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  • The architect Sir Charles Ruthen was responsible for this extension to the Mount Pleasant workhouse. He began work in the Swansea and Gower area in 1890 and a number of his works still survive. Photographed by Aubrey Colquhoun.
Extension to the Mount Pleasant Workhouse, Swansea, pre-1926
  • J. R. Gummow was a well-known architect in Wrexham during the late nineteenth-century. He was responsible for designing several important buildings in the town and six of his houses are shown in this book, 'Hints on Housebuilding', which was published in 1874.
J. R. Gummow, Hints on Housebuilding (Wrexham, 1874) [front cover, image 1 of 8]
  • The architect Herbert Luck North (1871-1941) was educated at Uppingham and Jesus College, Cambridge. He was articled in London and worked as an assistant to Sir Edwin Lutyens before forming a consortium of architects in London. At the turn of the century he returned to north Wales and established a practice in Llanfairfechan. He wrote a number of books on the architecture of north Wales, namely 'The Old Churches of Arllechwedd' (1900) and, in collaboration with Harold Hughes, 'The Old Cottages of Snowdonia' (1908) and 'The Old Churches of Snowdonia' (1924).
Houses at Degannwy designed by the architect Herbert Luck North
  • The architect Herbert Luck North (1871-1941) was educated at Uppingham and Jesus College, Cambridge. He was articled in London and worked as an assistant to Sir Edwin Lutyens before forming a consortium of architects in London. At the turn of the century he returned to north Wales and established a practice in Llanfairfechan. He wrote a number of books on the architecture of north Wales, namely 'The Old Churches of Arllechwedd' (1900) and, in collaboration with Harold Hughes, 'The Old Cottages of Snowdonia' (1908) and 'The Old Churches of Snowdonia' (1924).
Houses at Llanfairfechan designed by the architect Herbert Luck North
  • The following pages show selected illustrations from the volume, 'The Old Cottages of Snowdonia' (1908) by the architects Harold Hughes and Herbert Luck North. Harold Hughes (1864-1940) began to practice as an architect in Bangor in 1891. In 1900 he was appointed diocesan architect and surveyor. Herbert Luck North (1871-1941) was educated at Uppingham and Jesus College, Cambridge. He was articled in London and worked as an assistant to Sir Edwin Lutyens before forming a consortium of architects in London. At the turn of the century he returned to north Wales and opened a practice in Llanfairfechan. He also published 'The Old Churches of Arllechwedd' (1900) and, in collaboration with Harold Hughes, 'The Old Churches of Snowdonia' (1924).
Harold Hughes and Herbert Luck North, 'The Old Cottages of Snowdonia' [front cover, image 1 of 14]
  • The Italianite village of Portmeirion was created by the architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis (1883-1978) between 1925 and 1975.
Aerial photograph of Portmeirion, 1993