Roddis & Nourse
Foundation date: 1900 (Probable)
Active: 1900 - 1951
Function: Sculptors, monumental masons
Policy: Listed for the first time as a business under 'Sculptors' in the 1900 Trades Directory. Listed in Kelly's Trade Directory (1941) as Architectural and Monumental Sculptors.
History or description: A business established by Philip Henry Nourse (1857-1941) who was born in Hereford and lived in Much Dewchurch for some or all of his childhood. Nourse worked as a builder and contractor around 1871 and then by 1884 had moved to Aston, Birmingham where he was a sculptor's manager (c.1891). By 1901 he was a partner in (and probably proprietor of) a sculpture and monumental masonry business, which he acquired from Eliza (Elizabeth) Roddis widow of John Roddis around this date. The firm retained the founder's name and traded as Roddis and Nourse until at least 1951. In 1901 Nourse's son Philip H (born c.1880 in Leominster, Herefordshire) was working as a stone and wood carver and another son, Arthur (born c. 1884 in Aston, Birmingham) was a stonemason. The firm continued to trade until after 1951 and was presumably run by one of his sons, probably from sometime in the 1930s.
Locations
Address 45 Aston Road North Birmingham | View on map
1900 - 1901
Address 47 Aston Road Birmingham | View on map
1900 - 1901
Business located at Witton Road Witton Birmingham | View on map
1911 (Presumed)
Business located at Brookvale Road Witton Birmingham | View on map
1921 (Presumed)
Business located at 223 and 225 Brookvale Road Witton Birmingham | View on map
1931 (Presumed) - 1951 (Presumed)
Associated People
Business started by John Roddis
John Roddis founded a stone carving and sculpture business that was continued by his widow, Eliza (Elizabeth) Roddis till the late 1890s when the firm was (probably) purchased by Philip Henry Nourse (1857-1941).
Business started by Eliza (Elizabeth) W. Roddis
This firm grew out of a stone carving and sculpture business founded by John Roddis (c.1839-1887) and continued by his widow, Eliza (Elizabeth) Roddis till the late 1890s when the firm was (probably) purchased by Philip Henry Nourse (1857-1941).
Trade name of Philip Henry Nourse
1900 - 1941 (Circa)
Philip Henry probably retired from the firm prior to this date and it was continued by one of his sons
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1900 Kelly's Trade Directories
1900
Listed under 'Sculpture'.
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades, Official and Adverts 1901 Kelly's Trades Directories
1901
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1921 Kelly's Trades Directories
1921
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Birmingham Trades and Professional Directory, 1941 Kelly's Trades Directorires
1941
Listed as 'Architectural and Monumental sculptors'.
Listed under sculptor Kelly's Directory of Birmingham (with its suburbs) and Smethwick (with street plan), 1951 Kelly's Trades Directories
1951
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1911 Kelly's Trades Directories
1911
Listed as 'Monumental Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1921 Kelly's Trades Directories
1921
Listed as 'Monumental Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham with its suburbs and Smethwick, 1931 Kelly's Trades Directories
1931
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Birmingham Trades and Professional Directory, 1941 Kelly's Trades Directorires
1941
Listed as 'Monumental Masons' and as 'Stone and Marble Masons'.
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham (with its suburbs) and Smethwick (with street plan), 1951 Kelly's Trades Directories
1951
Listed under Stone Masons Kelly's Directory of Birmingham (with its suburbs) and Smethwick (with street plan), 1951 Kelly's Trades Directories
1951
Listed as 'Monumental Masons'.
Sources
Kelly's Birmingham Trades and Professional Directory, 1941 Kelly's Trades Directorires
1941
p. 1747, p. 1813 and p. 1858.
Kelly's Birmingham Directory, Trades Section, 1921 Kelly's Trades Directories
1921
p. 1154.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham (with its suburbs) and Smethwick (with street plan), 1951 Kelly's Trades Directories
1951
p. 1950, p. 2074 and p. 2132.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham with its suburbs and Smethwick, 1931 Kelly's Trades Directories
1931
p. 1409.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1911 Kelly's Trades Directories
1911
p. 1020.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades, Official and Adverts 1901 Kelly's Trades Directories
1901
p. 899.
Citing this record
'Roddis & Nourse', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib4_1209551318, accessed 20 May 2022]
