William Wimble

William James Wimble was an English architect based in London.

Life

He was born on 22 March 1848 in Maidstone, Kent the son of Edward Wimble and Mary Margaret Wildish. He died on 12 January 1903 at 74 Jermyn Street aged 54 and left an estate of £8,023.

Career

He commenced independent practice in 1873 based at 2 Walbrook, London, and shortly thereafter joined into a partnership with his brother John Wimble. His brother John died in 1877 and William continued the business alone.
His practice was at 9 Queen Victoria Street, London.
In 1887 he was appointed architect and surveyor to the Worshipful Company of Vintners and in 188 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Architectural Works

106 Cheapside, London 1879
Warehouse for G.R. Herron and Son, St Thomas's Street, Borough, London 1880–81
Palsgrave Hotel, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London 1882–83 Grade II listed
New Building, Coventry Street, Haymarket, London 1884 Grade II listed
London Salvage Corps offices, 90–92 Upper Street, Islington, London 1884–85 Grade II listed
Business Premises, Queen Victoria Street/Upper Thames Street, London 1885.
Bunch of Grapes public house, 14 Lime Street, London 1893
Baltic Exchange, 24–28 St Mary Axe, London 1902 with T.H. Smith
23 Haymarket, London