Francis Houlton Wrench LRIBA AMICE (29 August 1869 - 17 November 1939) was an architect based in Sheffield.
He was born in 1869 in Baslow, Derbyshire, the son of Lieut-Colonel Edward Mason Wrench MVO, VD, FRCS (1833-1912) and Anne Eliza Kirk (1831-1920). He was educated at Drapersâ College, High Road, Tottenham and then University College, Sheffield from 1886 to 1889. He was then articled to Messrs. T. Meik & Sons from 1889 to 1890, then the Eyemouth Railway & Harbour company 1891âÂÂ93. In 1895 he joined Sheffield Corporation Architectsâ Department at a salary of ã150 per annum.
He commenced independent practice in Sheffield in 1901 and was appointed LRIBA in 1910.
He married Georginia Charlotte Curll on 30 December 1892 in Edinburgh. They had two children:
He lived in Sheffield for many years.
He was junior engineer in the City Engineersâ Department. He lived at Upperthorpe until 1935 and was churchwarden at St Stephen's Church.
He was a member of the Sheffield Architectsâ Society, a Freeman of the City of London, and a member of the Worshipful Company of Drapers of London.
He died at The Hall Cottage, East Markham in November 1939 and left an estate valued at ã7,815.