William Larkins Bernard (1 October 1843 in Taunton – 22 July 1922) was an English architect, active in Bristol and London member of the FRIBA., accessed 25 November 2008
Career Bernard was apprenticed to Charles Edward Davis, of Bath, Somerset, between 1863 and 1868.Charles Edward Davis at scottisharchitects.org.uk, accessed 25 November 2008 Among his own later pupils was Richard Croft James (1872–1949, of Clifton College) who was articled to him at Bristol from 1889 to 1892.Richard Croft James at scottisharchitects.org.uk, accessed 25 November 2008 Bernard was President of the Bristol Society of Architects in 1898,Princess Charlotte obelisk at kcl.ac.uk, accessed 25 November 2008 having previously acted as its honorary secretary, 1888–1890.Mace, Angela, Architecture in Manuscript, 1601-1996: Guide to the British Architectural Library Manuscripts and Archives Collection (Mansell, 1998), page 66 available at books.google.com He is also recorded in 1893 as a Somerset member of the Sanitary Institute.Transactions of the Sanitary Institute (Offices of the Sanitary Institute, 1893), page 484 available at books.google.com By 1894, he was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.Transactions of the Sanitary Institute (Sanitary Institute of Great Britain, 1894), p. 285
He had an extensive practice as a school architect.Gomme, Andor, Michael Jenner, & Bryan D. G. Little, Bristol, an Architectural History (Lund Humphries, 1979), p. 430 In 1889, his offices were at 8, St Stephen's Chambers, Baldwin Street, Bristol,The Kalendar of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1889, p. 44 and he was at the same address in 1904.The Kalendar of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1904, p. 65
The firm of W. L. Bernard & Sons of Bristol was still active in the 1930s, after Bernard's death, with offices at 26, Orchard Street.The History of Frenchay Hospital 1930–1940 at jbinternet.plus.com, accessed 25 November 2008
Major works Queen Victoria House, Redland Hill, Bristol, 1886 (built for Waynflete Private School for Boys, later used as Bristol Maternity Hospital, now offices) Vestry at St John the Baptist Church, Frenchay, 1887Parish Magazine 1887 - Parish of Winterbourne at frenchaymuseumarchives.co.uk, accessed 25 November 2008 Restoration of Buckingham Baptist Chapel, Clifton, 1890Bristol Baptist Churches at blueyonder.co.uk, accessed 25 November 2008 Fairfield Grammar School, Fairlawn Road, Montpelier, BristolAbout Bristol Suburbs Montpelier Fairfield School at about-bristol.co.uk, accessed 25 November 2008
References
External links Library of the Bristol Society of Architects University of Bristol Library Special Collections