Holland William Hobbiss

Background

Hobbiss was born in Birmingham on 8 February 1880, the eldest son of Henry Hobbiss, a school master and later a lecturer in a teaching college, and his wife, Alice.

Career

During the First World War, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery. His signature brick pattern was English garden wall bond with three rows of stretchers between each row of headers. Between 1956-1958 Hobbiss was elected and sat as president of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.

A number of his buildings were decorated by the sculptor William Bloye.

He died in Birmingham in 1970.

Achievements

• In 1914 Hobbiss won a national competition (and 25 guineas prize) for his design of agricultural workers cottages in Essex.

Connections

partners:

Holland West. Hobbiss