Charles Holden (12 May 1875 – 1 May 1960) was an English architect best known for designing many London Underground stations during the 1920s and 1930s. Other notable designs were Bristol Central Library, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London's headquarters at 55 Broadway and the University of London's Senate House. Many of his buildings have been granted listed building status, indicating that they are considered to be of architectural or historical interest and protecting them from unapproved alteration. He also designed over 60 war cemeteries and two memorials in Belgium and northern France for the Imperial War Graves Commission from 1920 to 1928.
Holden's early architectural training was in Bolton and Manchester where he worked for architects Everard W. Leeson and Jonathan Simpson before moving to London. After a short period with Arts and Crafts designer Charles Robert Ashbee, he went to work for Henry Percy Adams in 1899. He became Adams' partner in the firm in 1907 and remained with it for the rest of his career.
Buildings
Holden's early buildings were influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, but for most of his career he championed an unadorned style based on simplified forms and massing that was free of what he considered to be unnecessary decorative detailing. He believed strongly that architectural designs should be dictated by the intended functions of buildings. After the First World War he increasingly simplified his style and his designs became pared-down and modernist, influenced by continental European architecture. This list includes all buildings for which Holden was commissioned to produce designs.
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Cemeteries
Holden worked on the designs for 69 cemeteries for the dead of the First World War as part of his work for the Imperial War Graves Commission (IWGC, now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)) between 1918 and 1928. Up until 1920, he worked as senior design architect and his designs are thought to include two of the initial cemetery designs built at Forceville and Louvencourt where Reginald Blomfield was named as the principal architect. In 1920, he became one of the four principal architects for the cemeteries on the Western Front.
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Memorials
Holden designed two memorials for the missing dead of the First World War as part of his work for the Imperial War Graves Commission between 1920 and 1928. Both are memorials to the missing from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. They are located in Belgium and are within cemeteries also constructed to his design.
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Notes
- Listed buildings are granted one of three grades (II, II* and I in order of importance) representing their status as nationally or internationally important buildings. In England, the register of listed building is administered by Historic England. A listed building may not be demolished, extended or altered without special permission from the local planning authority.
- These buildings are located in London unless otherwise indicated.
- The principal architects worked with assistant architects, also called architects in France, who worked from offices in St Omer, and in some cases did most of the design work, with the final design being approved or amended by the principal architect they were working with.
- The CWGC records the number of identified casualties contained in a cemetery, although most cemeteries have additional graves containing the bodies of soldiers who could not be identified and whose grave stones carry no name. In some cases the number of unidentified burials is considerable – for example, Poelcapelle British Cemetery contains 6,231 such burials.
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- Stevens Curl, James (2006). "Holden, Charles Henry". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- Foyle, Andrew; Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004). Bristol. Pevsner Architectural Guides. Yale University Press. pp. 150–51. ISBN 978-0-300-10442-4. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- Karol 2007, p. 303.
- Orsini, Fiona (2010). Underground Journeys: Charles Holden's designs for London Transport (PDF). V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- Day, John R; Reed, John (2008) . The Story of London's Underground. Capital Transport. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-85414-316-7.
- Karol, Eitan (2008). "Naked and unashamed: Charles Holden in Bloomsbury" (PDF). Past and Future (4). The Institute of Historical Research: 6–7. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
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- Geurst 2010, p. 50.
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- ^ Cemetery details: Poelcapelle British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Geurst 2010, p. 384.
- Cemetery details: Aubers Ridge British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ Karol 2007, p. 483.
- Cemetery details: Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Bapaume Post Military Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Bellicourt British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Brown's Road Military Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Buttes New British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Cambrai East Military Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Cambrin Churchyard Extension. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Cambrin Military Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Canada Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Dadizeele New British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.2. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Dranoutre Military Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ Geurst 2010, p. 49.
- Cemetery details: Forceville Communal Cemetery and Extension. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Gorre British and Indian Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Gouy-en-Artois Communal Cemetery Extension. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ Geurst 2010, p. 72.
- Cemetery details: Grand Seraucourt British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Ham British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Honnechy British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Kandahar Farm Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Le Cateau Military Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Lancashire Cottage Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: London Rifle Brigade Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Louvencourt Military Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Marcoing British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Messines Ridge British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Naves Communal Cemetery Extension. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Pargny British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Passchendaele New British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Polygon Wood Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Pond Farm Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Post Office Rifles Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Premont British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Rue-des-Berceaux Military Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: St. Aubert British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: St. Souplet British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Savy British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Strand Military Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Tancrez Farm Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Trefcon British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: UNICORN Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Villers Hill British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Wailly Orchard Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Wimereux Communal Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Woburn Abbey Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Zantvoorde British Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
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- Cemetery details: Buttes New British Cemetery (N.Z.) Memorial. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Cemetery details: Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
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