Henry Isaac Stevens - one of Derbyshire's most prolific architectsHenry Isaac Stevens
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Henry Isaac Stevens 1806-1873

Henry Isaac Stevens was born in London, in 1806, second son of Isaac Stevens and Elizabeth Young. He was probably Derbyshire's most prolific and accomplished architect.

There are few details as to his early life but he probably studied at the office of Sir Jeffrey Wyatville who designed Bretby Castle with a William Martin. Henry Stevens married Martin's daughter Anne, at Repton in 1832. They had 4 children.

By 1841 the family were living at no 3 The Terrace, London Road, Derby and Stevens had an office in the Corn Market. He was church warden of All Saints between 1842 and 1843 and by 1852 the family had moved to Mackworth.

Work by Stevens included

Full Street Baths, Derby 1856
Congregational Chapel, London Road, Derby 1843-45
St James Church, Shardlow 1837-38
St Martins Church, Osmaston, Derbyshire, 1845
St Alkmunds, Derby 1845
Extensions to the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary 1850 and 1867
Osmaston Manor 1846-49
Melbourne Athenaeum 1853
Brewery at Burton 1854-55.

He designed over 30 churches, shops and many other public buildings.

He served as a Tory Councillor in 1862-64 and again in 1866-69, and died in 1873.

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