THOMAS HENRY WYATT

'Thomas Henry Wyatt', a British architect, (9 May 1807 - 5 August 1880)^[1]. He had a prolific and distinguished career, being elected President of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1870-73^[2]and awarded their Royal Gold Medal for Architecture in 1873^[3]. His reputation during his lifetime was largely as a safe establishment figure and critical assessment has been less favourable more recently, particularly in comparison with his elder brother, the better known Matthew Digby Wyatt.
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Contents

Personal and family life

Career

Training

Practice

Positions

Architectural Works

Wiltshire

Churches

Houses

Public

Other

Monmouthshire

The Hendre

Llantarnam Abbey

Usk Sessions House

Other

London

Knightsbridge Barracks

Other

Somerset

Lancashire including Liverpool

Glamorgan and rest of Wales

Herefordshire

Hampshire

Gloucestershire

Elsewhere

Bibliography

See also

External links

References

Personal and family life

Wyatt was born on 9 May 1807 at Lough-Glin House, co Roscommon. His father was Matthew Wyatt (1773 - 1831) a barrister and police magistrate for Roscommon and Lambeth. Wyatt is presumed to have moved to Lambeth with his father in 1825 and then initially embarked on a career as a merchant sailing to the Mediterranean, particularly Malta.
He married his first cousin Arabella Montagu Wyatt (1807 -1875). She was the second daughter of his uncle Arthur who was agent to the Duke of Beaufort.
He lived at and practised from 77 Great Russell Street. He died there on 5 August 1880 leaving an estate of £30,000. He is buried at Weston Patrick.
The Wyatts had been a significant architectural dynasty across the eighteenth and nineteenth century.

Career

Training

Wyatt's early training was in the the office of Philip Hardwick where he worked until 1832, and was involved in work on Goldsmiths Hall, Euston Station and the warehouses at St Katherine's Dock.

Practice

He began practice on his own account in 1832 when he was appointed District Surveyor for Hackney ( a post he held until 1861). By 1838 he had acquired substantial patronage from the duke of Beaufort, the earl of Denbeigh, and SIdney Herbert and David Brandon joined him as partner. This partnership lasted until 1851.
Wyatt's son Matthew (1840-1892) became his father's partner in 1860.

Positions

Wyatt was appointed as consulting or honorary architect to a number of bodies including:

★ the Institute of Civil Engineers

★ Athenaum

★ Governesses Benevolent Association

★ Middlesex Hospital

★ Lunacy Commissioners

★ Incorporated Church building Society

★ Salisbury Diocese

Architectural Works

Wyatt worked in many styles ranging from the Italianate of Wilton through to the Gothic of many of his churches.
His practice was extensive with a large amount of work in Wiltshire largely as a result of his official position and the patronage of the Herbert family and in Monmouthshire through the Beaufort connection

Wiltshire

This is a selective list of some of Wyatt's major works with some links to relevant information

Churches

'Churches'

Date	Name	Location	Notes
1836/8	Christchurch	Shaw	now demolished
1839/40	Christ Church	Derry Hill
1843	St. Mary	Codford St Mary
1843	St. Mary and St. Nicholas	Wilton	Wiltshire churches entry
1843		Crockerton
1843	Christ Church	Worton	with Brandon
1844	Holy Trinity	Dilton Marsh
1844	St John Baptist	Horningsham	WIth Brandon, body of church
1841+	St. Andrew,	Newton Toney	with Brandon
1845	All Saints,	Woodford
1845	St Mary,	Chittoe
1845	St Alfred the Great	Monkton Deverill	older tower
1846	St. John Evangelist,	West Ashton
1847	All Saints	Westbury	''alterations, west window''
1840/50	St. Nicholas	Cholderton''	with Brandon''
1851	Christchurch,	Cadley
1851	All Saints,	Charlton nr Nunton
1852	St. Michael,	Hilperton
1854	All Saints	West Harnham
1854	All Saints	Burbage	south aisle 1876
1854/5	St. Andrew	Nunton
1855	St. Mary	Shrewton
1851/3	St. Paul	Salisbury
1856	St. Andrew	Littleton Drew
1858	St. Andrew	Laverstock
1860/1	St John	Bemerton	Built for the Pembrokes of Wilton
1860	St Mary	Boyton	Restoration
1850/1861	St. Mary Magdalene	Woodborough	rebuilding
1861	St Katherine	Savernake Forest
1862	All Saints	Sutton Mandeville
1862	St. Andrew,	South Newton
1862	St. Nicholas,	North Bradley
1862/3	St. Peter & St. Paul	Marlborough
1863	All Saints	Chitterne
1863/4	St. Giles	Wishford
1864	St. Nicholas	Little Langford
1866	All Saints	Winterslow
1866	St. Mary	Alvediston
1866	Holy Trinity	Fontmill Gifford
1867/8	St. Michael	Winterbourne Earls
1871	Christchurch ,	Warminster
1875	St. Mary	Upavon
1875	St. Leonard	Semley
1878	St. John Baptist	Hindon
1879	Bishops Fontill

Houses

'Houses'

Date	Name	Location	Notes
1848	Rectory, St. Mary	Broughton Gifford

Public

'Public'

Date	Name	Location	Notes
1835	Assize Courts	Devizes
1851	Roundway Hospital	Devizes

Other

Date	Name	Location	Notes

Monmouthshire

The Hendre

The Hendre was built in
1837/9 near Monmouth for the Rolls family

Llantarnam Abbey

Llantarnam Abbey was Wyatt's first (?) Monmouthshire house (1834-5) for Reginald Blewitt. Large mansion in the Elizabethan style, built on a dissolution site. Once again an abbey, in possession of the Sisters' of St. Joseph.

