Thomas Simpson (architect of Nottingham)
Thomas Simpson (1816 - 16 March 1880) was an English architect based in Nottingham.[1]
Career
[edit]He married Charlotte Lovett (1819-1848) in the Wesleyan Chapel, Melton Mowbray and they had the following children:
- Alfred Simpson (1844-1847)
- Mary Ann Simpson (1846-1939)
- Charlotte Simpson (1848-1916)
He married Rebecca Goodacre (1820-1899) on 17 April 1849 in St Paul’s Church, Nottingham and they had the following child:
- Arthur Herbert Simpson (1854-1933)
He represented St Mary’s Ward on the Nottingham Town Council, and later the Trent Ward. He died at his house in Baker Street, Nottingham on 16 March 1880.[2]
Notable works
[edit]- Shakespeare Street Wesleyan Reform Chapel, Nottingham 1854[3] (later a synagogue, and now part of Nottingham Trent University)
- Hutchinson and Armitage, grocers and seed merchants, Poultry, Nottingham 1862[4]
- Great Alfred Street Chapel, (United Methodist), Alfred Street, Nottingham 1864-65
- New Dining Hall, 5 Byard Lane, Nottingham 1865-66[5]
- Temporary building for the Nottingham and Midland Counties’ Industrial Exhibition, Shakespere Street, Nottingham 1865-66[6]
- Nottingham High School 1866-67[7]
- Methodist Free Church, Cheetham 1868-69[8]
- Nottingham Mechanics' Institute 1869[9]
- New Methodist Free Church, Pye Bank 1870-71[10]
- Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Mansfield Road, Nottingham 1872[11]
- School room for Queen's Walk Congregational Church, Nottingham 1872-73[12]
- Exeter Hall, Peachey Street/Mansfield Road, Nottingham 1874-76[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 2 (L-Z). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 619. ISBN 082645514X.
- ^ "Death of Mr. Thomas Simpson". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 18 March 1880. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Historic England. "Synagogue and attached area railings (1255018)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "The New Street". Nottingham Journal. England. 22 December 1862. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Harwood, Elain (2008). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. p. 94. ISBN 9780300126662.
- ^ "Nottingham Industrial Exhibition". Nottingham Journal. England. 13 September 1865. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Historic England. "Nottingham High School (1246248)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "A New Methodist Free Church". Nottingham Journal. England. 27 March 1869. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The New Mechanics' Hall and Rooms". Nottingham Journal. England. 9 January 1869. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The New Methodist Free Church at Bye-Bank". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 10 June 1870. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Opening of a New Wesleyan Chapel in Nottingham". Nottingham Journal. England. 20 September 1872. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Laying the memorial stone of a new Congregational school". Nottingham Journal. England. 4 October 1874. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The proposed new Exeter Hall". Nottingham Journal. England. 25 June 1874. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.