Ernest Gimson
(1864-1919)

Died aged c. 55

Ernest William Gimson (/ˈdʒɪmsən/; 21 December 1864 – 12 August 1919) was an English furniture designer and architect. Gimson was described by the art critic Nikolaus Pevsner as "the greatest of the English architect-designers". Today his reputation is securely established as one of the most influential designers of the English Arts and Crafts movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Ernest William Gimson Born Leicester 21st December 1864 Died Sapperton 12th August 1919 Arts and crafts architect and designer lived here 1870 - 1886

The Belmont Hotel, 18 New Walk, Leicester, United Kingdom where they lived

Fleece Inn. On this side of the archway, 18th century; on the other, 17th. At the rear from 1900-1902 was the workshop of Ernest Gimson and Ernest Barnsley, Cotswold architects and designers

41 Market Place, Cirencester, United Kingdom where they worked near