William Slater

Who was William Slater?

William Slater was an English architect who was born in Northamptonshire and practised in London. He joined R. C. Carpenter as his first pupil, and for some years lived with the Carpenter family. Slater became Carpenter's assistant, and later left him to establish an independent practice with another of Carpenter's pupils, William Smith. Together, from 1852, Slater and Smith designed Loughborough Town Hall, a parsonage, and restored three churches. However Carpenter died in 1855 at the age of 42, and Slater was persuaded to take over his practice. In 1857 Carpenter's son Richard Herbert Carpenter joined him as a pupil, and became a partner in 1863.