William Radford Bryden

Bryden was born in Eccles, Lancashire in 1851. His parents were William Anderson and Maria Bryden. He attended Cheltenham College (in Newick House) from 1865 to 1868. Bryden was an articled architect with Edward Middleton Barry RA and trained under Robert William Edis RSA and William Henry Crossland. He became an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1876. In 1877 he established the architect and surveyor practice of "Bedborough and Bryden" at Bideford and Westward Ho in Devon. He married Emily Somes Crichton in 1878. They had children Archibald Leslie Bryden and Jessie Margaret Bryden. Emily died aged 27 in 1882. William Bryden married Alice Ryde Sawer in 1884 and their children Arthur Thomas Bryden, Alice Dorothea Bryden and Florence Marion Bryden were born in Buxton. W. R. Bryden came to Buxton from Bideford in 1883. He bought Robert Rippon Duke's architect's business on George Street in 1883, when R. R. Duke retired. He became renowned for his eclectic style with shaped gables, towers, pinnacles, crenellations and mixed window styles. Bryden trained George Edward Garlick (c. 1863 – c. 1932) and William Holland (b. 1861) who both set up their own successful architect practices on Terrace Road in Buxton. Charles Swain of Manchester bought Bryden's architect business on George Street in 1921. Bryden designed his own homes Lakenham on Burlington Road in 1898 and Heathfield on Park Road in 1905. He died aged 89 in 1941 at Bexhill-on-Sea in Sussex. == Works ==