John Ladds


John Ladds, RIBA, was an architect best known for his work on churches and schools, very often church-affiliated schools.

Life

He was born on 22 April 1835 at Ellington, Cambridgeshire, the son of William Ladds and Ann Inskip. He was the 8th child of 12.
He married Cecilia Townshend Kent in St Clement Danes on 19 January 1867 and they had the following children:
He died on 15 October 1926 and left and estate valued at £3,560 10s 9d.

Works

From around 1871 he worked in partnership with William Henry Powell as Ladds and Powell until Powell emigrated to South Africa around 1890.
His notable designs include:
Ladds spent his last years in the North London neighbourhood of Harringay, where he died in 1926.
His son Sidney Ladds worked as an architect to Ely Cathedral until 1950.