Edward Haycock, Sr.

Edward Haycock
Glynllifon, Caernarfonshire. From Nicholls "Annals and Antiquities of Wales", 1872. Vol 1, 315
Born	29 July 1790 Shrewsbury
Died	20 December 1870 Shrewsbury
Nationality	British
Alma mater	A pupil of Sir Jeffrey Wyattville
Occupation	Architect
Practice	J H and E Haycock c1815-30
Buildings	Millichope, Glynllifon and Clytha Park.
Projects	The planned town at Aberaeron, Ceredigion

Edward Haycock Sr. (29 July 1790 – 20 December 1870) was an architect working in the West Midlands and in Central and Southern Wales in the late Georgian and early Victorian periods.

He was the grandson of William Haycock (1725–1802) of Shrewsbury and the son of John Hiram Haycock (1759–1830), who were architects and building contractors. Edward Haycock Senior joined the family business after 1810 and took control of the business after his father's death in 1830. He stopped working as a building contractor around 1845 and was joined by his son Edward Haycock Junior (1829/30-1882), who continued the architectural practice until about 1880. He married Mary Hatton on 13 February 1827 at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, London. By her she had three sons and four daughters.

Haycock also played an active part in the political life of Shrewsbury as a Conservative: he sat on the council for thirty-four years, rose to become an alderman, and served as mayor in 1842. He was a friend of the Shrewsbury architect John Carline and also of Dr Robert Waring Darwin, the father of the naturalist Charles Darwin.

He died on 20 December 1870 at his home, The Priory, Shrewsbury, aged 80 and was buried in St Chad's churchyard.

"Haycock Way", linking Shrewsbury's 20th century inner ring road to the Column roundabout at Abbey Foregate, is named for the family.

Edward Haycock received professional training in London under Sir Jeffrey Wyattville, exhibiting at the Royal Academy between 1808 and 1810. He then rejoined his father in the family building firm, working as builder and architect until about 1845, when he became a full-time architect. Work for the Gwynne family of Monachty led to the planning of Aberaeron. He was appointed County Surveyor of Shropshire from 1834 to 1866.