Thomas Ignatius McCarthy
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Thomas Ignatius McCarthy, LRIBA (born 31 January 1880, died 13 Feb 1951) was an architect based in Coalville, Leicestershire.
Early in the twentieth century, Thomas Ignatius McCarthy set up a practice as a surveyor and architect in Coalville, which was a partnership shared with Henry Collings (1880 - 1960). Collings was responsible for the design of the Coalville Clock Tower war memorial - a building admired by Pevsner.
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Examples of work by Thomas Ignatius McCarthy (some possibly in conjunction with Henry Collings):
- Primitive Methodist Church, Marlborough Square, Coalville - 1903
- Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, Parsonwood Hill, Whitwick - 1904[1]
- New Council School, Coalville - 1907[2]
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, 19 High Road, Beeston, Nottinghamshire 1908.
- Olympia Picture House, Coalville - 1910 (demolished 1933)
- South Porch, Saint Andrew's Church, Thringstone - 1911
- The Plaza Cinema, Silver Street, Whitwick - 1914 (destroyed by fire, 1982)[3]
- Hosiery Factory, North Street, Whitwick - 1914 (demolished c 2005)[4]
- Working Men's Co-operative Society, Belvoir Road, Coalvile - 1915[5]
- Extensions to Mowsley Sanatorium - 1918[6]
- Hinckley Isolation Hospital, Ashby Road, tuberculosis pavilion - 1924[7]
- County Sanatorium and Isolation Hospital, Ratby Lane, Markfield - 1932.
- Our Lady of the Angels Roman Catholic Church, (additions) Nuneaton - 1936[8]
References[edit]
- ^ http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Nottingham/Holy-Cross-Whitwick/(language)/eng-GB [dead link]
- ^ The Builder, 19.10.1907
- ^ "Goleicestershire".
- ^ Coalville Times, 24 December 1914
- ^ The Architect and Building News, volume 3, page 224, 1915.
- ^ The Surveyor and Municipal County Engineer, Volume 54, 1918
- ^ "Architects". hinckley.netfirms.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2003.
- ^ "Architects". hinckley.netfirms.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2003.