- "The timber framed buildings of Ipswich and their pargetting", Volume VII Part 3 (1891)
- "Notes on Bury corner posts", Volume XVI Part 3 (1918) Published as a separate booklet, 50 copies.
Other publications:
- Ye Olde Corner Posts of Ipswich, (1890) S. H. Cowell: Ipswich
- Christchurch or Withepole House: A Brief Memorial (1893) S. H. Cowell: Ipswich
References
- ↑ "Find a will | GOV.UK". probatesearch.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ↑ "Corder, John Shewell". suffolkartists.co.uk. Suffolk Artists. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- 1 2 "Suffolk People". historicalsuffolk.com. Historical Suffolk Research. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- 1 2 3 Arnold, H. Godwin; Gold, Sidney M. (1989). "Morris of Reading:A Family of Architects 1836-1958". Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society. 33: 45–96.
- ↑ Bettley & Pevsner 2015, pp. 538–539.
- ↑ Antonia Brodie, ed. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: A-K. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 945–946. ISBN 0-8264-5513-1.
- ↑ "Notes on Bury Corner Posts [Reprinted from Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & Natural History, Volume XVI, Part III] by Corder, John Shewell: Good Hard Cover (1918) Limited Edition. | Besleys Books PBFA". www.abebooks.com. Besleys Books. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
Sources
- Bettley, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2015). Suffolk: East. Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-19654-2. OCLC 995084088.
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