Paul Ogden
- Born 1856 Higher Broughton.
- Died 7 April 1940 at his residence, 137 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury.
- MSA 1907-1909 President
The son of Mark Ogden, Paul Ogden was born at Higher Broughton in 1856 and educated at Broughton College, under the Rev. James Lee, D.D. One of his greatest school friends was Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater, the ex-lord mayor of London and former head of the famous paper firm. Paul Ogden served his articles with Whyatt and Mellor and qualified by examination in 1885 being elected ARIBA the same year. In 1892 he was elected FRIBA.
His practice, largely domestic in nature, favoured the traditional Elizabethan and Tudor in style. Preferring traditional building methods, he earned for himself the reputation of being “anti ferro-concrete.” He designed a number of residences in Cheshire and Derbyshire including a picturesque black-and-white house on the Chelford Road for Mr Charles Denton, and at Glossop where he was responsible for Dr Sidebottom’s home. But he also carried out a good deal of ecclesiastical and commercial work including alterations and re-decoration of the Greek Church, Higher Broughton; St Paul's Parochial Schools, Widnes; Cottage Homes at Swinton; St Jude’s Schools, Manchester; St Michael’s Educational Foundation; besides a number of hotels and factories in the Manchester area, including the Rolls Royce factory in Trafford Park.
However, his greatest interest was in his profession and the safeguarding of the interests of architects and the preservation of their integrity. He insisted always on the dignity of the profession and was a genuine believer in good craftsmanship. He recognised that in its beginnings the Manchester Society of Architects was for the older members of the profession, and he went beyond these bounds and took great trouble to bring in younger architects and went out of his way to make them at home among their more experienced colleagues. He was variously an ex-president, trustee, and honorary secretary for 21 years of the Manchester Society of Architects, which, in its revised form, was founded largely as a result of his efforts.
He held many appointments and had been Hon. Secretary, Architectural Section, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 1887 and president of the Engineering and Architectural Sections of the Royal Sanitary Institute Congress in 1908. For many years he was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Chair of Architecture, Manchester University, and for eight years a co-opted member of the Manchester Board of Education. He had been representative architect on the Manchester Air Pollution Advisory Board, Chairman of Housing Architects for the Corporation and member of the Architect Committee of the Manchester Diocesan Societies.
He lectured both in Manchester and Liverpool on architecture and collateral subjects and was a contributor to various professional journals. He also acted as assessor on several architectural competitions. He was also an accomplished horseman, a popular personality on the local tennis courts and a keen golfer being a former President of the Prestwich Golf Club.
Paul Ogden retired 1931 and died on 7 April 1940 at his residence, 137 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, in his 85th year. The funeral service was held at Manchester Crematorium, Thursday 11 April at 11.00am.
Address
1883 Paul Ogden 25 Dickinson Street (Slaters)
1891 Paul Ogden architect and surveyor. Corporation Chambers 19 Corporation Street (Slaters)
1895 Paul Ogden ARIBA,sec MSA. 60 King Street (Slaters)
1903-1929 Paul Ogden FRIBA, FMSA. 60 King Street (Slaters)
Residence
1891 “Holly Bank,” 83 Bury New Road Higher Broughton
1901 Knutsford? (Census)
1903-1909 Paul Ogden FRIBA,, “Hillside,” Lower Broughton Road, Higher Broughton
1940 137 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury (death notice)
Obituary Builder 19 April 1940 Page 470
Obituary Manchester City News 13 April 1940 Page 4 Column 1
Obituary Manchester Guardian 11 April 1940 Page 2 Column 4
Obituary Architect & Building News vol 162 3 May 1940 page 91
