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Charles Henry Howell FRIBA (c.1824 – 1905) was the principal architect of lunatic asylums in England during much of the Victorian era. Based in Lancaster Place, London he was a partner in the architects' firm Howell & Brooks. Howell designed asylums at Beverley (1868–1871), Moulsford, near Wallingford (1868–1870 and 1877), Brookwood (1862–1867), Cane Hill (1883) and Middlesbrough (1893–1898).〔() Index of Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals〕 among others. He was Consultant Architect to the Lunacy Commission and was Surveyor of Public Buildings for the County of Surrey from 1860–1893.〔() Surrey History Service Collections Catalogue〕 Between 1886 and 1897, Howell was the assessor for seven large asylum design competitions, when professional concern was expressed "...() Giles, Gough & Trollope or G T Hine always seemed to receive the first two premiums - with the result that any new ideas on asylum design were being stultified".〔Jeremy Taylor 'Hospital And Asylum Architecture in England 1840-1914' Mansell London and New York (1991)〕 Other buildings designed by Howell include Christ Church at Shamley Green, Surrey (1864), St Lawrence's Church at Seal Chart, Kent (1867–68), St Leonard's Hill, Windsor, (1875), Ribsden, near Bagshot, Surrey (1876)〔'Building News' 13 Oct 1876〕 and Surrey County Hall. He was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Howell died on 22 June 1905 at Lynwood, Leatherhead, in Surrey.〔Library of the Royal Institute of British Architects〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Henry Howell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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