Joseph Morris was a British architect.
Family and career Joseph was the father of Francis Edward Morris, A RIBA (1872–1908), who was articled to him in 1887 and was his professional partner 1895–1905.Brodie, page 214 Joseph Morris was the Berkshire County Surveyor 1872–1905.Pevsner, 1966, page 309 Joseph, a Quaker, was the father of at least two daughters, Violet Morris, also an architect, and Olive Morris, wood carver and engineer. He lived for a time at the Agapemonites settlement in the Quantocks.
In 1908 Joseph was in partnership with his son Henry Silver Morris, LRIBA.
A biographical article was published by the Ancient Monuments Society, Morris of Reading: A Family of Architects 1836-1958.
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Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Chapel, North Block St. Paul's parish church, Highmoor, Oxfordshire, 1859Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 649 Church of the Ark of the Covenant, Stamford Hill originally the Agapemonite church, nowadays the Georgian Orthodox Cathedral of the nativity of the Lord. 1892/95LondonChurchBuildings.com retrieved 27/2/2022 Houses, 7–25 Station Road, Reading, Berkshire, 1901–03 (with F. E. Morris)Pevsner, 1966, page 205*Cordes Hall, Sunninghill, Berkshire, 1902 (with F. E. Morris)Pevsner, 1966, page 233 Police Station, Rectory Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, 1904 Police Station, Broadway, Maidenhead, Berkshire, 1906Pevsner, 1966, page 174
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