Basil Baily


Captain Basil Edgar Baily FRIBA was an architect based in Nottingham. Much of his earlier work had to do with nearby churches.

Background and family

Basil Baily was born in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, son of the architect Charles Baily. He married first May Clayton and lived in Bulcote Manor. He went on to marry Eleanor Corah in 1928. On his death in 1942, he was living at Bowyers Court, Wisborough Green, Suffolk.

Architect career

He was articled in 1885 in the offices of Martin and Hardy, Brewing and Malting engineers, then Sir Ernest George and Harold Ainsworth Peto. He worked independently in Newark-on-Trent from 1891, and then in partnership with Arthur Brewill from 1894 until 1922. He was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects on 2 December 1901.
Later he formed a partnership with Albert Edgar Eberlin as Baily & Eberlin.

Buildings

Baily was promoted to Second Lieutenant in the Robin Hood Rifles on 11 December 1895, then Captain in 1900. He was appointed a temporary Major on 19 December 1914. He was injured in combat in April 1915 and lost a hand.