Fonds GB 0210 RICSALL - R. E. Bonsall Papers,

Richard Emrys Bonsall (1908-1982) was an architect in the Aberystwyth area, Cardiganshire. He was educated at Ardwyn school, Aberystwyth, and afterwards apprenticed to the architect Gilbert Thomas Bassett. Before doing his RIBA examination he became Bassett's chief assistant. From 1940 until 1945 he worked at the Royal Ordnance Factories Planning Department. He then worked at University College Aberystwyth's Planning Department, and undertook commissions including alterations to hotels in Llangollen, Denbighshire, and Oswestry, Shropshire, and new houses in Aberystwyth. He died in 1982.