John Wimble

He was born in 1837 in Maidstone, Kent the son of Edward Wimble (1804-1875) and Mary Margaret Wildish (1810-1889). He died on 29 June 1877 and was buried in St Mary's Church, Long Ditton on 4 July 1877. ==Career==

He was educated at Tonbridge School and then articled to John Whichcord Sr. & Son in Maidstone, Kent. He set himself up in independent practice and after a few years entered into a partnership with his younger brother William Wimble. He died in 1877 and William continued the business alone. ==Architectural Works==

• Sittingbourne Cemetery 1860 • Congregational Church, High Street, Sittingbourne 1862-63 (now Covenant Love Church) • Albert wing, Royal Asylum of St Anne’s Society, Streatham. 1865 (Demolished 1987) • Warehouse, Southwark Street, London 1867 • Warehouse, 222 Upper Thames Street, London (now demolished) • Peter Lawson and Son, 20 Budge Row, London 1867 (demolished) • Countess of Huntingdon’s chapel, Tunbridge Wells 1867 (demolished 1974) • 32 Watling Street, London 1867 • Store front, Wimble and Nutt, 34 Week Street, Maidstone, Kent 1869 (building demolished) • Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion Church, North Street, Brighton 1870-71 (demolished 1972) • Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company Offices, 25 Cockspur Street, London 1873 • London Salvage Corps station, Watling Street, London (demolished) • London Salvage Corps station, 38–40 Commercial Road, London 1874 (demolished 1937) • Bedford Hotel, Henrietta Street/Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London 1876-77 (from the designs of Henry Clutton) • 24 Haymarket, London 1877 (with William Wimble) • Investment Company, 41 Cheapside, London 1877 (with William Wimble) • Dyer’s buildings, Holborn, London 1871-78 • Offices, Gresham Street/Coleman Street, London (demolished) • Boosey’s premises, Regent Street, London • Domestic property, Ryder Street, St James’, London • 59, 60 and 61 Haymarket, London • Warehouses, Fenchurch/Leadenhall Street, London • Mildmay Chambers, Bishopsgate Street, London • Messrs Mather, 75 Farringdon Road, London (demolished) • South West Quadrant, Ludgate Circus, London ==Sources==