William Brandreth Savidge


William Brandreth Savidge was an English architect based in Nottingham.

Career

He was born in Nottingham in 1866, the son of John Savidge, Chemist and Druggist and Mary.
He was articled to John W Keating of Nottingham from 1883 to 1887 and he stayed as his assistant until 1889.
He was nominated ARIBA in 1890. He was honorary secretary of the Nottingham Architectural Society from 1905 to 1910.
He married Mary Elizabeth Emily Reynolds in 1919.
He died on 21 February 1939 at his home, Linden House, Clifton Lane, Ruddington and left an estate valued at £40,791. A new Roman Catholic chapel dedicated to Our Lady and St Wilfred in Ruddington was constructed in his memory adjacent to his house, and was dedicated in 1940. However, this never became the anticipated catholic church in Ruddington.

Notable works