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{{Short description|English architect and surveyor (1796 – 23 May 1875)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}File:Hockley Spa - geograph.org.uk - 268587.jpg|thumb|right|Spa Pump Room, HockleyHockleyJames Lockyer (1796 – 23 May 1875),Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z), p. 65. sometimes styled as John Lockyer, was an English architect and surveyor, based in London. He worked mostly in the capital but also undertook work in the provinces.

Biography

Lockyer served his pupillage under Robert Abraham before forming his own office. Lockyer worked mostly in London where he designed buildings in Oxford Street and New Bond Street. Perhaps his best known work in the capital was the Royal College of Chemistry in Central London in 1846, long since demolished."The Late Mr James Lockyer", The Builder, 19 June 1875, p. 544. His provincial work included the Spa Pump Room,The Pump Room, Hockley Spa, Essex: perspective view, RIBA archive, accessed 20 May 2019. together with the nearby Spa Hotel, in Hockley, Essex. Both buildings survive, with the Pump Room being designated as a Grade II listed building.{{NHLE|num=1112670|desc=Hockley Spa Rooms|access-date=20 May 2019|mode=cs2}}In 1852 Lockyer re-designed the facade of what is now the Grade I listed White's Club, in Westminster, London.{{NHLE|num=1264877|desc=White's Club|access-date=20 May 2019|mode=cs2}} In 1855 he rebuilt the facade of 10 Henrietta Street and then, in 1861, the neighbouring property at 9, both Grade II listed buildings.{{NHLE|num=1230830|desc=9 and 10, Henrietta Street|access-date=20 May 2019|mode=cs2}}

Personal life

Lockyer married Anne Elizabeth {{nee}} Morant at St George's, Hanover Square, London, on 27 July 1822.London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: DL/T/089/017, p. 557. Together they had two sons who later became architects; James Morant (b.1824/5–1865), who, in 1852, designed the first Heal's store in Tottenham Court Road,"Heal's (Heal & Son Ltd), Tottenham Court Road, London", Royal Institute of British Architects], accessed 20 July 2023. and Gilbert (b.1838), who later inherited his father's business.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1858-1966'', 1897 Index, p. 135.

Later years and death

Lockyer retired in around 1867 and left his practice to his son, Gilbert. Lockyer was living at 19 Fitzroy Square, Fitzrovia, at the time of his death from paralysis in 1875.

References

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