{{Short description|English architect (1833–1910)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox architect |name = Edward Boardman |image = Former Office of Edward Boardman Norwich 15 August 2013.JPG |caption = Sign outside the former office of Edward Boardman in Norwich |birth_name = Edward Boardman |birth_date = 1833 |birth_place = Norwich, England |death_date = 1910 |death_place = Norwich, England |alma_mater = |practice = Boardman and Son |significant_buildings= Refurbishment of Norfolk and Norwich Hospital<br /> Conversion of Norwich Castle to museum
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'''Edward Boardman''' (1833–1910) was a Norwich-born architect. He succeeded John Brown as the most successful Norwich architect in the second half of the 19th century.<ref name=Pev>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qsqx_SK3bzUC&dq=edward+boardman&pg=PA158 Pevsner:Norfolk 2 North-West and South p158] Retrieved 19 January 2012</ref> His work included both civic and ecclesiastical buildings, in addition to private commissions.<ref name=Heritage>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130315062555/http://www.heritagecity.org/research-centre/whos-who/edward-boardman.htm Edward Boardman]}} Retrieved 15 January 2013</ref> Together, with his rival, George Skipper, he produced many notable buildings, with several standing to this day (2013).
==Career== Boardman received his early education at the Baptist school in Norwich founded by the father of John Sherren Brewer and E. Cobham Brewer. His school fellows included the headmaster's grandson Henry William Brewer, later a notable architectural illustrator, the clinician and physiologist Sydney Ringer and the orientalist Professor Robert Lubbock Bensly.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Late Mr H W Brewer |journal=The Norfolk News |date=24 October 1903}}</ref>
Boardman trained as an architect with the London-based company Lucas Brothers and was later articled with John Louth Clemence of Lowestoft. In 1860, he established his own practice in Norwich, before being accepted as a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1871. From 1875, his offices were located at Old Bank of England Court, Queen Street, Norwich.
His major works in Norwich include the refurbishment of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, converting Norwich Castle into a museum, building the notable Royal Hotel and the mortuary chapel in the city's Rosary Cemetery. Outside of the city, he was responsible for the remodelling of Peckover House in Wisbech, the enlargement of Coltishall Primary School and in 1873, the building of the Dereham's Congregational Church are among his most notable works.
==Personal life== Boardman was born in Norwich in 1833 and lived at 91 Newmarket Road, Norwich to his death on 11 November 1910. He was elected Mayor of Norwich for 1905–1906.<ref>[http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/n/norwich/mayors_and_sheriffs.shtml Mayors and Sheriffs of Norwich] Retrieved 26 January 2013</ref> Boardman's son retired in 1933 and the practice continued until 1966.<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=153-br35&cid=-1#-1 National archives] Retrieved 26 January 2013</ref>
==Family== His son Edward Thomas (also an architect) was born in 1862 and joined the family firm in 1889. He assumed control of the business in 1900. The younger Edward married Florence, a daughter of Jeremiah Colman and Caroline Colman members of the Colman's family. They bought the How Hill estate at Ludham, Norfolk and built How Hill House as a holiday home in 1904. They extended the house in 1915 and moved there permanently. Among their children were Humphrey who represented Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics in the double sculls and Christopher, who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 6 metre yachting competition.<ref>[http://www.ludhamarchive.org.uk/bdmstori.htm Ludham archive] Retrieved 25 January 2013</ref> The younger Edward's sister in law Ethel Colman was the first female Lord Mayor of Norwich in 1923.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethel Colman |url=https://norfolkwomeninhistory.com/1851-1899/ethel-colman/ |website=Norfolk Women in History |access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref>
One of Boardman's daughters, Ethel Marion, married Percy Jewson, who was Lord Mayor of Norwich 1934-35<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.norwich.gov.uk/info/20251/lord_mayor_and_sheriff/2357/past_lord_mayors_and_sheriffs|title=Norwich City Council: Past Lord Mayors|access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> and National Liberal MP for Great Yarmouth 1941–45,<ref>"Obituary: Charles Boardman Jewson", ''Norfolk Archaeology'', No 38, 1981, p 96.</ref>
== Works == thumb|The former office of Edward Boardman located in Old Bank of England Court, Queen Street, Norwich thumb|Chapelfield Road Methodist Church completed in 1880 thumb|Former Royal Hotel located at Agricultural Hall Plain, Norwich built in 1897 thumb|The United Reformed Church, Princes street, Norwich, Re-designed by Boardman in 1869 thumb|The Chapel at the Rosary cemetery, Norwich, completed in 1879 thumb|Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich, re-designed between 1879 and 1884 [[File:How Hill House - geograph.org.uk - 472273.jpg|thumb|How Hill House, built in 1904]] thumb|Barclays Bank, Cromer, was refurbished in 1902
