Background
Born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, he was the eldest son of education reformer and Member of Parliament George Dixon.
Born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, he was the eldest son of education reformer and Member of Parliament George Dixon.
He founded the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft and designed their headquarters in Great Charles Street. The building is still extant, but converted to offices. He also designed the Romanesque style, brick-built Church of Street John & Street Basil (1910–1911) in Heath Mill lane in the city"s Digbeth district (52.4769°North 1.8813°West / 52.4769.
-1.8813 (Church of Street John & Street Basil)).
lieutenant was described by Nicholas Pevsner as "the finest example of his Arts and Crafts primitivism". A further church design was Street Andrew’s Church, Barnt Green, Worcestershire (52.3604°North 1.9880°West / 52.3604.
-1.9880 (Street Andrew’s Church, Barnt Green)). In 1917 he was commissioned to design Seoul Anglican Cathedral in of Korea.
Construction began in 1922 but was only completed in 1996 after the original plans were rediscovered.
Pevsner described Dixon as "an Anglo-Catholic Socialist who associated Gothic with establishment conservatism and dreary Anglican piety".