Arthur Richard Calvert
Arthur Richard Calvert was an architect based in Nottingham.
History
He was born in Clapham, Surrey in 1852, the son of Revd. William Bainbridge Calvert and Charlotte Caparn.He was educated at Tonbridge School and articles to M.M. Kirkland of Huddersfield. Afterwards he spent time with the Borough Surveyor of Huddersfield, and then 3 years in the practice of Evans and Jolley in Nottingham.
He set up in independent practice in Nottingham in 1879. He was later in partnership with William Warren Wright, but this came to an end in 1891. By 1905 he was in partnership with William Richard Gleave.
On the 9 September 1880, he married Mary Caroline Holmes in Huddersfield. They had 5 children:
- Kathleen Mary Calvert
- Charlotte Helen Calvert
- Margaret Esther Calvert
- Charles Henry Calvert
- Muriel Calvert
Works
- Housing, 2-12 Dale Street, Sneinton, Nottingham 1894
- Nottingham and County Constitutional Club, 26-28 Market Street, Nottingham 1897
- Morris and Place’s Auction Mart, 25 Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham 1900
- Giltbrook Almshouses 1901
- 8 Low Pavement, Nottingham 1903
- Nottingham Savings Bank, 11 Low Pavement, Nottingham 1903 alterations
- Shops and houses, Victoria Embankment, Nottingham 1904
- 30 Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham 1906-07
- The Canon Lewis Memorial Hall, Ransom Road, Nottingham 1907
- Dorothy Boot Homes, Wilford, Nottingham 1908
- Old Moot Hall Wine Vaults 1908 rebuilding
- Estate Office, 7a Lenton Road, The Park Estate, Nottingham 1909
- Enfield Chambers, 14-16 Low Pavement, Nottingham 1909-10