William Richard Gleave


William Richard Gleave ARIBA was a surveyor and architect based in Nottingham.

History

He was born in 1868, the son of Thomas Gleave shipbuilder and Anne Jane Hindley. He was christened on 9 August 1868 at Farnworth near Widnes, Cheshire. He was educated at the local Farnworth Grammar School and Chester College.
In 1891 he was living at 81 Herbert Street, Cheetham and employed as an architectural draughtsman and became an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects, by examinations, in 1893.
He married Lois Mason in 1894 in Stockport, Cheshire. Their children were:
  • Harold Mason Gleave
  • Ida Kathleen Gleave
In 1896 he went to Dublin to work in the office of William Hague. He won a competition for cottages in Longford. By 1901 he was living at 44 Henry Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham and by 1905 he was in partnership with Arthur Richard Calvert. He was architect for a number of houses and villas at West Bridgford and commercial buildings in Nottingham. He was engaged as an assistant architect with Arthur Richard Calvert on the Constitutional Club, the Old Moot Hall, the Auction Mart and other buildings in Nottingham.
Around 1913, he formed a partnership with Bernard Jessop, and Charles Henry Calvert as Calvert, Jessop and Gleave.
He died on 8 January 1933 at Hillcrest, Thurgarton, in 1933 and left an estate valued at £22,586 2s. 1d.

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