William Bell

William Howard Bell of Pelton, Durham.

1847 Assistant to Isambard Kingdom Brunel as Resident Engineer on the Bristol Docks.

1863 of Westminster

c.1864 Started work for the North Eastern Railway

1877 Appointed Chief Architect of the NER.

He also designed a few buildings in Darlington as a private practitioner, especially for the Methodists.

1884-87 Designed Bank Top Station, which is one of the best examples of his station designs, for which he developed a standard system of roof building,

1884-1910 He added various elements to the North Road Engineering works.

1904 Designed the Headquarters Offices in York with Horace Field.

1912 Designed the offices of the Mechanical Engineer's Department in Brinkburn Road. While not quite as splendid as the Headquarters Offices, these showed that Bell could adapt his usual style to accommodate the new influences of the Queen Anne revival.

1914 Retired from the NER

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