Basic Biographical Details Name: | Thomas Cecil Howitt | Designation: | | Born: | 1889 | Died: | 1968 | Bio Notes: | Thomas Cecil Howitt was born in 1889 and came of a family of Nottingham architects of that name, but it was to Albert Nelson Bromley of Nottingham that he was articled in 1904-07, remaining with him as an assistant until at least 1911 when he passed the qualifying exam. During that period he took classes at Nottingham University and School of Art and at the Architectural Association in London. He was admitted ARIBA on 4 December 1911, his proposers being Bromley, Arthur William Brewill and Robert Evans, all of Nottingham. In 1914 he was still an assistant, living at Hucknall Torkard near Nottingham.
Howitt came into prominence with his competition win for the Nottingham Council House, built in 1927-29, which brought him a national reputation. His only Scottish work was the Edinburgh Savings Bank in Hanover Street, designed in association with the Edinburgh executant architect, William Paterson of Oldrieve Bell & Paterson. Its American Greek Revival treatment infused with Early Italian Renaissance detail was closely modelled on Howitt's earlier (1931-32) Birmingham Municipal Bank but in a more compact form. Both of these buildings probably owed much to Leonard Cecil Howitt who graduated B Arch from the Liverpool School of Architecture in 1925.
Thomas Cecil Howitt died in 1968. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England | Business | | | | | Brooklyn, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England | Private | Before 1911 | After 1914 | |
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Albert Nelson Bromley | 1904 | 1907 | Apprentice | | | Albert Nelson Bromley | 1907 | After 1911 | Assistant | |
Employees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Joseph Lea Gleave | | | Assistant | | | Leonard Lloyd-Smith | 1949 | 1954 | Assistant | |
RIBARIBA ProposersRIBA ProposalsThis proposed the following individuals for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | John Walter Mackenzie Dudding | 12 December 1944 | for Fellowship |
Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | 1939 | Trustee Savings Bank | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | In collaboration with executant architect William Wilson Paterson |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building | 13 September 1968 | v215 | | p93 - obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A v20 no2226 (microfilm reel 21) |
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