Henry Harper (architect)

Henry Harper (1846–1919) was an architect based in Nottingham who is noted for the large number of churches and chapels built for Primitive Methodists.

Life

He was born on 9 October 1846 in Calverley, Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Harper (1819–1856) and his wife Elizabeth (1821–1896). He was baptised on 18 July 1847 in St Wilfrid's Church, Calverley.

He married Mary Ann Marshall (1845–1905), fifth daughter of Samuel Marshall of Rawden on 12 October 1868 in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Rawdon, Yorkshire[1] and they had the following children:

  • Thomas Harper (1869–1897)
  • Harry Marshall Harper (1872–1943)
  • Ellen Harper (1874–1951)
  • Wilfred Harper (born 1878)
  • Fanny Harper (1880–1883)

In 1871 he is recorded as living at 23 Beech Street, Cheetham, Manchester, and his occupation was joiner and local preacher. In 1881 he was living at 20 Norton Street, Nottingham. By 1895 he is established as an architect in Nottingham, based in Tavistock Chambers, Nottingham.

After the death of his wife on 29 July 1905, he married Sarah Ann Doar (1842–1930) on 30 April 1907 at St Giles' Church, Sandiacre.[2]

He died on 30 April 1919 at 71 Cromwell Street, Nottingham[3] and after a funeral service at Forest Road Primitive Methodist Church was buried on 3 May 1919 in Nottingham General Cemetery.

Works

  • Primitive Methodist Church, Arnold, Nottingham 1886–87 (enlargement)
  • Bulwell Public Hall, Nottinghamshire 1894[4][5]
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Sutton-in-Ashfield 1895
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Youlgreave, Derbyshire 1895
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Overseal, Derbyshire 1895
  • Primitive Methodist Church, Nottingham Road, Mansfield 1896[6]
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Watnall Road/Beardall Street, Hucknall Torkard 1896[7]
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel and School, Royton, Lancashire 1897[8]
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Hognaston, Derbyshire 1898–99
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Roman Bank, Skegness 1898[9]
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Ellesmere Port 1899–1900
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Nottingham Road, Stapleford 1899[10]
  • Primitive Methodist Church, Mattison Road, Harringay 1901[11]
  • Wesleyan Methodist Schools, Welbeck Street, Sutton in Ashfield 1904[12]
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Manchester Road, Cubitt Town 1904–05 (demolished 1978)
  • Congregational Church, London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire 1907[13]
  • Primitive Methodist Church, Holliers Hill, Sidley, Sussex 1907
  • Primitive Methodist Church, Duke Street, Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Derbyshire 1906–07[14][15]
  • Primitive Methodist Schools, Stanton Hill 1908[16]
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Talke Pitts, Staffordshire 1908
  • Schools for Primitive Methodist Church, Grange Road, Birkenhead 1907
  • Primitive Methodist Church, Gainsborough 1910
  • Primitive Methodist Church and Institute, Newbold-on-Stour, Worcestershire 1910[17]
  • Primitive Methodist Church, Clyde Street/Avon Street, Motherwell, Scotland 1912[18]
  • Primitive Methodist Church, High Street, Erdington, Birmingham 1912[19]
  • Primitive Methodist Chapel, Shepshed, Leicestershire 1913
  • Primitive Methodist Church, Highley, Worcestershire 1913–14[20]
  • Beaconthorpe Methodist Church, Grimsby Road, Cleethorpes 1914 (destroyed by fire)
  • Primitive Methodist Connexion church, Vron, Wales 1917

References

  1. ↑ "Miscellanious". Leeds Tmes. United Kingdom. 17 October 1868. Retrieved 10 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Marriage". Nottinghamshire Weekly Express. United Kingdom. 10 May 1907. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Deaths". Nottingham Evening Post. United Kingdom. 2 May 1919. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "A Public Hall for Bulwell". Nottinghamshire Guardian. United Kingdom. 20 October 1894. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ Hartwell, Clare; Williamson, Elizabeth; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2020). The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. p. 508. ISBN 9780300247831.
  6. ↑ "Chapel Opening at Mansfield". Rushcliffe Advertiser. United Kingdom. 9 October 1896. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "On Saturday afternoon". Nottinghamshire Guardian. United Kingdom. 16 May 1896. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "New Primitive Methodist School and Chapel at Royton". Oldham Chronicle. United Kingdom. 10 July 1897. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "New Primitive Methodist Chapel and Schools". Skegness Herald. United Kingdom. 15 April 1898. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Foundation Stone Laying at Stapleford". Nottingham Journal. United Kingdom. 8 June 1899. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Harringay Primitive Methodist New Church". Holloway Press. United Kingdom. 10 May 1901. Retrieved 9 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ "Wesleyan Methodism at Sutton". Hucknall Morning Star and Advertiser. United Kingdom. 27 May 1904. Retrieved 10 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ↑ "New church to be built on London Road". Nottingham Journal. United Kingdom. 20 February 1907. Retrieved 10 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ↑ "Ecclesiastical News". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. United Kingdom. 17 January 1907. Retrieved 10 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ↑ Hartwell, Clare; Williamson, Elizabeth; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2016). The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. p. 520. ISBN 9780300215595.
  16. ↑ "Primitive Methodism at Stanton Hill". Rushcliffe Advertiser. United Kingdom. 5 June 1908. Retrieved 10 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ↑ "Newbold New Methodist Church and Institute". Evensham Standard & West Midland Observers. United Kingdom. 1 October 1910. Retrieved 10 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. ↑ "Motherwell's New P.M. Church". Hamilton Herald and Lanarkshire Weekly News. United Kingdom. 7 August 1912. Retrieved 10 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ↑ "New Primitive Methodist Church". Erdington News. United Kingdom. 20 January 1912. Retrieved 10 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  20. ↑ "Primitive Methodism". Bridgnorth Journal. United Kingdom. 31 January 1914. Retrieved 10 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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