Walter Owen Hickson (1863 – 8 October 1915) was an architect and surveyor based in Nottingham.

History

He was born in 1863 in Bottesford, Leicestershire, the son of William Hickson of Easthorpe Manor, Bottesford and Mary Ann Owen. He trained as a surveyor and architect in Nottingham and much of his output was dwelling houses, warehouses and hotels. He was employed by Sydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers in the 1890s to erect estate buildings in Thoresby Park.

Walter Owen Hickson

In 1899 he was appointed a director of the Aspley Engineering Company.

Walter Owen Hickson

In 1903 his office was at 13 Victoria Street in Nottingham.

Walter Owen Hickson

He died on 8 October 1915 at St Andrew's Hospital in Northampton and left an estate valued at £5,646 4s 7d ().

Works

Shops and houses. 33-37 Chilwell Road, Beeston 1887

Ten Cottages. 112-130 Chilwell Road, Beeston 1887

Thorseby Estate Almshouses, Perlethorpe, Nottinghamshire 1894

Bentinck Hotel, Carrington Street, Nottingham 1904-05

10 houses on Trafalgar Road, Beeston 1905-06

References

19th-century English architects

20th-century English architects

Architects from Nottingham

People from Bottesford, Leicestershire

1863 births

1915 deaths