Group    From 1832  To 1943

HM Office of Works

Categories: Architecture

Architects. Architects of Greater Manchester has an entry for this organisation specifying that the architects department was formed in 1832 and dissolved in 1940.

Scottish Architects describes it as an Architectural practice, later known as Ministry of Works (from 1943), Ministry of Public Building and Works (from1962), absorbed into the Department of the Environment in 1970, although most Works functions were transferred to the Property Services Agency (PSA), which was created as an autonomous agency in 1972.

Offices in Edinburgh, London, Bristol and Manchester.

There is an associated WW1 war memorial in the parkside entrance of HM Treasury building, Parliament Street.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
HM Office of Works

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Swinburne House

Apart from the architect the names on this plaque are the same as those on th...

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Bow Road Railway Station

Bow Road Railway Station

The authoritative-looking picture source website gives the date of opening as 4 April 1892 (contradicting the plaque) and the closing date as 1949 for passengers and 1962 finally.

Building, Architecture, Transport

1 memorial
Sylvia Blanc

Sylvia Blanc

She was born as Sylvia Sara Cole and her birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1927 in the Willesden registration district. In 1953 she married Alan John Blanc (1929-1995) in Marylebone and el...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Geoffrey Darke

Geoffrey Darke

Architect. Born Geoffrey James Darke. He and fellow architect John Darbourne founded the firm of Darbourne and Darke, specifically to design the Lillington Gardens Estate in Pimlico. They also desi...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Jan F. Groll

Jan F. Groll

From Colonial Spectacles “John (or Jan) F. Groll was an architect and engineer.  After completing his studies in Delft, he worked for the department of public works in British India….”  We can't fi...

Person, Architecture, Engineering

1 memorial
Henry Wilson (art)

Henry Wilson (art)

Architect, jeweler and designer. A leading figure in the British Arts & Crafts movement. Born near Liverpool. Trained with and worked in John Sedding's practice. Taught at the Central School o...

Person, Architecture, Craft / Design

1 memorial