Banister Fletcher (senior)

Banister Fletcher (11 August 1833 – 5 July 1899) was an English architect and surveyor and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1886.

He is mainly remembered for A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method (1895), written with his son Sir Banister Fletcher, which remains in print.

He published Model Houses for the Industrial Classes the following year, the first of many books, several of which were handbooks for architects, surveyors, and the building trade.

[3] Fletcher was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Chippenham on 24 November 1885,[4] making his maiden speech the following year on the topic of excise duties on herb beer.

Their son, also named Banister Fletcher, became a noted architect who co-authored A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method with his father.