Basil Champneys (1842-1935)

Champneys was the architect for Newnham College, Cambridge, Manchester's John Rylands Library and Oriel College, Oxford's Rhodes Building (http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/high/tour/south/095_101.htm). Full name Newnham College Motto - Named after - Previous names Newnham Hall Established 1871 Sister College St Cross College Principal The Lady ONeill of Bengarve Location Sidgwick Avenue Undergraduates 396 Graduates 120 Homepage Boatclub A view of part of Newnham College. ... Location within the British Isles. ... The John Rylands Library (inaugurated October 1899) is a collection of historic books and manuscripts in Manchester, England. ... Oriel College (in full: The House of Blessed Mary the Virgin in Oxford commonly called Oriel College, of the Foundation of Edward the Second of famous memory, sometime King of England) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...

Champneys came from an old county family, although his immediate relations were hard working, modest income, public servants. His father was an Evangelical Vicar of Whitechapel, with practical concern over the problems of London’s poor. Only very late in life was he promoted Dean of Lichfield. Whitechapel is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Lichfield is a small city in Staffordshire, 110 miles northwest of London and 14 miles north of Birmingham. ...

One of eight children, attended Charterhouse, excelling in mathematics but showing no aptitude for drawing. In 1861 he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, where Henry Sidgwick was a Fellow, to read classics. In 1864, not achieving the First which was hoped for, he took articles with John Prichard, the Surveyor of Llandaff Cathedral, to study as an architect. Basil set up in practice in 1867 at 32 Queen’s Square, London, near the office of William Morris & Co. Charterhouse is a Carthusian monastery founded in 1371 by Walter de Manny, in Smithfield in the City of London. ... Full name The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Motto Virtus vera nobilitas Virtue is true Nobility Named after The Holy Trinity Previous names Kings Hall and Michaelhouse (until merged) Established 1546 Sister College Christ Church Master Sir Martin Rees JCR President Sharon Wilkins MCR President {{{MCR President... Henry Sidgwick Henry Sidgwick (May 31, 1838 - August 28, 1900) was an English philosopher. ... Llandaff Cathedral is situated in the suburb of Llandaff in the city of Cardiff, the capital of Wales, and is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff. ... William Morris, socialist and innovator in the arts & crafts movement William Morris (March 24, 1834 – October 3, 1896) was one of the principal founders of the British Arts and Crafts Movement and is best known as a designer of wallpaper and patterned fabrics, a writer of poetry and fiction, and...

He believed that architecture was an art not a science, so declined to join the Royal Institute of British Architects, preferring instead the Art Workers Guild. John Prichard was a firm adherent of the Gothic Style; but Champneys, although he could provide Gothic designs, became one of the pioneers of the Queen Anne style. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects in the United Kingdom. ... The Queen Anne style of British and American architecture reached its greatest popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century, manifesting itself in a number of different ways, not identically in Great Britain and the United States of America. ...

He worked on at least 100 buildings throughout England. In Cambridge there is the Old Divinity School, and the original Museum of Archeology (now Peterhouse Theatre). The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the regional centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ...

Two of his more notable buildings elsewhere are the John Rylands Library in Manchester, and Mansfield College, Oxford. The John Rylands Library (inaugurated October 1899) is a collection of historic books and manuscripts in Manchester, England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Mansfield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...

The Rhodes Building (http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/high/tour/south/095_101.htm) of Oriel College, Oxford was designed and built in 1909-1911 with money left by Cecil Rhodes, who had been an undergraduate at Oriel. A Grade II listed building, there is a statue of Rhodes high up over the main entrance, with Edward VII and George V of the United Kingdom beneath. The inscription reads: "e Larga MUnIfICentIa CaeCILII rhoDes", which (as well as acknowleding Cecil Rhodes' munificence) is a chronogram giving the date of construction, MDCCCLLVIIIIII Oriel College (in full: The House of Blessed Mary the Virgin in Oxford commonly called Oriel College, of the Foundation of Edward the Second of famous memory, sometime King of England) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Cecil John Rhodes (July 5, 1853 – March 26, 1902) was an English businessman and the effective founder of the state of Rhodesia (which was named after him). ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ... Edward VII King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India His Majesty King Edward VII (Albert Edward) (9 November 1841–6 May 1910) was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... His Majesty King George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. ... Cecil John Rhodes (July 5, 1853 – March 26, 1902) was an English businessman and the effective founder of the state of Rhodesia (which was named after him). ... A chronogram is a sentence or inscription in which the capital letters, interpreted in Roman numerals, stand for a particular date if rearranged. ...

He regarded himself as a man of letters. As well as numerous articles on architecture, art and literary subjects he published in 1874 “A Quiet Corner of England”, and two biographies: in 1901 Coventry Patmore, and in 1906 Adelaide Drummond. Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (July 23, 1823 - November 26, 1896) was an English poet and critic. ...