Edward Joseph Hansom
Edward Joseph Hansom (22 October 1842 – 27 May 1900) was an English Victorian architect who specialized in Gothic Revival churches, especially Roman Catholic ones. He came from a family of architects in York; his father was Charles Francis Hansom and his uncle was Joseph Aloysius Hansom.
He started training with his father in Bath in 1859 and became a partner in 1867, when the practice was based in Bristol. In 1871 he moved to Newcastle to form a partnership with Archibald Matthias Dunn, creating the firm Dunn and Hansom. He was admitted ARIBA in 1868 and FRIBA in 1881. Hansom served as President of the Northern Architects' Association in 1889–90 and was the first person from the Northern region to sit on the RIBA Council.
After a long period of ill health and depression, he died by suicide at his office on 27 May 1900.
Notable works include:
- The transepts of Downside Abbey, Somerset (1882)
- St Bede's College, Alexandra Park, Manchester
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, North Berwick (1879)
- St Benet's Church, Sunderland (1888–89)
- St Mary's RC Cathedral, Edinburgh (1889) military memorial
- Our Lady and St Oswin's Church, Tynemouth (1890)
- Baptistery of St John's Church, Bath (1871)
- St Joseph's Church, Hartlepool (1895)
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