W. H. Romaine-Walker
English architect and interior decorator
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Life
Romaine-Walker was born in Bury, Lancashire, the son of Rev. John Walker and Caroline Spencer Walker.[2][3] His father was the vicar at St Saviour's, Pimlico. He was educated at Lancing College,[4] and then articled to the architect George Edmund Street.[5] He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1881,[5] and in the same year began working in a partnership with Augustus William Tanner, which lasted until 1896.[6]
While best known for his architecture, Walker was also an illustrator and painter, as "W. H. Walker" or "William Henry Walker". Among his publications were a 1907 edition of Alice in Wonderland.[7] He also had numerous solo exhibitions at his family's Bond Street art gallery, "Walker's Galleries".[8]
Works
These include:
- Stanhope House, Park Lane, London (1899–1901), ornate Gothic mansion, with Besant.[9]
- St. James, Hampton Hill, tower added to William Wigginton's earlier church, to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee (1887–88).[10]
- Canford School, Canford Magna, Dorset, extended (with Tanner) (1888).[11]
- Medmenham Abbey, Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, west wing added and remainder of the house much restored (1898) for Robert Hudson[12]
- Danesfield House, Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, for Robert Hudson (1899–1901)[13]
- Church of St. Saviour, Newtown, Dorset (1892) with Tanner.[14]
- Beaumont College, Old Windsor, Berkshire: interior decoration (1902).
- Her Majesty's Theatre, London. Interior decoration (1897).[15]
- St Michael's Church, Brighton (circa 1900). Internal features.[16]
- Church of St John the Evangelist, Upper Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, with Besant (1902–03).[17]
- Moreton Hall, Warwickshire (1906)[18]
- Knowsley Hall, Merseyside. Modifications for the 17th Earl of Derby (1908–12)[19]
- Tate Gallery extensions (1910, 1926, 1937) [20]
- Buckland House, Buckland, Oxfordshire, alterations and additions (c 1910).[21]
- Chatsworth House rebuilding of main staircase (1911–12).[22]
- Liverpool Town Hall (1913). Internal modifications and decorations (with Jenkins)[23]
- Great Fosters. Modifications (1918–19).[24]