Henry Goddard (architect)
Henry Goddard (1813 – 1899) was an English architect who was a member of a family of architects who worked in Leicester. He moved to Lincoln and was later in partnership with his son Francis Henry Goddard. Career. In 1838 he came to Lincoln and formed a partnership with William Adams Nicholson. In 1846 he established his own practice in Lincoln and in 1849 he was awarded a prize by the Agricultural Society for his essay on the "Construction of Labourer's Cottages" In 1856 was working from 181 High Street. He became architect to the Great Northern  Railway Company and surveyor to Trinity College, Cambridge. Goddard also had an office in Boston in 1859. From 1860 to 1864 his senior assistant was William Watkins, who was to set up his own architectural practice in Lincoln. In 1871 the Nottingham architect Albert Nelson Bromley was working in Goddard's office. Goddard was in partnership with his son, sometime after 1872. Their practice was at "City Chambers" in Gibbeson House, 182 Lincoln High Street, Goddard was already working there before 1856, and where the practice remained until at least 1896. The Lincoln architect John Henry Cooper worked the Goddards ' offices and set up his own practice in Lincoln after about 1888. Henry Goddard lived at John of Gaunt's House, 116 High Street where he died on 8 March 1899. The net value of his estate was £10,378. Family. Goddard was the son of Cornelius Goddard of Leicester and nephew of Henry Goddard (architect 1792–1868) and cousin of Joseph Goddard (architect 1840–1900), both of whom worked in Leicester. He married Eleanor Ann, the fourth daughter of Mr George Baker of Nottingham at St Mary's Church Nottingham in December 1838. Henry Goddard's son Francis Henry appears to  have retired from the practice at about the time of his father's death. He lived at Eastfield, Lincoln. He died from a heart attack on 26 June 1907 after motoring back from Retford. Care should be taken not to confuse the work of Henry Goddard and Goddard and Co. of Leicester with that of Henry Goddard and Goddard and Son of Lincoln. For work of the Leicester architects see The Goddard Trail The Leicester branch of the Goddard practice survives to-day as "Goddard Manton Architects", operating from Camden Town in London. Works. Initially Goddard appears to have specialised  in Church building and Rectories and Vicarages and was a surveyor for the Diocese of Lincoln. He probably followed Edward James Willson as the Surveyor to the Lincolnshire County Committee and, following the Militia Act of 1852, was commissioned in 1857 to build the Old Barracks in Lincoln for the North Lincoln Militia. It has also been suggested that he may have been responsible for the Old Barracks in Sandon Road in Grantham for the South Lincolnshire Militia. Work for the Great Northern Railway. By 1848 Henry Goddard was appointed architect to the Great Northern Railway. This was after King 's Cross had been built by Lewis Cubitt and branch lines from Lincoln to Boston, Gainsborough, Peterborough and Grimsby had been completed. He was responsible for all the new main line stations between King's Cross and Doncaster. The new main line ran through Peterborough, Newark and Retford and was fully operational by 1852. He was also the architect for Boston railway station which opened 1850. Many of Goddard's stations on the branch lines had tall towers, often placed centrally, as at Spalding. Apart from the railway stations, Goddard was also the architect for the Great Northern Hotels at  Peterborough and at Lincoln. Architect to the Lincolnshire Constabulary. The Lincolnshire Constabulary was formed in 1856 under the County and Borough Police Act 1856.Goddard was the first architect to the Constabulary and the first buildings to be constructed were in the south of the County at Spalding, Holbeach and Long Sutton in 1857. with further Police Stations at Donington in 1858, Sutterton in 1859 and Crowland in 1865. The new County Headquarters building of 1859, by Goddard, was at 382 High Street, Lincoln. This is now divided into three shops. It was built in brick with stone dressing and a  central Venetian window with a central curved pediment, supported by ornamental consoles. H and F H Goddard. In partnership after 1867. Work by the Goddards for the Lincoln Industrialists. The rapid growth of Lincoln in the mid to late 19th century provided considerable opportunities for undertaking architectural work for wealthy factory owners who were involved in the engineering and metalworking industries. This work involved the design and layout of factories, the provision of housing, the laying out of new streets and the construction of the villas and residences of the factory owners. The Goddards seem to have developed a close  relationship with Joseph Ruston who was the managing director of Ruston, Proctor and Company. The Goddards were are likely to be the architects of his house, Monk's Manor on Greetwell Road in Linoln. They also provided new offices for Ruston Proctor on their Stamp End Sheaf Works Joseph Ruston also financed the building of the Drill Hall in Broadgate for which Goddards were the architects. The Goddards also undertook extensive design work for Clayton & Shuttleworth who occupied the adjacent site to Ruston Proctor at Stamp End. A print of 1865 of their ironworks would suggest that they had been  closely involved in the layout of the factory. An Italianate tower in the central foreground appears to be a hallmark of their work and is seen again on the Great Northern Hotel depot building and on Ruston's Monk's Manor. They were to add further offices to this complex in 1878. The Goddards also designed Hartsholme Park for Joseph Shuttleworth. Another factory complex that was laid out by the Goddards was the new Wellington Foundry on the Derby Farm in New Boultham in 1883.