Frank West Rich (14 August 1840 – 25 February 1929)[1] was an English architect who mainly worked in the Newcastle upon Tyne area.
[2] It appears from the 1861 Census that he trained as a joiner and was 23 before he was articled to William Parnell,[3] an architect in Newcastle upon Tyne.
In 1903 Rich purchased Dues Hill Grange and 3000 acres of land in Holystone, Northumberland, which he subsequently renovated.
[4] Rich designed many buildings in the Newcastle upon Tyne area, including the Watch Club House in Cullercoats (1877–79), Ouseburn School (1893) and St Gabriel's Church in Heaton (1905).
In the 1880s he had the role of architectural consultant to Sir William Armstrong and designed workshops and offices at his Elswick works in Newcastle upon Tyne.