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{{Short description|English architect}}
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[[File:King Edward VI School Birmingham.jpg|right|thumb|King Edward's School, Edgbaston]]
'''Holland William Hobbiss''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|FRIBA}} (8 February 1880 – 22 July 1970) was an English architect in the [[Birmingham]] area. He traded under the names ''Holland W. Hobbiss and Partners'' and ''Holland W. Hobbiss and M. A. H. Hobbiss''.
==Life==
Hobbiss was born in Birmingham on 8 February 1880, the eldest son of Henry Hobbiss, a
In 1914 Hobbiss won a national competition (and a 25
His signature [[brick]] pattern was [[Brickwork#
A number of his buildings were decorated by the sculptor [[William Bloye]].
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He designed:
* St Mark's Church House, Washwood Heath, 1909–10
* Fox and Goose pub, Washwood Heath, 1913
* The Bear Public House, Stratford Road, [[Sparkhill]]
* [[The Antelope, Birmingham]], Stratford Road, Sparkhill 1922 [[Listed building|Listed]] Grade II in 1991<ref>{{NHLE|num=1276234|desc=|accessdate=5 March 2017}}</ref> (with Bloye sculptures)
* [[Saint Giles|St Giles]], Church Road, [[Rowley Regis]], 1923 with [[A. S. Dixon]].<ref>''The Buildings of England: Worcestershire'', Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p89</ref>
* The [[Guild of Students]], [[University of Birmingham]], 1928-30. Extended 1948-51 and 1960. (with Bloye sculptures)
* [[Queen's College, Edgbaston|Queens College]], Somerset Road, Edgbaston. Residential block and lodge 1929-30, chapel 1938-47
* Pitmaston, formerly the Ideal Benefit Society Building, Goodby Road, Edgbaston, 1930-1. [[Listed building|Listed]] Grade II in 2002<ref>{{NHLE |num=1393669 |desc=Pitmaston House|grade=II |accessdate=24 April 2015}}</ref>
* [[Christ Church, Ward End|Christ Church, Burney Lane, Ward End]], 1935<ref name=pev66/> (with [[William Bloye|Bloye]] sculptures) [[Listed building|Listed]] Grade II in 2009<ref>{{NHLE|num=1393385|desc=|accessdate=5 March 2017}}</ref>
* St Mary and St John, Alum Rock Road, 1934-5 <ref name=pev66/>
*St Francis' Hall, University of Birmingham, 1936. Extended 1968-9.▼
* 53 Church Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham (now the Westbourne Centre), 1935<ref name="Foster">{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Andy |title=Birmingham |date=2005 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=9780300107319 |page=227}}</ref>
* Crematorium and chapel at [[Lodge Hill Cemetery]] in [[Selly Oak]], 1936–37
* Three Tuns Hotel, Lichfield Street, [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]], opened 1937 <ref>{{cite news |title=Tamworth's Newest House Opened - The "Three Tuns" |work=Lichfield Mercury |date=17 December 1937 |page=11 |accessdate=30 September 2014 |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000379%2f19371217%2f255| via= [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* Holy Cross church, Brigfield Road, Billesley Common, 1937<ref name=pev66/>
* [[King Edward's School, Birmingham|King Edward's School]], 1937-47. He rebuilt and clad with brick the upper corridor of the New Street ([[Charles Barry]]) King Edward's school as the current chapel, 1952-3. Chapel listed [[Grade II listed]]<ref>{{
* [[King Edward VI High School for Girls]], 1937-47.
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* [[Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI]], Foundation Offices.▼
*Chemical Engineering Building, University of Birmingham, 1960 (''Holland W. Hobbiss and Partners'')<ref name=pev66>''The Buildings of England: Warwickshire'', Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood, 1966, 2003, {{ISBN|0-300-09679-8}}</ref>▼
* The Copcut Elm, Salwarpe, 1937<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Alan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3sG9568rRJsC&dq=Holland+W+Hobbiss&pg=PA589 |title=Worcestershire |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |date=2007-01-01 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-11298-6 |language=en}}</ref>
*Edgbaston High School for Girls, 1960 (''Holland W. Hobbiss and Partners'')▼
▲* Chemical Engineering Building, University of Birmingham, 1960 (''Holland W. Hobbiss and Partners'')<ref name=pev66>''The Buildings of England: Warwickshire'', Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood, 1966, 2003, {{ISBN|0-300-09679-8}}</ref>
▲*[[Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI]], Foundation Offices.
▲* Edgbaston High School for Girls, 1960 (''Holland W. Hobbiss and Partners'')
▲* St Francis' Hall, University of Birmingham, 1936. Extended 1968-9.
He also designed a number of unnamed houses in Amesbury Road and Russell Road in Moseley.<ref>
He completed the west end of [[St Gregory the Great's Church, Small Heath]] in 1926-1928 Listed [[Grade II listed]] in 1994 <ref>{{NHLE|num=1234443|desc=|accessdate=5 March 2017}}</ref>
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