Background
Arthur Blomfield was born on the 6th of March 1829 in Fulham Palace, London, England; the son of Bishop C. J. Blomfield.
Arthur Blomfield was born on the 6th of March 1829 in Fulham Palace, London, England; the son of Bishop C. J. Blomfield.
Arthur was educated at Rugby and Trinity, Cambridge.
Blomfield was articled as an architect to P. C. Hardwick, and subsequently obtained a large practice on his own account. In 1887 he became architect to the Bank of England, and designed the law courts branch in Fleet Street, and he was associated with A. E. Street in the building of the law courts. He died on the 30th of October 1899.
Among the numerous churches which Sir Arthur Blomfield designed, his work at St Saviour's, Southwark, is a notable example of his use of revived Gothic, and he was highly regarded as a restorer.
Blomfield was a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (1867).
He was twice married, and brought up two sons, Charles J. Blomfield and Arthur Conran Blomfield, to his own profession, of which they became distinguished representatives.