{{Short description|British architect (1865–1930)}} {{Use British English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox architect |name = Henry Percy Adams |image = Harry Percy Adams in WT Pike London (12a).jpg |caption = |birth_date = 26 October 1865<ref name=manvic>{{cite web |title=Architects of Greater Manchester-Henry Percy Adams |url=https://manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk/architects/henry-percy-adams |website=manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk |publisher=Manchester Victorian Architects |access-date=28 June 2020 |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417193735/https://www.manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk/architects/henry-percy-adams |url-status=dead }}</ref> |birth_place = Ipswich, Suffolk<ref name=kirkpatrick>{{cite web |url=http://genealogy.kirkpatrickaustralian.com/archives/familygroup.php?familyID=F6854&tree=TKA |title=Family: Harry Percy ADAMS/Cecilia Clara STADDON (F6854) |publisher=genealogy.kirkpatrickaustralian.com |access-date=14 October 2013 |archive-date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215205552/http://genealogy.kirkpatrickaustralian.com/archives/familygroup.php?familyID=F6854&tree=TKA |url-status=dead }}</ref> |death_date = {{death date and age|1930|04|07|1865|10|26|df=yes}} |death_place = Westminster, London, |practice = Adams, Holden & Pearson |significant_buildings = Dorking New Infirmary in Surrey |significant_projects = |awards = RIBA Drawing Prize in 1888 <br />Donaldson Medal (for Architecture) (1896)<br />Godwin Bursary (1897) |}} '''Henry Percy Adams''' (26 October 1865 – 7 April 1930), born '''Harry Percy Adams''', and known professionally as '''H. Percy Adams''', was an Ipswich-born English architect, and fellow of RIBA.<ref name="healfamily">{{cite web |url=http://www.benedictheal.com/personal/family/FH/fam86.html |title=Family of Harry Percy ADAMS and Cicillia Clara STADDON |publisher=www.benedictheal.com |access-date=14 October 2013 |archive-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218111202/http://www.benedictheal.com/personal/family/FH/fam86.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He specialised in planning for the building of hospitals.<ref name="adamspainter" />
==Early life and education== Henry Percy Adams was born 26 October 1865 to Alice (née Heal) (1840–1888) and Webster Adams (1841–1900), a surgeon in Ipswich.<ref name=adamspainter>{{cite web |url=http://www.suffolkpainters.co.uk/index.cgi?choice=painter&pid=15 |title=ADAMS, (Harry) Percy |publisher=www.suffolkpainters.co.uk |access-date=15 October 2013}}</ref><ref name=healfamily /> His birth name was Harry Percy Adams; his birth and death certificates carry the name, "Harry".{{Refn|GRO Index: Births Dec 1865 Adams Harry Percy Ipswich 4a 546. Deaths Jun 1930 Adams Harry P. 64 St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 467.|group=nb}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Darlington |first1=Neil |title=Harrry Percy Adams |url=https://manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk/architects/harrry-percy-adams |website=manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk |publisher=Architects of Greater Manchester 1800-1940 |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>
He was educated at Epsom College together with his brother Webster Angell Adams (1864–1895).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.epsomcollege.org.uk/1851-1889/1855-1889.pdf |title=1851–1889 / 1855–1889 |publisher=archive.epsomcollege.org.uk |access-date=15 October 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103156/http://archive.epsomcollege.org.uk/1851-1889/1855-1889.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Adams left Epsom in 1879 and moved to Gould House, Dedham, Essex,<ref name="adamspainter" /> later he articled under Brightwen Binyon (1846–1909) - a locally known architect in Ipswich.<ref>Sam Smiles (Editor){{Google books|lRzEO3D-7_IC|Going Modern and Being British: Art, Architecture and Design in Devon County|page=147}}</ref>
Adams was also a painter and exhibiting member of the Ipswich Fine Art Club.<ref name="adamspainter" /> He exhibited in 1886 a watercolour painting called 'Old Windmill' and two monochrome sketches: 'St. Martin's church, Cologne' and 'Tomb of Sir Walter Scott'.<ref name="adamspainter" /> Later he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1888.<ref name="adamspainter" />
== Career in architecture == In 1888, Adams joined the architectural office of Stephen Salter (1825–1896) at 19 Hanover Square, London. In the same year he won a Drawing Prize of the RIBA in 1888.<ref name="riba">{{cite book |editor1-last=Brodie |editor1-first=Antonia |editor2-last=Felstead |editor2-first=Alison |editor3-last=Franklin |editor3-first=Jonathan |editor4-last=Pinfield |editor4-first=Leslie |editor5-last=Oldfield|editor5-first=Jane | title = Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914: Vol. 2 (L–Z) | publisher = Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd | date =1 July 2001|edition=2nd | location = London | pages=147 | isbn = 978-0826455147 }}</ref>
In 1897 he won the Donaldson Medal (for Architecture)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/current-students/money/scholarships/built-environment/donaldson |title=Donaldson Medal |publisher=www.ucl.ac.uk |access-date=14 October 2013}}</ref> and Godwin Bursary (established by George Godwin).<ref name="riba" />
1913 Adams took over Stephen Salter's architectural practice.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}
Charles Holden, (originally his assistant in 1899 and then later his Chief designer) and Lionel Pearson (1879–1953, who had attended Liverpool University School of Architecture), both joined the practice in 1904. The practice then changed its name to ''Adams, Holden, and Pearson''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Holden, Charles |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/display/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000038611 |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=Grove Art Online |date=2003 |language=en |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t038611 |last1=Powers |first1=Alan }}</ref>
