Stephen Salter (architect)

Stephen junior grew up at Egrove Farm near Kennington, Berkshire and continued to live with his parents after qualifying as an architect.

[1] He was a pigeon-fancier like his father, but on 26 November 1891 he wrote to Lady Oglander to say that his time had become more fully occupied with architectural work, and hence he had given up all connection with Cage Bird Societies.

After the birth his wife appears to have stayed in Maidenhead with baby Ina, while he occupied five rooms at his father's house at Pondwell on the Isle of Wight: the fact that he spent a good deal of time at Pondwell after his marriage is evidenced by the fact that in September 1894 he (unsuccessfully) applied to get added to the voters' list there as a resident.

They were living at Foxcombe Hill just outside Oxford when their second child Joan Houlton Salter (registered with her middle spelt Holton) was born on 26 October 1901: she was baptised at New Hinksey Church on 30 July 1902.

On 24 November 1914 Stephen Salter's wife Florence petitioned for divorce, stating that her husband had been violent towards her since 1900 and had "frequently committed adultery with divers women".

[6] On 19 September 1956 Stephen Salter died at Albion Villa, The Diggings, St Helen's, Isle of Wight at the age of 94.

In 1877 Stephen Salter was articled to Frederick Codd, Architect and Surveyor to the City of Oxford[7] who in turn had been a pupil of William Wilkinson.

He received a thorough artist's training at the Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford, and after assisting in various London and provincial architects' offices commenced practice at Pondwell, Ryde, Isle of Wight in 1885.

[10] Salter kept his office at 2–3 High Street until 1914, when he was expelled from the Royal Institute of British Architects[11] and left Oxford, returning to the Isle of Wight.