John Wimble


John Wimble was an English architect based in London.

Life

He was born in 1837 in Maidstone, Kent the son of Edward Wimble and Mary Margaret Wildish. He died on 29 June 1877 and was buried in St Mary's Church, Long Ditton on 4 July 1877.

Career

He was educated at Tonbridge School and then articled to John Whichcord Sr. & Son in Maidstone, Kent. He set himself up in independent practice and after a few years entered into a partnership with his younger brother William Wimble. He died in 1877 and William continued the business alone.

Architectural Works

  • Sittingbourne Cemetery 1860
  • Congregational Church, High Street, Sittingbourne 1862-63
  • Albert wing, Royal Asylum of St Anne’s Society, Streatham. 1865
  • Warehouse, Southwark Street, London 1867
  • Warehouse, 222 Upper Thames Street, London
  • Peter Lawson and Son, 20 Budge Row, London 1867
  • Countess of Huntingdon’s chapel, Tunbridge Wells 1867
  • 32 Watling Street, London 1867
  • Store front, Wimble and Nutt, 34 Week Street, Maidstone, Kent 1869
  • Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion Church, North Street, Brighton 1870-71
  • Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company Offices, 25 Cockspur Street, London 1873
  • London Salvage Corps station, Watling Street, London
  • London Salvage Corps station, 38–40 Commercial Road, London 1874
  • Bedford Hotel, Henrietta Street/Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London 1876-77
  • 24 Haymarket, London 1877
  • Investment Company, 41 Cheapside, London 1877
  • Dyer’s buildings, Holborn, London 1871-78
  • Offices, Gresham Street/Coleman Street, London
  • Boosey’s premises, Regent Street, London
  • Domestic property, Ryder Street, St James’, London
  • 59, 60 and 61 Haymarket, London
  • Warehouses, Fenchurch/Leadenhall Street, London
  • Mildmay Chambers, Bishopsgate Street, London
  • Messrs Mather, 75 Farringdon Road, London
  • South West Quadrant, Ludgate Circus, London