Architect, born in Nazeing, Essex. He studied at the Architectural Association and became a pupil of, and then assistant to, Sir Aston Webb (1892–95 and 1895–98 respectively). In 1898 he was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) silver medal for drawing. He qualified as an architect in the following year, and was elected an Associate of the RIBA in 1900 (and a Fellow in 1919). He started his own practice in Westminster in 1901, but moved to Hong Kong in 1902, where he worked for Denison, Ram & Gibbs until 1904. He subsequently moved to Pretoria, South Africa, working until 1907 in the Public Works Department of the Transvaal Government, latterly as Superintending Architect, his work consisting largely of schools and post offices. On his return to London, he re-established his private practice, at 3 Arundel Street, Strand, specialising in country houses and cottages, although in 1919–20 he was Superintending Architect at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. His best-known work is the Indian Memorial Gate (unveiled 26 October 1921) outside the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, a commission he won in competition. He died in Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
Archives: RIBA Library, London: biographical file
Bibliography: AHR Net, ‘Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Architects 1800–1950: Tyrwhitt, Thomas (1874–1956)’; The Builder, vol. 191, 24 August 1956 (obituary); RIBA Journal, vol. 65 (1958), p. 212 (obituary); J. Seddon et al, Public Sculpture of Sussex, Liverpool, 2014, p. 34.
Jill Seddon, Peter Seddon and Anthony McIntosh, 2014; revised, Terry Cavanagh, March 2025