Louis Ambler FSA FRIBA (2 June 1862 - 1 April 1946) was an English architect.[1]

Langwith Lodge from The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art 1907
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Outram Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire 1909
Drighlington Tempest Constitutional Club 1910

Career

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He was born on 2 June 1862 in Manningham in Yorkshire, the son of John Ambler (1832-1889) and Mary Hannah Wood (1831-1893).

He was articled to Henry Francis Lockwood and William Mawson of Bradford where he won a prize in the Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors Pupils’ Competition in 1883.[2] Later he was assistant to Robert William Edis. He also assisted George Frederick Bodley.

He began in independent practice in 1889 initially at 8 Osnaburgh Street, London, but by 1892 he had moved to The Clock House, Arundel Street, Strand, London. Later he was based at 200-2 Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, London.

He was nominated for ARIBA in 1888 and FRIBA in 1900.

He was a Vice-President of the Society of Yorkshiremen in London in 1901.[3]

In 1921 he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries.[4]

He died on 1 April 1946 at the Archway Hospital, Highgate in London and his funeral took place at the Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford on 6 April 1946.[5]

Publications

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  • The old halls and manor houses of Yorkshire. Publisher: Batsford. 1913.[6]
  • The Ambler Family. Publisher: Percy Lund, Humphries and Company. 1924.

Notable works

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References

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  1. ^ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 1 (A-K). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 36. ISBN 0826455131.
  2. ^ "Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors". Bradford Daily Telegraph. England. 1 November 1883. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Mr. Louis Ambler". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 3 April 1946. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "A Yorkshire Antiquary". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 4 June 1921. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Late Mr. Louis Ambler". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 8 April 1946. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "New Books Received Yesterday". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 17 December 1913. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (1979). The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. Penguin Books Limited. p. 92. ISBN 0140710086.
  8. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (1979). The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. Penguin Books Limited. p. 155. ISBN 0140710086.
  9. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979). The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. p. 180. ISBN 9780300096361.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Langwith Lodge (1267055)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Titchfield". Hampshire Chronicle. England. 22 April 1905. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "New Church Hall at Hucknall". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 2 August 1906. Retrieved 31 March 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979). The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. p. 156. ISBN 9780300096361.
  14. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979). The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. p. 169. ISBN 9780300096361.
  15. ^ Historic England. "Lychgate to the North of Church of St Winifred (1045724)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  16. ^ Historic England. "Sutton in Ashfield War Memorial (1431444)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 March 2019.