History
Matthew Ellison Hadfield founded the Practice in 1834 at the age of 22 years.
His first commission was to design a monument to the 402 citizens of Sheffield who died in the cholera epidemic of 1832.
The foundation stone for the Cholera Monument was laid on 11 December 1834, the same day as the inaugural meeting of the Institute of Architecture, which later received its Royal Charter in 1837.
On completion of the Monument in May 1835, ME Hadfield assisted the well known architect PF Robinson on a competition entry for the new Houses of Parliament, one of only four proposals to gain a premium.
He collaborated with John Grey Weightman for four years before they formally established a Partnership in 1838.
Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson became a Limited Company on 1st April 2008, after trading as an unbroken line of partnership from the time of the Industrial Revolution to the present.