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Henry Richard Yeoville Yardley Thomason (17 July 1826 – 19 July 1901) was a British architect active in Birmingham. He was born in Edinburgh to a Birmingham family, and set up his own practice in Birmingham 1853–54.[1]
Life
Yeoville Thomason was a grandson of Sir Edward Thomason, a silversmith and medallist in Birmingham, and son of Henry Botfield Thomason and Elizabeth Yardley.
He was a pupil of Charles Edge, and after qualifying as an architect he worked for the borough surveyor. He designed the Council House after winning a competition.
As architect to Birmingham, Dudley and District Banking Company he designed several bank buildings in the area.[1]
He retired in 1896. He died in 1901 and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.
Significant works
He designed, amongst others:
- In Birmingham:
- The Council House and its immediate extension, the original Art Gallery, 1874–85, Grade II* listed[2]
- Singers Hill Synagogue, 1856, Grade II* listed[3]
- Great Hampton Works, 80–82 Great Hampton Street, Hockley, c 1880, Grade II* listed[4]
- Union Club, 85–89 Colmore Row, on the corner with Newhall Street, now called Bamford's Trust House, 1870, Grade II listed[5] The new building was noted by the Illustrated London News in 1869.
- Birmingham Banking Company, Bennetts Hill, Birmingham. Designed new entrance in 1868. Became Midland Bank.[6] Grade II listed[7]
- 38 Benetts Hill, 1868–70, Grade II listed[8]
- Highcroft Hospital, Main Building, Highcroft Road, Erdington (former Aston Union Workhouse). 1869, Grade II listed[9][10]
- Birmingham Town and District Bank, 63 Colmore Row, Birmingham. (1867–69) Head Office later to become part of Barclays Bank, facade later remodelled by Peacock and Bewlay.[11]
- Lewis's department store, Corporation Street, 1886, (demolished 1929 and replaced by a seven storey building), Birmingham's first iron and concrete building[12]
- Acocks Green Chapel, Warwick Green, Acocks Green, 1860 (closed in 1956).
- St Asaph's Church, Birmingham 1868 (demolished 1961)
- St John the Baptist's church, Harborne (destroyed by enemy action, 1941)
- Elsewhere:
References
- ^ a b "Yeoville Thomason (1826-1901)". The Victoria Web. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ Historic England. "Council House (1210333)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2006.
- ^ Historic England. "Singers Hill Synagogue (1075712)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2006.
- ^ Historic England. "Great Hampton Works (1075544)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2006.
- ^ Historic England. "Union Club (1210201)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2006.
- ^ Birmingham, Douglas Hickman, 1970 Studio Vista. p25
- ^ Historic England. "Birmingham Banking Company (1075753)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2006.
- ^ Historic England. "38 Benetts Hill (1075754)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2006.
- ^ Historic England. "Highcroft Hospital (1351967)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2006.
- ^ Historic England. "Highcroft Hospital front entrance (1351968)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2006.
- ^ Birmingham, Douglas Hickman, 1970 Studio Vista. p35
- ^ Birmingham Buildings, The Architectural Story of a Midland City, Bryan Little, 1971, ISBN 0-7153-5295-4
- ^ The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1968 Penguin. p81