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various crafts and he designed furniture, jewellery and metalwork. Archer adds, "In Wood's architecture the influences of both the Arts and Crafts
Movement and Art Nouveau are clearly apparent, the former by his revival of the vernacular traditions of Lancashire and West Riding buildings, and the latter by his use of elongated forms and interwoven motifs."
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Wood was born in 1860, the sixth of eight children born to Thomas
Broadbent Wood and Mary Sykes. Only three of the children lived to adulthood. The family lived in Middleton and Wood's father was a mill owner, a Unitarian, a Liberal and had a reputation as a strict disciplinarian. Edgar was educated
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Manchester in various ways. He was a founder of the Northern Art Workers' Guild in 1896, one of the major provincial societies within the Arts and Crafts Movement and was president of the Manchester Society of Architects from 1911 to 1912. Wood retired in 1921 and twenty one of his
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By 1892, it appears that his practice was flourishing and he moved into new premises at 78 Cross Street in the heart of
Manchester. Ever the artist he would arrive at work wearing a large black cloak, lined with red silk, a flat, broad-brimmed hat and brandishing a silver handled cane. He said, "If
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Wood's work is principally domestic, but he designed several churches and small commercial buildings. He worked as an individual designer, mostly with only one assistant, and confined himself to the smaller type of building that he could control personally. Although he was active in
Manchester for
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John H. G. Archer says of Wood that, "Architecturally, Wood's sympathy lay with the progressive movement of the day, represented first by
William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement". Wood was a founder member of the Northern Art Worker's Guild and became its Master in 1897. Wood practised in
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Edgar Wood was articled to Mills and
Murgatroyd, a Manchester architectural firm responsible for a number of prominent buildings in the Manchester area. Perhaps the best way to judge how Wood felt about his years as a pupil can be gleaned from his own comments in a lecture he delivered in 1900 in
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The direction of Edgar's life after school was a controversial subject in the Wood household. It had been assumed by his father that Edgar would enter the family cotton business but he had different ideas. Edgar's ambition was to be an artist. The difference in opinion was finally resolved in a
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Edgar passed the RIBA qualifying examinations and became an
Associate in 1885. He set up his own office in Middleton and his first commission seems to have been for a shelter and drinking fountain (below) paid for by his stepmother and placed in the Middleton market square to commemorate
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Wood devised numerous masterplans for the
Manchester Corporation. The city was burgeoning by the Edwardian era and needed houses to clear slums. One of his masterplans which was submitted in 1909 included an unorthodox radial suburban plan for
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which centred on a small village. Wood's masterplan was rejected, but influenced future designs. Numerous housing estates in south
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at the turn of the 20th century and gained a considerable reputation in the United Kingdom. He was regarded as a proponent of the
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and was demolished c. 1911. Wood raised a public appeal and prepared a scheme for the re-erection of the colonnade in
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where the colonnade now stands, a magnificent Ionic wide screen and a fine parkland feature."
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an architect is not allowed to advertise his name he must advertise his personality."
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have houses centred on a radial plan as opposed to straight streets of
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over twenty years, most of his work is in nearby towns, such as
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Arkholme, 1 Towncroft Avenue, Middleton - built 1901 (Grade II)
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Temple Street Baptist Church, Middleton – built 1889 (Grade II)
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compromise which saw Edgar agreeing to train as an architect.
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Redcroft and Fencegate, Middleton – built 1885 (Grade II)
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Complete list of Wood's works from manchesterhistory.net
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36 Mellalieu Street, Middleton – built 1906 (Grade II)
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51–53 Rochdale Road, Middleton – built 1900 (Grade II)
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Elm Street School, Middleton – built 1910 (Grade II*)
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Old Clergy House, Almondbury – built 1898 (Grade II)
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Ponsonby and Carlile Office – built 1902 (Grade II)
303:"Our House: Lindley home that steps back in time"
988:Edgar Wood biography from manchesterhistory.net
853:"Upmeads and Attached Terrace Walls, Stafford"
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198:Silver Street Chapel – built 1893 (Grade II)
219:Homestead, Trafford – built 1901 (Grade II)
204:Briarcourt, Lindley – built 1895 (Grade II)
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276:Edgecroft, Heywood – built 1921 (Grade II)
1021:People from Middleton, Greater Manchester
579:"Long Street Methodist Church (1068504)"
362:"Temple Street Baptist Church (1391925)"
257:22-24 Mount Road, Middleton - built 1907
727:"Ponsonby and Carlile Office (1282549)"
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881:"Elm Street School (1356229)"
778:The Buildings of Huddersfield
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328:"Suburban growth – 1909"
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193:Halecroft
58:Middleton
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