Alexander Nelson Hansell

Alexander Nelson Hansell (6 October 1857[1]: 103–104 [note 1] – 1940) was a British architect known primarily for his activities in Kobe, Japan.

In 1891 he became a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects[2][note 2] He had an apprentice named Yokoyama Eikichi.

[1]: 103–104 His father Peter Hansell was a British[4]: 173  pastor,[1]: 103–104  who had been rector of Kingsdon, Somerset before being appointed as Consular Chaplain of Caen on 11 October 1853.

He worked teaching English at a seminary on Lot 18 of the Kawaguchi foreign settlement in Osaka[1]: 105  before beginning his activities as an architect.

[4]: 178–179 Hansell's personal residence, known as the Choueke House, is now run as a tourist attraction, located on Yamamoto-dōri in Chūō-ku, Kobe.