British architect. He studied under Sir George Gilbert Scott, and was responsible for many restorations of and additions to libraries, public schools, and colleges. His work can be seen at Eton, Harrow, Rugby, the Inner Temple, the Bodleian Library, and the New Examination Schools at Oxford.
He is best remembered for his work at Oxford for various colleges as well as the university, notably: the Examination Schools, most of Hertford College (including the Bridge of Sighs over New College Lane}, much of Brasenose College, and a range at Trinity College. Much of his career was devoted to the architecture of education and he worked extensively for various schools, notably Giggleswick and his own alma mater Brighton College.He was educated at Brighton College and then Wadham College, Oxford, before being articled as a pupil to Sir George Gilbert Scott.
A stone memorial tablet to Sir Thomas was erected in the chapel of Brighton College, part of which he had built as a First World War memorial in 1922–23.
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