Fred Baker (architect)
Fred Baker (born 1874) was an English architect working in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Life Fred Baker was articled to the Lincoln architects Michael Drury in 1890 and to William Watkins from 1891 to 1895. He was then an assistant to the Lincoln architects William Scorer, J. H. Cooper and William Watkins. In 1910 he qualified as LRIBA and had set up his own practice in Lincoln by 1918 and continued working until 1935. Most of the work he undertook was in housing development in Lincoln. His son was Tom Baker, Director of Lincoln Libraries, Museum and Art Gallery, until 1974. Work 47 & 48 Silver Street. St Peter's Chamber. Recently Zucchini's. Offices and showrooms. 1920. White faced glazed terracotta, by one of the Lancashire manufacturers such as Shaw's Glazed Brick Company of Darwen, Lancashire. An Italianate/Neo Georgian design by the Three storeys facing Silver Street with five bays, corner bay, corner bay, and two bays facing St Peter's Court. Former Curtis & Mawer Department Store, later Courts. Silver Street, Lincoln. 1922. The building is faced in white Doulton Carrara Ware Terracotta which was produced at the Doulton brickworks at Rowley Regis in Warwickshire. Examples of use of Carrara ware include the