William Keay


William Keay was an English civil engineer and architect particularly associated with works in Leicestershire.

Career

Born in Leicester, Keay began his career as a civil engineer working with Everard, Son and Pick from 1911, while also developing his own partnership and extending into architecture.
In 1923 his practice merged with the Pick Everard practice, which was joined by Martin Gimson in 1925 to become Pick, Everard, Keay and Gimson. Keay was also county architect for Leicestershire County Council with an office in the medieval Castle House in the Leicester Castle Close. In this role, his projects included:
Other works included:
During the 1930s, he made a detailed record and carried out archaeological excavations on the site of Ulverscroft Priory in Charnwood Forest.
He lived for a time in Glenfield at a house called "The Gynsills", formerly owned by the Ellis family associated with the Bardon Hill quarrying business, Ellis and Everard.