James Turner (architect)

James Turner (c. 1852 – 12 October 1899) was a British architect based in Matlock.

History[edit]

He was born in New Mills, Derbyshire around 1852, the son of Thomas B Turner and Mary. With his wife Elizabeth, he had 5 sons:

Until 1893 he was in partnership with George Robert Hall in Matlock as Architects, Surveyors and Estate Agents, as Turner and Hall.^[1]

He died on 12 October 1899 and left an estate valued at £159 14s (equivalent to £22,700 in 2023).^[2]

Day Schools, Tansley, Derbyshire 1889 enlargement
Co-operative Store, Matlock Bank Industrial and Provident Society, Smedley Street, Matlock 1891^[3]
Church Schools, South Darley, Derbyshire 1892 Enlargement
Depot for Matlock Cable Tramway 1893^[4]
Bank House Hydro, Matlock 1894^[5]
Pavilion, Swimming Bath and Gardens, Matlock 1894-95^[6]
Matlock Board School, School Road, Matlock Bank 1897^[7]

^ "Notice is hereby given..." The London Gazette. No. 26372. 14 February 1893. p. 839.
^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "Co-operative Society". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 2 May 1891. Retrieved 24 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (1978). The Buildings of England: Derbyshire. Penguin Books. p. 275. ISBN 0-14-071008-6.
^ "Bank House Hydro". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 4 May 1894. Retrieved 24 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "The New Pavilion and Gardens". Derby Mercury. England. 22 August 1894. Retrieved 24 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Matlock New Board School". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 25 September 1897. Retrieved 24 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.