==Major works== * 1897–98 South wing of Bedford General Hospital, with a separate ward designed specifically for children, known as the 'Victoria Ward'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tilesoc.org.uk/tile-gazetteer/bedfordshire.html |title=Tile Gazetteer – Bedfordshire |publisher=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk |year=2005 |access-date=14 October 2013}}</ref> * 1898 – Staircase Hall, Madresfield Court Worcestershire<ref>{{cite book | last =Brooks | first =Alan | title = Worcestershire (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) | publisher = Nikolaus Pevsner | date =6 July 2007 | location = London | pages =848 | isbn = 978-0300112986 }}</ref> * 1900–1905 Chapel at Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne. Co-designed with W. L. Newcombe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-479033-chapel-at-royal-victoria-infirmary-royal-victoria-infirmary |title=Chapel at Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne |publisher=www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|year=1999 |access-date=14 October 2013}}</ref> * 1900 – Dorking New Infirmary in Surrey<ref name=archiseek>{{cite web |url=http://archiseek.com/tag/h-percy-adams/ |title=H. Percy Adams |publisher=archiseek.com |year=1906 |access-date=14 October 2013}}</ref> * 1901 – The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne<ref name=archiseek /> * 1901 – Unsuccessful competition design entry for Royal Infirmary, Glasgow<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=403551 |title=DSA Architect Biography Report (October 14, 2013, 4:33 pm) |publisher=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk |access-date=14 October 2013}}</ref> * 1903 – General Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent<ref name=archiseek /> * 1903 – King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst, Surrey (Closed in 2006 and awaiting conversion into apartments)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityandcountry.co.uk/our_developments/king_edward_vii_midhurst/history |title=King Edward VII – History |publisher=www.cityandcountry.co.uk |access-date=14 October 2013 |archive-date=5 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605001943/http://www.cityandcountry.co.uk/our_developments/king_edward_vii_midhurst/history |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1903 – Bedford County Hospital, Bedfordshire<ref name=archiseek /> * 1904 – Beyoğlu British Seamen's Hospital, Istanbul, initially founded during the Crimean War by the British Foreign Office. It has a tower that provides a clear sightline of any incoming ships<ref>{{cite book | last =Levine | first =Lynn A. | title = Frommer's Istanbul | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | year = 2010 | location = London | pages = 194 | isbn = 978-0470591574 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Seaman's hospital at Galata |url=https://www.levantineheritage.com/hosp.htm |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=www.levantineheritage.com}}</ref> * 1906 – Woman's Hospital in Soho, London<ref name=archiseek /> * 1907/1908 Unsuccessfully bid for the County Hall, London design<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=118189 |title=Competitors and published designs Appendix 2 |publisher=www.british-history.ac.uk |year=1991 |access-date=14 October 2013}}</ref> * 1909 – House Semon (now known as 'Rignall's Wood'), Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire for Gertrude Jekyll<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/profiles/jekyll/jekriglg6.htm |title=Title: Letter to G. Jekyll from H. Percy Adams |publisher=www.ced.berkeley.edu |date=3 March 1909 |access-date=14 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114221129/http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/profiles/jekyll/jekriglg6.htm |archive-date=14 January 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> * 1910 – Bristol Royal Infirmary New Ward & Pavilions, Gloucestershire (with Charles Holden)<ref name=archiseek /> * 1910 – Savoy Place, before the (Institution of Electrical Engineers) (IEE) moved in, alterations to the building were carried out by H Percy Adams and Charles Holden. This included renovation of the entrance hall, the lecture theatre and the creation of a library from the long room on the first floor<ref name=savoyplace>{{cite web |url=http://theietmarketing.ceros.com/savoyplacehistory/savoyplacehistory/page/1 |title=Savoy Place History |website=Institution of Engineering and Technology |access-date=14 October 2013}}</ref>
==Personal life== On 22 May 1890, he married Cicillia Clara Staddon (1865–1891) in Ipswich, Suffolk.<ref name=manvic/> In 1891 their son was born,<ref name=healfamily /> his wife died after giving birth.<ref name=kirkpatrick />
In 1896 Henry married Alice Mildred Mathieson (aunt of Sir Frederick Ashton).<ref name=adamsmathieson>{{cite web |url=http://www.benedictheal.com/personal/family/FH/fam88.html |title=Family of Harry Percy ADAMS and Alice Mildred MATHIESON |publisher=www.benedictheal.com |access-date=14 October 2013 |archive-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218111202/http://www.benedictheal.com/personal/family/FH/fam88.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> They had two sons and a daughter.<ref name=adamsmathieson />
Adams died on 7 April 1930 at Westminster Hospital in London, aged 64.<ref name="obit">{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Mr H Percy Adams - A Designer of Hospitals |date=9 April 140 |page=21 |issue=45483 }}</ref>
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