Elijah Hoole (1837 – 27 March 1912) was an English architect of Methodist churches, settlement halls and social housing. In relation to the social housing, he worked closely with the social reformer Octavia Hill for over 40 years.
Hoole was born in London in 1837 to Elijah Hoole, a Wesleyan Methodist missionary, and his wife, Elizabeth, the third daughter of the lock and safe manufacturer, Charles Chubb.[1]
Hoole was a pupil of James Simpson (not to be confused with James Simpson (engineer)) in 1854, and was subsequently his assistant until he set up his own practice in 1863.[2] [3]
Hoole had a long working relationship with Octavia Hill: he was her "favourite" architect[4] and worked for Hill for 40 years.[5] Hoole employed a Ruskinian style and approach to Arts and Crafts design.[6] In similar vein, he designed both the first university settlement, Toynbee Hall, [7] and the only Methodist settlement, Bermondsey Settlement.[8] He also designed Methodist churches in England, Canada and Belize.
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With James Wilson:
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Hoole married Judith Lidgett in 1868 at St John the Evangelist, Blackheath.[65] His wife was an aunt of the founder of the Bermondsey Settlement, John Scott Lidgett.[66] They had nine children, of whom two sons Elijah (born 1872) and George (born 1874) both practised for a time as architects. Hoole died in 1912, aged 74, and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery. His grave (no.38653) no longer has a headstone.[citation needed]
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