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Percy Emerson Culverhouse (20 August 1871 – 7 May 1953) was a British railway architect who was Chief Architect of the Great Western Railway from 1929 to 1945.

Career

He was born on 20 August 1871 to Eli Culverhouse (1828-1911) and Jane Mary Jones (1840-1919).

At age 21 he was registered as a clerk at Paddington Station, working for the Great Western Railway. He progressed to Architectural Assistant to the New Works Engineer and in April 1929 was appointed Chief Architect to the Great Western Railway. He retired in September 1945 and was succeeded by Brian Lewis.

He married Madeline Anina Ella Walker on 3 April 1902.

He died on 7 May 1953 in Ealing, Middlesex leaving an estate of £8013 15s 6d (equivalent to £282,600 in 2023).

Works

• Bath railway station 1896 refreshment rooms alterations
• Banbury railway station 1904 refreshment rooms alterations
• Canon’s Marsh Goods Sheed, Anchor Road, Bristol 1906
• Hammersmith railway station 1909
• Newton Abbot railway station 1927
• Bristol Temple Meads railway station. Additional platforms and cream terracotta buildings. 1930–35
• Paddington railway station Eastbourne Terrace Elevation, 18 bays of offices 1930–36
• Great Western Royal Hotel, Paddington 1930s extensions.
• Cardiff Central railway station 1932–35
• Bourton-on-the-Water railway station 1936
• Leamington Spa railway station 1939

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2017)

References

1. Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: Vol 1 (A-K). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 481. ISBN 0826455131.
2. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
3. "G.W.R. Refreshment Rooms". Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. England. 13 September 1896. Retrieved 30 January 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Application for a licence for refreshment rooms at the G.W.R. station". Banbury Advertiser. England. 11 February 1904. Retrieved 30 January 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. Historic England, "Canon's Marsh Goods Shed (1203510)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 January 2017
6. "New Station. Great Western Chairman at Newton Abbot". Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. England. 14 April 1928. Retrieved 30 January 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. Historic England, "Temple Meads Station (1282106)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 January 2017
8. Historic England, "Paddington Station including the lawn, GWR office block on London Street and Offices along Eastbourne Terrace (1066881)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 January 2017

• 20th-century English architects
• British railway architects
• Great Western Railway people
• 1871 births
• 1953 deaths