Joseph Boothroyd Corby

Joseph Boothroyd Corby
Burghley Estate Office, and 62–63 High Street St Martins, Stamford
Born1839 (1839)
Stamford
Died16 August 1913(1913-08-16) (aged 73–74)
Stamford
EducationArticled to Edward Browning of Stamford
OccupationArchitect
Practice15 All Saints Place Stamford and 1 Gresham Buildings, Basinghall Street, London E. C. in 1896

Joseph Boothroyd Corby (1839–1913) was an English architect who worked in Stamford, Lincolnshire.

Career

Joseph Boothroyd Corby was born in Stamford and was articled to the local architect Edward Browning. He later became the surveyor of the Burghley Estates for the Marquess of Exeter. He was elected a fellow of the Surveyors' Institute in 1891. He was also a member of the Council of the Society of Architects, a body that was related to the RIBA, but whose members had not a formal architectural qualification. A member and PMG of the Stamford District Oddfellows and chairman and surveyor to the Stamford Building Society. He took a prominent part in Stamford Town Council from 1891 as a Conservative and became mayor of Stamford in 1912. He was also a member of Kesteven County Council, representing Stamford.

Works include

Public, commercial buildings and museums.

Burghley Estate Office, Stamford
Queen Victoria Hall, Oundle
S&G Kingston - Land Agents and Surveyors

Hospitals and almshouses

Westminster Memorial Cottage Hospital, Shaftesbury 1871

School

The Old School House, High Street, Duddington 1891

Chapels

Baptist Chapel, North Street, Stamford. 1900

Church restorations

Houses

Rockbourne, Park Street, King's Cliffe 1900

References

  1. ↑ ”Brodie” (2001), Vol. 1, p. 437
  2. ↑ Obituary Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 18 August 1913 pg. 5
  3. ↑ "Antram" (1989), 707.
  4. ↑ "Oundle Town". Laxton Junior School. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Queen Victoria Hall Brochure" (PDF). Oundle Town Council. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  6. ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 18 August 1913 pg 5
  7. ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 18 August 1913 pg 5
  8. ↑ Stamford Mercury - Friday 05 March 1886 pg 4
  9. ↑ "Antram" (1989), 678.
  10. ↑ Heritage Gateway
  11. ↑ Building News, Vol. 20, 3 Feb. 1871, pp. 98–99; + winner declared 17 Feb. 1871, p. 132
  12. ↑ Illustrated London News - Saturday 22 July 1871
  13. ↑ "Bill of Quantities for proposed Almshouses, The Cornforth Homes, King's Cliffe. Drawn up by J B Corby, Architect & Surveyor, Stamford, March 1891. Pages 19 to 27, plus preamble and summary".
  14. ↑ "Antram" (1989), 675.
  15. ↑ Information from Geograph caption for illustration
  16. ↑ Poole & Dorset Herald - Thursday 06 April 1865 pg 5.
  17. ↑ "Antram" (1989), pg.702
  18. ↑ Historic England, "Church of St John the Baptist, Wakerley (1234011)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 December 2013
  19. ↑ "Antram" (1989), pg.777
  20. ↑ Information from Geograph caption for illustration

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