Thomas Henry Wyatt

Thomas Henry Wyatt ( born May 9, 1807 in County Roscommon, UK; † August 5, 1880 in London) was a British architect.

Wyatt was born in Lough Glin House, the son of the lawyer and police magistrates Matthew Wyatt and was thus with his younger brother Matthew to the last known members of the dynasty of architects of Wyatt in the 18th and 19th centuries. Presumably in 1825 the family moved to Lambeth. Initially, he worked with the architect Philip Hardwick, in which he participated in the establishment of the Goldsmiths' Hall, the train station and Euston from warehouses at St Katharine Docks among others. In 1832 he was appointed District Surveyor of Hackney and opened his own architectural office, which existed until 1851, together with David Brandon. On January 7, 1839 Wyatt was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, of which he was president from 1870 to 1873 and the 1873 Royal Gold Medal awarded him. Among other things, through the support of his uncle Arthur Wyatt he was entrusted with the construction of many public buildings in Wales. Through relations with the nobility Beaufort, he was also awarded contracts for the construction or renovation of several rule for seats. Wyatt designed his buildings in different variants of the then popular classicist and historicist architectural styles, particularly the Italianate, Victorian and Gothic Revival style.

Significant works Wyatt include the renovation of the Llantarnam Abbey, a an unrealized design for the Town Hall of Manchester, as well as the building Paris Church and Manse, Jedburgh.

On August 5, 1880 Wyatt died at his home at 77 Great Russell Street, London. His grave is in the cemetery at Weston Patrick.

Sources and links

• Biography of the Dictionary of Scottish Architects

• Architect ( United Kingdom)
• Briton
• Born in 1807
• Died in 1880
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