Walter Cave
{{short description|English architect}}
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| birth_place = Clifton, Bristol, England
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| death_place = London
| alma_mater = Royal Academy Schools
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Walter Frederick Cave (17 September 1863 – 7 January 1939) was an English architect, active in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who worked firstly in the Arts and Crafts style, and latterly in the Classical Revival.{{cite web|url=http://www.ribabookshops.com/item/walter-cave-arts-and-crafts-to-edwardian-splendour/80962/|title=Walter Cave; Arts and Crafts to Edwardian Splendour – UK Architects – Architects, Designers and their Work|publisher=ribabookshops.com|accessdate=12 January 2014}} In addition to architecture, Cave worked as a landscape gardener,{{cite web|url=http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/person/275|title=Walter Frederick Cave|publisher=parksandgardens.org|accessdate=12 January 2014}} interior designer, furniture maker and cricketer.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28475/28475.html|title=Player profile: Walter Cave|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 March 2014}}
Biography
He was born in Clifton, Bristol, England the son of Sir Charles Daniel Cave, 1st Baronet and Edith Harriet Symonds.
Educated at Eton, Cave went on to study art at the Royal Academy Schools. He was then articled to Arthur Blomfield. In 1889 he set up a practice in London and joined the Art Workers' Guild. His most notable building is the former headquarters of Burberry, The Haymarket, in London (opened 1913).{{cite web|url=http://www.burberryplc.com/about_burberry/company_history|title=Company History|publisher=burberryplc.com|accessdate=12 January 2014|archive-date=11 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311185849/http://www.burberryplc.com/about_burberry/company_history|url-status=dead}} He also worked for Somerville College, Oxford. Cave was also a first-class cricketer,{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228187.html |title=Obituaries in 1939 |work=Wisden |accessdate=23 April 2019}} playing in four first-class matches in 1883, making one appearance for the South in the North v South fixture and three appearances for Gloucestershire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28475/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Walter Cave|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 March 2014}} A right-handed batsman, he scored a total of 74 runs with a high score of 42.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28475/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Walter Cave|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 March 2014}}
Personal life
In 1892, he married Jessie Maria Cochrane. They had one child, Richard Walter Dundonald Cave (1901–1980).
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External links
- [http://www.besbrodepianos.co.uk/images/walter-cave-bechstein-upright-piano.htm Images of an Arts and Crafts style, Bechstein upright piano designed by Walter Cave]
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Category:Architects from Bristol
Category:People educated at Eton College
Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools