Robert Evans

Robert Evans FRIBA (25 February 1863 – 16 August 1927) was an English architect based in Nottingham.

History He was born on 25 February 1863, in Nottingham, the son of Robert Evans JP and Sarah Ann Mulcock.

He was educated at Rugby School and then articled to the firm of Evans and Jolley, in which his father was a partner. In 1894, when William Jolley left the partnership, father and son set up in partnership as Evans and Son. After the death of his father he was in a partnership with John Thomas Clark and John Woollatt as Evans, Clark and Woollatt.

He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1905

Robert Evans married Constance Katherine Holland, daughter of Charles Ashby Holland on 19 April 1893 at Hartshill, Staffordshire. They lived in Ravine House, Lenton Road, The Park, Nottingham and had three children: Gwendolin Mary Evans (b. 1894) Edith Cecily Evans (b. 1896) Robert Holland Evans (b. 1904)

He died on 16 August 1927 and left an estate of £18,425 0s. 10d..

Works

Pub, 36 Market Street, Nottingham 1895 with Robert Evans JP. Bank, Victoria Street, Nottingham 1895-97 restoration Nurses’ Home, General Hospital, Nottingham 1919-23 Commercial Union offices, High Street, Nottingham 1922 Ropewalk wing, General Hospital, Nottingham 1927 James Store, Carrington Street, Nottingham Collin’s (Firs) Maternity Hospital, Sherwood 1926-27 Thomas Forman and Sons’ factory, Hucknall