Alfred Mardon Mowbray

Alfred Mardon Mowbray
Born	1849
Died	1915
Nationality	British
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	SS Mary and John parish church, Oxford St Michael and All Angels church, Oxford

Alfred Mardon Mowbray (1849–1915)[1] was an English Gothic Revival architect who practiced in Oxford and Eastbourne from the 1860s to the 1900s.

Career

SS Mary and John parish church, Oxford

Mowbray was articled to Charles Buckeridge 1865–70 and assistant to architects including Joseph Clarke and JW Hugall 1870–72.[1] He practiced in Oxford 1872–77, then in Eastbourne until after 1880.[1] He was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1881 but lapsed in 1896.[1] He had returned to Oxford by 1890, where he lived in Iffley Road.[1]

Work

• SS Mary and John parish church, Cowley Road, Oxford, 1875–83 and tower 1892–93[2][3]
• St Helen's parish church, Berrick Salome: restoration and alterations, 1891[4]
• St Helen's parish church, Albury: restoration, 1891[5]
• Mission Church, Murcott, 1895[6]
• St Katherine's School, Wantage, 1897[7]
• St Ebbe's parish church, Oxford: upper part of tower, 1904[8]
• St Michael and All Angels parish church, Summertown, Oxford, 1909 (unfinished)[9]

References

St Michael and All Angels parish church, Summertown, Oxford

1. Brodie et al. 2001, p. 224
2. Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 341.
3. Tyack 1998, p. 240.
4. Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 452.
5. Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 420.
6. Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 713.
7. Pevsner 1966, p. 254.
8. Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 292.
9. Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 332.

Sources

• Brodie, Antonia; Felstead, Alison; Franklin, Jonathan; Pinfield, Leslie; Oldfield, Jane, eds. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914, L–Z. London & New York: Continuum. p. 224. ISBN 0-8264-5514-X.
• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 254.
• Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
• Tyack, Geoffrey (1998). Oxford An Architectural Guide. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. p. 240. ISBN 0-19-817423-3.