For the chairman of the Cornell University Board of Trustees, see
John Lyon Collyer.
Wesleyan Chapel, High Street (now Basford Road), Basford, Nottingham 1874Former Dog and Bear public house,
Bridlesmith Gate 1876
John Collyer (1840 - 12 August 1876) was an architect based in
Nottingham.
History
He was born in 1840 in Calverton, Nottinghamshire, the son of John Collyer and Sarah Windle. He established himself as an architect in Nottingham, initially in offices in Cobden Chambers, Market Street, then on South Parade, and from 1873 in Thurland Street.
He married Martha Sarah Adamson in 1866 in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. He died on 12 August 1876 aged 36.[1]