Edward Habershon (architect)
| Edward Habershon | |
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St Andrews Church, Queen Street, Hastings, built 1869
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| Born |
Matthew Edward Habershon 18 July 1826 Hampstead, England |
| Died | 18 August 1900 (aged 74) Leatherhead, England |
| Alma mater | Apprenticed to his father Matthew Habershon |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | (1) E & W.G. Habershon 1852–1863; (2) Habershon & Spalding 1863–1865; (3) Habershon, Spalding & Brock 1865–1879. |
| Buildings |
St John the Baptist's Church, Hove St Leonards-on-Sea United Reformed Church Holy Trinity Church, Ebernoe St Andrews Church, Hastings St Marks Church, Horsham St John the Evangelist Church, Copthorne |
| Projects | involved in relocation of London's burial grounds, 1862 |
Matthew Edward Habershon (18 July 1826 – 18 August 1900), known as Edward Habershon, was an architect practising in London and south-east England. He specialised in neo-gothic buildings, especially churches and chapels. With his brother W.G. Habershon he designed St John the Baptist's Church, Hove, now a Grade II building. With E.P.L. Brock he designed a number of churches including St Leonards-on-Sea United Reformed Church, also listed at Grade II. He designed St Andrews church in Hastings, where Robert Tressell's large mural (now in Hastings Museum) was created. In 1862 he was involved in the relocation of London's burial grounds, moving more than one thousand hundredweight of human remains.
The father of Matthew Edward Habershon – known as Edward – was Matthew Habershon (born 1789, Rotherham; died 5 July 1852, Bethnal Green). Edward's mother was Sarah Gilbee (1796–1851). Matthew practised in London and apprenticed his sons. The elder son was William Gillbee Habershon (24 February 1819 – 24 August 1892). and the younger was Edward (born Hampstead 18 July 1826; died Leatherhead 18 August 1900)
Edward married the widow Frances Elizabeth Williams née Heathcote (1822–1901) in Kensington in 1857. They had two children: Edward Neston Williams Habershon (1859–1933) and Alice Maud Habershon (born 1863). Around 1863 Edward and his family moved to Speldhurst and Lee in Kent; by 1881 they had moved permanently to Charlwood Park, Surrey; being self-supporting he could call himself a gentleman. In the 1901 Census for Reigate Mrs Frances Elizabeth Habershon, in the last year of her life, is living with two companions who are "in charge", and she is described as "eccentric".
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