Thomas Nicholson (architect)
Thomas Nicholson (1823–1895) was a British architect. He is known for designing the Church of St Michael and All Angels in Forden, Powys in Wales.[1][2][3] Among his other Welsh churches were St James, Swansea and St Gabriel, Swansea.
Career
[edit]Nicholson became the Hereford Diocese Architect and was working in St Peter's Street, Hereford in 1865.[4] He had an extensive practice in the Welsh Marches. In 1855 he extended the church at Stoke Prior started by Thomas Duckham. He was involved together with Stephen W Williams in laying out the new town at Llandrindod Wells.[5] Nicholson laid out the 'Pump House' Estate portion of the development.[6] In 1867-69, he undertook the restoration of the Church of St James, Kinnersley.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Thomas Nicholson". Stained Glass in Wales. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ "Thomas Nicholson". Imagining the Bible in Wales database. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ Mervyn Hughes (1994). Thomas Nicholson - Architect: 1823 -1895. St Edburg's Primary School.
- ^ Antonia Brodie (ed) Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol 2, pg1005-6, British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects, 2001
- ^ "Stephen W. Williams 2".
- ^ R Scourfield and R Haslam "The Buildings of Wales: Powys; Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire" Yale University Press 2013, 347-60
- ^ A Brooks and N Pevsner "The Buildings of England: Herefordshire" Yale University Press 2012, 408-409
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