# John Ladds

John Ladds, RIBA, (22 April 1835 – 15 October 1926) was an architect best known for his work on churches and schools, very often church-affiliated schools.

## Life

He was born on 22 April 1835 at Ellington, Cambridgeshire, the son of William Ladds (1798 - 1882) and Ann Inskip (1799 - 1875). He was the eighth child of 12.
He married Cecilia Townshend Kent (1832 - 1922) in St Clement Danes on 19 January 1867 and they had the following children:
* Sidney Inskip Ladds (1868 - 1950) became an architect
* Amy Cope Ladds (1868 - 1922)
* Harriet Cecilia Ladds (1871 - 1940)
* Mabel Mary Ladds (1872 - 1952)
He died on 15 October 1926 and left and estate valued at £3,560 10s 9d.

## Works

From around 1871, he worked in partnership with William Henry Powell (1847 - 1900) as Ladds and Powell, until Powell emigrated to South Africa around 1890.
His notable designs include:
* St John's Church, Lawley, Shropshire 1865 Grade II listed
* National School in Newport, Shropshire 1872
* The Corn Exchange, Bedford 1872-74
* Bowlee School, Rhodes near Manchester 1875
* Church School, Tonge, Alkrington, Lancashire 1875
* Chorley Town Hall, Lancashire 1875
* Christ Church, Marton Cum Grafton, North Yorkshire 1876 Grade II listed
* Kimbolton Grammar School, Cambridgeshire 1877
* St James' Church, Canterbury Street, Chorley, Lancashire 1878
* Chancel redecoration, Church of St John the Evangelist, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire 1879-80
* Boxmoor Schools, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire 1880
* Rivington and Blackrod High School, Rivington Lane, Rivington, Bolton 1881-82
* St Paul's Church, Finchley, London 1886
* Queen Elizabeth's School for Girls, Barnet Hill, High Barnet, London 1890 (extensions and rebuilding)
* New reredos, St Mary's Church, East Farleigh, Kent 1894
* Ophthalmic Hospital, Judd Street, London 1911-12
Ladds spent his last years in the North London neighbourhood of Harringay, where he died in 1926.
His son Sidney Ladds worked as an architect to Ely Cathedral until 1950.

## Sources

* ↑ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 2 (L-Z). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 2. ISBN 082645514X.
* ↑ "Marriages". London Daily News. England. 23 January 1867. Retrieved 2 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
* ↑ Historic England. "Church of St John (1367388)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
* ↑ "Boroughbridge. Consecration of a church at Marton-cum-Grafton". Knaresborough Post. England. 15 January 1876. Retrieved 1 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
* ↑ Historic England. "Christ Church (1174037)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
* ↑ "Kimbolton Grammar School". Cambridge Independent Press. England. 5 January 1878. Retrieved 1 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
* ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). The Buildings of England. North Lancashire. Yale University Press. p. 95. ISBN 9780300096170.
* ↑ Historic England. "Church of St John (1127366)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
* ↑ Kay, Margaret (1931). The History of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School. Manchester University Press. p. 137.
* ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (1998). The Buildings of England. London North. Yale University Press. p. 171. ISBN 9780300096538.
* ↑ "East Farleigh". Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser. England. 17 May 1894. Retrieved 1 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
* John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, Shropshire; The Buildings of England, Yale University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-300-12083-4