James Carter

•  Born                      1876 at Nateby, near Garstang

James Carter was born in 1876 at Nateby, near Garstang, the son of George and Ann Carter. In 1891 he was employed as an office boy but by 1901 he was recorded as an architect in Darwen to where he had removed with his parents. No details of his education and training have been found.

In June 1903 James Carter was taken into partnership by Robert Walker FRIBA of Windermere at the same time as Robert’s son, Frank H Walker. The practice was continued at Windermere under the style of Walker Carter and Walker, notwithstanding that Robert Walker had died within a week of its creation, and continued until the 1930s, Photographs of some 17 projects are retained by Cumbria Archive, including Yew Barrow, Miller Howe, Cherry Trees and High Longlands, all at Windermere.

Although James Carter does not appear in the RIBA Kalendars to 1936, it appears that he was elected a Fellow in 1939. A report in a Liverpool newspaper notes: “At a council meeting of the Royal Institute of British Architects held this week, the following Merseyside members were elected; FELLOWS - James Carter, Windermere: John Richard Newton, Wirral;  ASSOCIATES Harry Dootson,  Stockport ……” [Liverpool Daily Post Saturday 11 March 1939 page 11]

Reference           Liverpool Daily Post Saturday 11 March 1939 page 11