Sydney Moss

• Birth date            April-June 1882 at Eccles
• Marriage              1910 to Florence Wooller at Barton-on-Irwell
• Death date          1 March 1963 at Kendal Green Hospital, Kendal, Westmorland

Sydney Moss was born in 1882 at Eccles near Manchester, the son of Edward Moss and Susannah. He attended Manchester School of Technology in 1899 and was articled to James William Beaumont from 1901 to 1904, following which he was employed as assistant to Brameld and Smith of Manchester, and to Gilbert Wilson Fraser of Liverpool. He passed the qualifying examination od the RIBA in 1906 and was elected Associate of the RIBA on 3 December 1906, proposed by J W Beaumont, P Ogden, B W P Brameld. In 1907 he won the competition for the Design of Labourers’ Cottages most suitable for Rural Districts in Ireland and by 1909 was in practice on his own account at 4 St Ann’s Square, Manchester. He saw military service in the Royal Engineers during the latter part of World War One, being granted a commission in the Manchester Regiment when the war had all but ended. [RIBA Journal Vol XXVI November 1918 page 17].

By 1947 he had moved/retired to Kendal, where he would remain until his death on 1 March 1963.

Address
1906        c/o Gilbert Wilson Fraser, 20 Castle Street, Liverpool, (RIBA Directory)
1907        Sydney Moss ARIBA Rock Bank, Eccles, Lancashire
1911-1927    Sydney Moss, ARIBA AMSA  4, St. Ann’s Square
1938        Sydney Moss FRIBA FMSA  25 Leinster Chambers, 4 St Ann’s Sq. 2
1947        148 Windermere Road, Kendal

Residence
1901        Monton Road Eccles
1909        94 Monton Road Eccles
1937        Talgarth, Portland Road, Eccles
1947-1963    148 Windermere Road, Kendal

Reference    Who's who in architecture (1914, 1923, 1926)