Robert Walker

• Birth date            1841/42 Crosthwaite, Westmorland or Wythburn Cumberland
• Married                1868 to Agnes Ann Airey in 1868
• Partnership           June 1903
• Death date          16 June 1903 at Windermere.

Robert Walker was born in 1841 or 1842 at Crosthwaite, Westmorland or Wythburn Cumberland. He was articled to John Cunningham of Liverpool in 1862 before acting as a Clerk to the County Surveyor of Westmorland and as a Clerk of Works to a builder.  He commenced independent practice in Kendal and Windermere in 1877 and continued to work there on his own account for the next 25 years. For the most part commissions were in South Lakeland, but in later years a few commissions were also obtained in north Lancashire where he eventually opened an office in Lancaster. He was elected Fellow of the RIBA on 5 June 1893, proposed by RK Freeman, RF Vallance and E Day

On 12 June 1903 the British Architect published a notice that “Mr R Walker FRIBA of Windermere has taken into partnership his son Mr Frank H Walker and Mr James Carter, late of Darwen. The practice will be continued at Windermere under the style of Walker Carter and Walker.” A week later it was recorded “The death is announced of Mr Robert Walker FRIBA, Windermere, aged 62, who only a few days ago had taken into partnership his son Mr Frank H Walker and Mr James Carter.

Address
1885        Kendal
1886        Public Buildings Windermere
1894        Main Road Windermere
1896        offices at Windermere and Lancaster
1897        Main Road Windermere
1902        Walker Carver & Walker Institute Buildings Windermere

Residence
1881        St Michaels Villa   Census Place Applethwaite, Westmorland,(census)
1885        The Ferns. Windermere
1894        “Sunnycote,” Langdale Terrace, Windermere


Obituary    British Architect 19 June 1903 Page 451
Obituary    RIBA Journal v10 1903 page 460
Obituary    Builder Obituary

Reference    British Architect 12 June 1903 Page 418
Reference    RIBA Directory of Architects
Reference    Harper: Architectural Competitions