Ralph Heaton (1857–?)
Entry 76
Birmingham, England
Educated privately and abroad, in 1875 Heaton was articled to Birmingham
architect Thomson Plevins. Heaton began his own practice in 1881, and
went into a ten-year partnership with AE Dempster in 1884. He designed
shops
and churches, warehouses, banks and homes. He was a member of the Birmingham
Architectural Association.
Heaton’s plan is a consistent study in concentric circles and radiating
streets. Parliament is at the centre of this massive cobweb. Four main
boulevards lead to the cardinal points of the compass. It is a very impractical
design.
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