Richard Charles Sutton was an architect based in Nottingham . He was born 1834 and died on 18 October 1915.
He was a member of Nottingham City Council from 1887 to 1901.
He was articled to Samuel Sanders Teulon and commenced independent practice in Nottingham in 1857.[ 1] He went into partnership with his son, Ernest Richard Eckett Sutton , in 1894. He retired in 1906.
He attended to the execution of Richard Thomas Parker outside Shire Hall, Nottingham on 10 August 1864.[ 2] This was the last execution in Nottingham.
He stood as Liberal candidate for the Sherwood Ward of Nottingham Town Council in the elections of 1886,[ 3] and won.[ 4]
Buildings by Sutton [ edit ] Shire Hall, Nottingham 1859. New grand jury room.
Wesleyan Methodist School, 12 Kirkhill, Bingham . 1859
Shipley and Cotmanhay national schools 1860.[ 5]
Police stations at Basford, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Arnold and West Stockwith. 1861[ 6] Castle Gate Congregational Church 1863 Castle Gate Congregational Centre , Nottingham. 1863
St Saviours in the Meadows, Nottingham . 1863
Christ Church, Peas Hill , Nottingham. 1863
Moneta House, 53 Ricardo Street, Stoke-on-Trent. 1865
Walter Fountain , Greyfriars Gate and Carrington Street, Nottingham. 1866. Demolished 1950.
Congregational Chapel, Albion Square, Pembroke Dock 1867. Demolished 1989. Ilkeston Town Hall 1867-68 Nottingham Congregational Institute, Forest Road 1868 (now Nottinghamshire Deaf Society Congregational Institute, Forest Road, Nottingham 1868[ 7] Grade II listed.[ 8] (now Nottingham Deaf Society)
The Workhouse, Southwell . 1868. Extension.
St. Mary's Church, Attenborough , Nottinghamshire . 1868–69. Repairs.
St Ann's Well Road Congregational Church 1870
St. Peter's Church, Radford . 1870–72. Extension.
Parliament Street Methodist Church , Nottingham. 1874
Forest Road Primitive Methodist Church , Nottingham 1874
Methodist New Connexion Chapel, rough close, Staffordshire 1874
St. Peter's Church, Mill End, Rickmansworth . 1875
St. Mary's Church, Arnold 1877[ 9] restoration
Beauvale School, Greasley , Nottinghamshire 1878
St. Philip's Church, Pennyfoot Street , Nottingham. 1879. Demolished 1963.
Stapleford Board Schools, 1880[ 10]
Wollaton Road Methodist Church, Beeston 1882-83
Boot & Co. Ltd, 16-20 Goose Gate, Nottingham. 1883
Kimberley Cemetery mortuary chapel 1883
Long Eaton United Free Methodist Church 1885
Shops on Heathcote Street, Nottingham 1887
St George in the Meadows, Nottingham . 1887-91[ 11]
Morley Memorial Primitive Methodist Chapel , Blue Bell Hill, 1888[ 12] – 1889 Closed 1942, demolished 1972.
United Methodist Free Church, Kimberley . 1890[ 13]
Schools at Morley Memorial Primitive Methodist Chapel, Blue Bell Hill 1891[ 14]
Norton Street Congregational Church 1894Gainsborough United Reformed Church - formerly the John Robinson Memorial Church
^ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: Vol 2 (L-Z) . Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 739. ISBN 082645514X .
^ Derby Mercury – Wednesday 10 August 1864
^ Nottingham Evening Post – Monday 10 May 1886
^ Nottingham Evening Post – Wednesday 19 May 1886
^ Derby Mercury – Wednesday 11 January 1860
^ Nottinghamshire Guardian – Thursday 17 January 1861
^ "Opening of the new Congregational Institute, Nottingham" . Nottinghamshire Guardian . England. 19 June 1868. Retrieved 25 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Historic England , "Nottingham Society for the Dear (1247544)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 26 July 2020
^ Nottinghamshire Guardian – Friday 23 February 1877
^ Nottinghamshire Guardian – Friday 1 October 1880
^ Nottingham Evening Post – Tuesday 3 November 1891
^ Nottingham Evening Post – Tuesday 6 November 1888
^ Nottingham Evening Post – Friday 3 January 1890
^ Nottingham Evening Post – Monday 12 October 1891
^ Stamford Mercury – Friday 19 January 1894