John Rigby Poyser

John Rigby Poyser LRIBA (1872 – 17 January 1954) was an English architect based in Nottingham.

[1] He was born in 1872 in Nottingham the son of John Rigby Poyser (1836-1892) and Emma Adams (b.

He was articled to Fothergill Watson until 1897 when he became a pupil of Arthur Richard Calvert until 1898.

He started his own practice in Nottingham in 1898 and was based at 3 St Ann's Hill Road but shortly afterwards moved to 3 Queen's Chambers on King Street.

A large portion of his work were Arts and Crafts housing, notably on the St John Grove estate in Beeston and in Attenborough.

Surrey Cottage, 12, and Suffolk Lodge, 14 Glebe Street, Beeston, Nottingham, 1903
Highclere cottage at East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
The Old Library, Nelson, 1908
The Cottage, The Twitchell, Chilwell, Nottingham ca. 1913