Background
His grandfather, Joseph Lockwood (c1758-1837) was twice mayor of Doncaster and part-owner of the limestone quarries at Levitt Hagg, as was his father, also Joseph (1785-1842), who was also a stonemason and builder.
His grandfather, Joseph Lockwood (c1758-1837) was twice mayor of Doncaster and part-owner of the limestone quarries at Levitt Hagg, as was his father, also Joseph (1785-1842), who was also a stonemason and builder.
Lockwood was from a successful Doncaster family. Their ten children were all named "Day" as a middle name: Emma (1833), Charles (1834), Henry (1836), Arthur (1838), Rosa (1840), Horace (1842), Frederick (1845), Florence (1849), Francis (1851), and Blanche (1853). Henry Francis Lockwood was articled in London to Peter Frederick Robinson, and given supervision of the extensions to York Castle for which Robinson had been appointed architect in 1826.
In 1834 Lockwood published jointly with Adolphus H Cates, The History and Antiquities of the Fortifications to the City of New York
The partnership with Allom ended by mutual consent on 30 December 1843. Lockwood and Mawson designed some of the most distinguished buildings in Bradford, including Street George"s Hall (1851-1852), the Venetian Gothic Wool Exchange (1864-1867), and the Continental Gothic Revival City Hall (1869-1873).
They also laid out and designed the mill, model town and church at Saltaire (1851-1876), all in an Italianate Classical style. At the time, Saltaire was one of the most important examples of a philanthropic industrial and housing development in the world.
Lockwood is mentioned in most accounts of Sir Titus Salt and Saltaire.
Lockwood and Mawson also submitted designs in many competitions, including the contest for the Law Courts in the Strand, London (1866-1867). After 1871, Lockwood moved to London where he designed the Methodist City Temple at Holborn Viaduct (originally 1874 but rebuilt after World World War II), the Church of Street Stephen, Cowbridge Park, East Twickenham (1874) and the Civil Service Stores, Strand (1876). Lockwood and Mawson were also appointed architects for the new buildings at Merchant Taylors" School, Crosby (1874).
H F Lockwood was the first President of the BSAS when it was founded in 1874.
Burgess (1998) provides a thorough account of Lockwood"s career, with a full catalogue of his architecture and an evaluation of its importance. Henry Lockwood and his family lived for many years at Nun Wood, Apperley Bridge, Yeadon, but after 1871 moved to Heron Court, Richmond, Surrey, where he died aged 66 on Sunday, 21 July 1878.
He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery (a few metres behind Blondin of Niagara Falls fame). Emma Lockwood died aged 72 on Christmas Day 1882
Saltaire
The Old Police Station, Howden
Hull Trinity House.