Charles Fitzroy Doll
Charles Fitzroy Doll
Doll was educated in Germany, and on his return to Britain he trained as an architect under Sir
Later, Doll designed the Imperial Hotel in Russell Square, which was described by Pevsner as a 'vicious mixture of Art Nouveau Gothic and Art Nouveau Tudor'.[3][4][5] It was demolished in 1967 and replaced by a contemporary, brutalist building designed by George Anthony Wilson Brandeth. In 1907 Doll designed the Flemish French-Gothic terrace of shops with apartments over them in Torrington Place.
Doll married Emily Francis Tyler, the daughter of William George Bygrave Tyler and Elizabeth Emily Mackinnon, on 26 August 1879. Their five children included Christian Charles Tyler Doll, who inherited his father's architectural practice and who was involved in the reconstruction of the grand staircase of the Palace of King Minos at Knossos in Crete.[5]
A member of Holborn Borough Council, he served as Mayor of Holborn in 1904–1905 and 1912–1913.[6][7]
Charles Fitzroy Doll lived at Hadham Towers in
References
- ^ a b Reynolds & Davies 2006, pp. 108
- ^ Gray 1985[page needed]
- ^ Pevsner 1951, pp. 217
- ^ Olsen 1976, pp. 137
- ^ a b Curl 2006, pp. 236
- ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. 10 November 1904. p. 6.
- ^ "The New Mayors". The Times. 11 November 1912. p. 13.
Reference bibliography
- Curl, James Stevens (2006). "Doll, Charles Fitzroy". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9.
- Gray, A. Stuart (1985). Edwardian Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary. Duckworth. ISBN 978-0-7156-2141-7.
- Olsen, Donald J. (1976). The growth of Victorian London. Vol. Part 2. Batsford.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1951). The Buildings of England. Vol. London 6, Westminster. Penguin Books.
- Reynolds, John; Davies, Gill (2006). One Thousand Buildings of London. ISBN 978-1-57912-587-5.