Charles James RA
House:Fairwater
Class Of:1909
Deceased:
Architect - Assistant to Sir Edwin Lutyens, he was responsible for Welwyn Garden City, Swanpool Garden Suburb, Lincoln, government subsidy houses in Thorpe Bay, Essex and the layout and design of housing schemes in other parts of the country. Norwich City Hall is the most important of the public buildings by James, but the most characteristic is the Hertford County Building. He also designed the municipal buildings at Slough, a library for the National Book League, and made additions to All Souls College, Oxford.