Robert Evans JP

Robert Evans (11 November 1832 - 19 July 1911) JP was an English architect based in Nottingham.

He was born on 11 November 1832 in West Hallam, Derbyshire, the son of Robert Evans (1802-1864) and Jane Attenborough (1815-1881).

He trained as an architect and in the 1850s was taken on as a pupil by Thomas Chambers Hine with whom he formed a partnership in 1857 which lasted until 1867. Evans then set up on his own in Eldon Chambers, with an assistant William Jolley (1837-1919). The partnership of Evans and Jolley was established in 1871 and lasted until 1894.

Robert Evans married Sarah Ann Mulcock on 11 February 1858 in St Martin's Church, Stamford and they had six children:

His son, Robert Evans Jun. (1863-1927) was articled to the firm, and eventually entered into a partnership with his father as Evans and Son.

He died on 19 July 1911 and left an estate of £32,221 8s. 6d.(equivalent to £2,959,300 in 2015). A new reredos by Albert Toft in St Peter's Church, Nottingham was dedicated in 1913 in his memory.

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