Alexander MacPherson

[2] Although born in Nottingham he worked for the majority of his career in and around Derby, where he had moved in 1880.

He was however, perhaps happiest designing in the Tudor style made popular during the Arts and Crafts movement.

In later years he increasingly adopted the classical style, his work for the Walker Okeover family of Osmaston Manor, Derbyshire, being a good example of this period in his career.

His last known major work, Bemrose School in Derby, is a powerful essay in the pared down classical style (1928–30), which has recently been altered.

Two conservation areas within the City of Derby, Chester Green and Nottingham Road have, however, been created to protect his buildings.