Major Rohde Hawkins

He is the Government architect for all these schools &c &c."[5] Hawkins and his wife Mary lived at Redlands, South Holmwood,[1] which he designed.

[6] Hawkins studied under the wealthy London architect Thomas Cubitt,[7] designer of Queen Victoria's Osborne House in the Isle of Wight.

[8] He then explored his father's interest in antiquities, spending time studying in Asia Minor (now Turkey).

[9] Hawkins is known today mainly for schools such as the Châteauesque Royal Victoria Patriotic Building in Wandsworth[10] and Gothic style churches.

[9] After his death, an auction of his "Objects of Art" on 9 June 1891 by Christie, Manson & Woods included ancient Chinese Cloisonné enamels, Japanese ivory carvings, bijouterie, old Persian, Venetian and French metal work, and Old Nankin, powdered blue and other enamelled Chinese porcelain.

Hawkins designed South Holmwood Church, and is buried there.
The school of the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum (1859) is one of Hawkins's most impressive buildings.