William Wilkinson (architect)

William Wilkinson
Born	1819
Died	1901
Nationality	British
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Wilkinson and Moore (from 1881)
Buildings	Randolph Hotel, Oxford; Shelswell Park, Shelswell, Oxfordshire
Projects	St Edward's School, Oxford; Norham Manor Estate, Oxford

William Wilkinson (1819–1901) was a British Gothic Revival architect who practised in Oxford, England.

Wilkinson's father was a builder in Witney in Oxfordshire. William's elder brother George Wilkinson (1814–1890) was also an architect, as were William's nephews C.C. Rolfe (died 1907) and H.W. Moore (1850–1915).

Most of Wilkinson's buildings are in Oxfordshire. His major works include the Randolph Hotel in Oxford, completed in 1864. He was in partnership with his nephew H.W. Moore from 1881. In his long career Wilkinson had a number of pupils, including H.J. Tollit (1835–1904).

In 1841, at the age of only 22, Wilkinson designed a new Church of England parish church, Holy Trinity at Lew, Oxfordshire. His other work on churches included:

Wilkinson moved to Oxford in 1856 and succeeded J.C. Buckler as architect to the local police committee.Oxfordshire County Constabulary was formed in 1857, and Wilkinson designed several buildings for the new force.

Wilkinson designed Home Farm on the Shirburn Castle estate, built in 1856–57. From 1860 he laid out the Norham Manor estate in north Oxford. The estate was slowly developed with large villas, a number of which Wilkinson designed himself. Wilkinson also designed town houses and small country houses elsewhere in Oxfordshire:

A number of the houses that Wilkinson designed were for clergy. Most were for the Church of England, but he also designed a presbytery that was built for the Roman Catholic Church.

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