Albert Edward Lambert

Albert Edward Lambert was born in 1870 and died on 5 November 1929. He was an architect based in Nottingham.

Family

He was born in Manton in Rutland in 1870. He was the son of John Lambert and Louisa. By 1871 the family had moved to Draycott in Derbyshire and in 1881 the family were living at the Grocers Shop & Cottage, Wetheral, Cumberland, England.

There is no trace of the family in the 1891 census.

In 1895 he was living at 6 Norfolk Street, Derby. He married Annie Elizabeth Robinson, daughter of Michael H Robinson (butcher and farmer) and Ann at the end of 1897.

In 1901 he was living at 8 Douglas Road, Nottingham and he subsequently lived on Woodland Drive in Mapperley Park in Nottingham until around 1929 and then moved to 205 Derby Road, Nottingham shortly before his death.

Career

By 1901 and until at least 1926 he had offices first at 22 and later at 28 Park Row, Nottingham.

He was a Member of the Society of Architects in 1911, Fellow in 1924 and Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1925.

Buildings

*Victoria Station, Nottingham. 1900. Demolished 1966.
*Wesleyan Church, St. Anns Well Road, Nottingham. 1902-03. Demolished ca. 1955. (Rebuilt as King's Hall Methodist Church)
*Nottingham Midland Station 1904.
*Heckington Methodist Church 1904
*Castle Donnington Methodist Church, 1905.
*Albert Hall, Nottingham 1907.
*Worksop Flour Mill, 1907
*Metheringham Methodist Church 1907
*Swineshead Methodist Church 1907. Now demolished.
*Crumpsall Methodist Church, Oak Road, Collyhurst, Manchester. 1909.
*Aspinal Centenary (Wesleyan Methodist) Chapel, Reddish Lane, Gorton, Manchester. 1910. Demolished 1972.
*Winchmore Hill Methodist Church, Green Lanes, Enfield, London. 1912
*Soapworks Nottingham

References

* 1881 British Census
* The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner (1951;1979) (rev. Elizabeth Williamson) ISBN 0-300-09636-4