Latham Withall

Latham Augustus Withall OBE (1853[1] - 1925)[2] was a British architect who practised in Adelaide, South Australia from 1876 to 1888.[3]

Adelaide Arcade, Grenfell Street end
The Fox and Anchor

While in Adelaide he was for a time in partnership with Ernest Bayer, then with Alfred Wells.[4] Work with Wells included the Adelaide Arcade and Thebarton Town Hall in 1885, and the Jubilee Exhibition Building in 1886. After Withall and his family returned to England in 1888,[5] Wells and the firm designed the new (1892) Stock Exchange Building, and the Angas and Allen Campbell Buildings of the Adelaide Children's Hospital.

Withall was the architect of the Fox and Anchor, a Grade II listed public house at 115 Charterhouse Street, Farringdon, London, built in 1898.[6]

Family

Withall married Louisa Margaret Reed in Adelaide on 18 April 1876. Their children included:

  • Richard Henry Withall (10 May 1879 – )
  • Letitia Withall (30 August 1881 – )
  • Osborn Withall (27 January 1884 – 1972) returned to South Australia, married Lily Augusta Hall ( – 1976) of Unley on 28 March 1911, lived at "Challana", Streaky Bay
  • Latham Withall (1886– ) returned to Australia, living in Melbourne;[7] was director of Associated Chambers of Manufactures.[8]

References
  1. Withall, Latham Augustus. Architects of South Australia, 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. "Obituary". The Connoisseur. 71. 1925. p. 179.
  3. Willis, J. "Latham Augustus Withall". South Australian Architects Biography Project, University of South Australia. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  4. Willis, J. "Alfred Wells". South Australian Architects Biography Project, University of South Australia. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  5. "Orient Mail Passengers". South Australian Register. LIII (13, 067). South Australia. 29 September 1888. p. 5. Retrieved 18 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia..
  6. Historic England. "Fox and Anchor public house (1052278)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  7. "Latham Withall". East Melbourne Historical Society. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  8. "Industry has fine new base to watch interests". The Mail (Adelaide). 44 (2, 216). South Australia. 27 November 1954. p. 71. Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.


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