Thomas Simpson (architect of Nottingham)

Not to be confused with Thomas Simpson (architect).

Thomas Simpson (1816 - 16 March 1880) was an English architect based in Nottingham.^[1]

Shakespeare Street Wesleyan Reform Chapel 1854

Nottingham High School 1866-67

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.^[2]

Notable works

• Shakespeare Street Wesleyan Reform Chapel, Nottingham 1854^[3] (later a synagogue, and now part of Nottingham Trent University)
• Hutchinson and Armitage, grocers and seed merchants, Poultry, Nottingham 1862^[4]
• Great Alfred Street Chapel, (United Methodist), Alfred Street, Nottingham 1864-65
• New Dining Hall, 5 Byard Lane, Nottingham 1865-66^[5]
• Temporary building for the Nottingham and Midland Counties’ Industrial Exhibition, Shakespere Street, Nottingham 1865-66^[6]
• Nottingham High School 1866-67^[7]
• Methodist Free Church, Cheetham 1868-69^[8]
• Nottingham Mechanics' Institute 1869^[9]
• New Methodist Free Church, Pye Bank 1870-71^[10]
• Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Mansfield Road, Nottingham 1872^[11]
• School room for Queen's Walk Congregational Church, Nottingham 1872-73^[12]
• Exeter Hall, Peachey Street/Mansfield Road, Nottingham 1874-76^[13]

References

1. Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol 2 (L-Z). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 619. ISBN 082645514X.
2. "Death of Mr. Thomas Simpson". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 18 March 1880. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. Historic England. "Synagogue and attached area railings (1255018)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
4. "The New Street". Nottingham Journal. England. 22 December 1862. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. Harwood, Elain (2008). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. p. 94. ISBN 9780300126662.
6. "Nottingham Industrial Exhibition". Nottingham Journal. England. 13 September 1865. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. Historic England. "Nottingham High School (1246248)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
8. "A New Methodist Free Church". Nottingham Journal. England. 27 March 1869. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "The New Mechanics' Hall and Rooms". Nottingham Journal. England. 9 January 1869. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "The New Methodist Free Church at Bye-Bank". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 10 June 1870. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "Opening of a New Wesleyan Chapel in Nottingham". Nottingham Journal. England. 20 September 1872. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. "Laying the memorial stone of a new Congregational school". Nottingham Journal. England. 4 October 1874. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
13. "The proposed new Exeter Hall". Nottingham Journal. England. 25 June 1874. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.