John Shewell Corder
John Shewell Corder was an English architect, artist and antiquarian.
Early life
Corder came from a well-connected Quaker family with links in East Anglia, North England and Berkshire. He was the son of Frederick Corder and Jane Ransome, daughter of James Ransome. Along with other siblings the family moved to Ipswich in 1860. He was given the name of Shewell from Fredrick's mother, Mary Shewell.Architectural career
During the period 1872-7, Corder was articled to his step-uncle, the architect Joseph Morris based in Reading. Frederic Corder had married Maria Morris, Joseph's sister, both of whom were children of Thomas Morris and Ann Talwin Shewell.Corder has been credited with over 100 commissions. These include:
- Boscombe House, 65 Anglesea Road, Ipswich,
- Hacheston Lodge, The Street, Hacheston
- Extra classrooms for Woodbridge School in Burkitt road, Woodbridge, Suffolk,
- Work on the Black Boy public house, Sudbury
- Tranmer House, 1910. Home of Edith Pretty during the 1938-39 excavation of the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon burial mounds.
Publications
Corder joined the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History. He also made several contributions to their journal:- Volume VII, part 2
- , Volume VII Part 3
- , Volume XVI Part 3 Published as a separate booklet, 50 copies.