Background
Skipper was born in the Norfolk market town of East Dereham, the son of Robert Skipper a Carpenter & Builder. He trained as an architect in London and returned to work in his father"s firm of builders in Norwich.
Skipper was born in the Norfolk market town of East Dereham, the son of Robert Skipper a Carpenter & Builder. He trained as an architect in London and returned to work in his father"s firm of builders in Norwich.
Skipper was educated at the Bracondale School, Norwich and later went on to attend the Norwich School of Art for one year.
Writer and poet, John Betjeman said of him "he is altogether remarkable and original. He was to what Gaudi was to Barcelona" After setting up his own business in 1879 he was commissioned to design the town hall at and, subsequently, several seaside hotels in the town. Much of his best work, dating from around the beginning of the twentieth century, is in.
His own office in London Street, now part of the Jarrolds departmental store, has a red brick facade, with a frieze featuring scenes of architects and builders.
lieutenant is faced with a locally-made type of terracotta called Cosseyware, made at Costessey (pronounced "Cossey") near by the firm of Guntons. In 1899 he designed the Arts and Crafts style Royal Arcade in the city.
His design for the Union headquarters in Surrey Street was completed in 1903-1904. The building features the noted Marble Hall.
Town Hall (1890), Extant.
Town Hall.