=== Norwich === *Royal Hotel, Agricultural Hall Plain (1896–7)<ref name="Pev" /> *No. 5, Bank Plain (1899, office buildings)<ref name="Heritage" /> *Bethel Hospital, Bethel Street (1899, extension)<ref name="Heritage" /> *Castle Chambers, Castle Meadow (1877.<ref name="Pevsner">[https://books.google.com/books?id=6gyuCrNo5m0C&dq=castle+house+fletcher+printing+works+norwich&pg=PA310 Pevsner: Norfolk 1 Norwich and North-East p310] Retrieved 23 January 2013</ref> *Castle House, Castle Meadow (1874, printing works)<ref name="Pevsner" /> *Norwich Castle, Castle Meadow (1887, conversion from a gaol to a museum)<ref name="Pev" /> *Methodist Church, Chapelfield Road (1880)<ref name="Pev" /> *Houses and Villas on Chester Place (1869)<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-228905-1-7-chester-place-norfolk British listed buildings] Retrieved 23 January 2013</ref> *Norvic Shoe Factory, Duke Street (1879, extension)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norvic-Shoe-and-Boot-Company - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF61982-Norvic-Shoe-and-Boot-Company |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}</ref> *St. Mary's Baptist Church, Duke Street (1868, destroyed during the Second World War)<ref name="Heritage" /> *St. Edmund's Church, Fishergate (1882, restoration)<ref name="Pev" /> *No. 8 Gentlemen's Walk (1877, formerly piano warehouse)<ref name="Heritage" /> *No. 12, Gentlemen's Walk (1870, a branch of Halifax Bank)<ref name="Heritage" /> *Caleys Department Store, High Street (1889, destroyed during the Second World War)<ref name="Heritage" /> *St. Etheldreda's Church, King Street (1883, restoration)<ref name="Pev" /> *No. 57, London Street (1899, former office of the Eastern Daily Press)<ref name="Heritage" /> *Alexandra Mansions, Prince of Wales Road (1890s)<ref name="Heritage" /> *Congregational Church, Prince's Street was (1869, redesigned by Boardman)<ref name="Pev" /> *Gothic Mortuary Chapel, Rosary Cemetery (1879)<ref name="Heritage" /> *Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, St. Stephen's Road (1879–1884, rebuilding)<ref name="Pev" /> *Baptist Church, Unthank Road (1875, demolished in 1955)<ref name="Heritage" /> *The Norfolk Club Coffee Room, Upper King Street (1888)<ref>[http://www.thenorfolkclub.co.uk/the-club/dine/ The Norfolk Club] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227043229/http://www.thenorfolkclub.co.uk/the-club/dine/|date=27 February 2013}} Retrieved 23 January 2013</ref>
=== Norfolk ===
* Coltishall Primary School, Coltishall (1875–77, enlargement)<ref name="Heritage" /> * Barclay's Bank Building, Cromer (1902–3)<ref name="AODC">Aspects of Design in Cromer.Author: A. D. Boyce. Published: 2007 by North Norfolk District Council-Conservation, Design & Landscape Section.Page 71 Section 7, Shop Fronts, Banks and Public Buildings</ref> * Cambridge House Hotel, Cromer (1887)<ref>[http://cromer.eu/cromerproperty/?propertyID=73 Cromer Preservation Society – Cambridge House Hotel]{{Dead link|date=November 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} Retrieved January 28, 2013</ref> *Fletcher Convalescent Home, Cromer (1893)<ref>[http://cromer.eu/cromerproperty/?propertyID=94 Cromer Preservation Society]{{Dead link|date=November 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} Retrieved January 28, 2013</ref> *Red Lion Hotel, Cromer (1887)<ref>[http://cromer.eu/cromerproperty/?propertyID=74 Cromer Preservation Society – Red Lion Hotel]{{Dead link|date=November 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} Retrieved January 28, 2013</ref> *Vernon House, Cromer (1877–8)<ref>[http://cromer.eu/cromerproperty/?propertyID=32 Cromer Preservation Society – Vernon House]{{Dead link|date=November 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} Retrieved January 28, 2013</ref> *The Congregational Church, Dereham (1873)<ref name="Heritage" /> *Dunston Hall, Dunston (1878)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dunston-Hall - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF9764-Dunston-Hall |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}</ref> *Harbord House, Overstrand (1878–9)<ref>[http://cromer.eu/cromerproperty/?propertyID=129 Cromer Preservation Society]{{Dead link|date=November 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} Retrieved January 28, 2013</ref> *Church of St. Mary & St. Margaret, Sprowston (1886–90)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/sprowstonmm/sprowstonmm.htm |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}</ref> *Stoke Hall, Stoke Holy Cross (1890, alterations and improvements)<ref>{{cite book |title=Lost Country Houses of Norfolk |publisher=the boydell press |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-78327-072-9 |pages=239–241}}</ref> *Crown Point, Trowse (1866)<ref name="Heritage" /> *Dales Country House Hotel, Upper Sheringham (1913–14)<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-224652-the-dales-upper-sheringham-norfolk Listed Building schedule] retrieved 31 January 2013</ref> *Methodist Church, Wymondham (1871)
=== Cambridgeshire ===
* Peckover House, Wisbech (1877–78, additions)<ref>[http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/history/view-page/item825946/267322/ National Trust-Peckover House] Retrieved 24 January 2013</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.friendsofthenorwichmuseums.co.uk/images/history/edward-boardman.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.friendsofthenorwichmuseums.co.uk/history.html&h=184&w=150&sz=5&tbnid=40MJaA61Mb7UIM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=73&zoom=1&usg=__SRQwBKiuBhpTOE2v-lKSlKHK62c=&docid=fXVaKXZMhfDV4M&sa=X&ei=jCP9ULbaKY6T0QWbmYHYDA&ved=0CE8Q9QEwBQ&dur=182 Photograph of Boardman] *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/picturenorfolk/8482533591/in/photostream Boardman family photos]
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