Usk Sessions House

The Usk Sessions House was built in
1874 Local information and pictures

Other

Churches	Houses	Public Buildings	Other
★ 1835/6 St. Paul, Newport ★ 1842 Holy Trinity, Abergavenny ★ 1842/43 St Mary Llanfair Gilcoed ★ 1845/6 St Peter Goetre ★ 1846 St Dingat Dingestow ★ 1848/9 St Michael Glascoed ★ 1847/48 St Catherine Govilon ★ 1867/8 St Cadoc's Raglan	★ 1838 Llandogo Priory ★ 1858?? Cefntilla Llandenny	★ 1869 National School Goetre	★ 1877 Club, Monmouth

London

Knightsbridge Barracks

The Knightsbridge Barracks were built in
1878/9 Knightsbridge Barracks, London

Other

Churches	Houses	Public Buildings	Other
★ 1863 Garrison Church, Woolwich. ★ 1840/1 St. Andrew, Bethnal Green ★ 1846/7 St. Matthias Bethnal Green ★ 1850 Holy Trinity, Haverstock Hill, London	★ 1845 25/26, Kensington Palace Gardens ★ 1870 Mansion, Park Lane ★ 1871/3 Mansion Berkeley Street	★ 1879 Consumption Hospital, Brompton	★ 1858 Adelphi Theatre

Somerset

Churches	Houses	Public Buildings	Other
★ 1846 St. James, East Cranmore	★ 1855 Orchardleigh Park ★ 1858 Sutton Court, Stowey		★ 1878 North Perrott

===Cambridgeshire===

Churches	Houses	Public Buildings	Other
★ 1872 St. John, March ★ 1872 St. Mary-in-the-Fen ★ 1872 St. Peter, Wimblington	★ 1842 Assize Courts, Cambridge

Lancashire including Liverpool

Churches	Houses	Public Buildings	Other
★ 1875 St. Michael, Dalton		★ 1867 Exchange, Liverpool

Glamorgan and rest of Wales

Churches	Houses	Public Buildings	Other
★ 1838 Glyntaff, Newbridge ★ 1851/2 ???? Merthyr Tydfil ★ 1855/6 Glanogwen, Llanllechid,Gwynedd	Hensol Castle

Herefordshire

Churches	Houses	Public Buildings	Other
★ 1877 St. Andrew, Bredenbury	★ 1873 Bredenbury Court, Hereford

Hampshire

Churches	Houses	Public Buildings	Other
★ 1849 St. Thomas, Woolton Hill ★ 1868 St. Lawrence, Weston Patrick ★ 1869 St. Leonard, Oakley ★ 1875 St. Matthew, Otterbourne	★ 1869 Brockenhurst House	★ 1873 Hall, Winchester Castle

Gloucestershire

Churches	Houses	Public Buildings	Other
★ 1853 St Mary, Acton Turville ★ 1855 St. Peter, Pilning, South Gloucestershire ★ 1850 St John the Baptist Old Sodbury ?? ★ 1853 St Mary Magdalene Tormartin s porch ★ 1855 St Johns West Littleton ★ 1841/70 Holy Trinity Long Newnton ★ 1864/65 St John the Baptist Shipton Moyne ★ 1872 St Michael Didmartin	★ 1838/51 Great Badminton minor alterations ★ 1876 Lypiatt Park additions ★ Estcourt Park billard room "demolished'

Elsewhere

Churches	Houses	Public Buildings	Other
★ 1843/4 St. George, New Wolverton, Buckinghamshire ★ 1845 St. Andrew, Greensted, Essex alterations ★ 1847/9 St. Peter, Stanton Lacey, Shropshire ★ 1851/2 St. Michael, Brynford, Flintshire ★ 1876 Holy Trinity, Martin, Linc. ★ 1878 St. Mary, Stalbridge, Dorset, complete restoration	★ 1841+ Westerdale Hall, Yorks. ★ 1860 Carlett Park, Cheshire	★ 1850/3 St. Johns Hospital, Bucks

Bibliography

The Wyatts, an architectural dynasty J M Robinson ISBN 0198173407

See also

★ Wyatts, an architectural dynasty

External links

References

1. Obituary in ''Builder'' ''get proper citation''
2. APSD entry
3. List provided by RIBA