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The basics
Quick facts
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British architect (1816-1880), based in Nottingham
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Male
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Birth:
1816
Death:
16 March 1880
The details
Biography
Introduction
Thomas Simpson (1816 - 16 March 1880) was an English architect based in Nottingham.
Career
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.
Notable works
- Shakespeare Street Wesleyan Reform Chapel, Nottingham 1854 (now Syagogue)
- Hutchinson and Armitage, grocers and seed merchants, Poultry, Nottingham 1862
- Great Alfred Street Chapel, (United Methodist), Alfred Street, Nottingham 1864-65
- New Dining Hall New, 5 Byard Lane, Nottingham 1865-66
- Temporary building for the Nottingham and Midland Counties’ Industrial Exhibition, Shakespere Street, Nottingham 1865-66
- Nottingham High School 1866-67
- Methodist Free Church, Cheetham 1868-69
- Nottingham Mechanics' Institute 1869
- New Methodist Free Church, Pye Bank 1870-71
- Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Mansfield Road, Nottingham 1872
- School room for Queen's Walk Congregational Church, Nottingham 1872-73
- Exeter Hall, Peachey Street/Mansfield Road, Nottingham 1874-76