Robert Clarke (architect)


Robert Clarke was an architect based in Nottingham.

History

Born in 1819, Robert Clarke was the son of Mr. Clarke of Stoney and Clarke. He married Frances Sympson at St Martin’s Church, Lincoln, on 12 May 1841.
He studied architecture under William Adams Nicholson in Lincoln. He went into a partnership with Edmund Francis Law in Northampton in 1848. This partnership was short-lived, and dissolved on 31 July 1849.
In 1852, he established himself as an independent architect back in Nottingham. He set up in business in Nottingham with offices in Grosvenor Place, Parliament Street. In 1854 he moved to Shakespere Street, opposite Angelo Terrace.
His son, Robert Charles Clarke joined his father to form Robert Clarke & Son.
He died on 11 December 1877 in Sneinton, Nottingham and left a small estate to his widow, Frances Clarke.

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