Thomas Batterbury was born in St. Pancras, Middlesex [now London], England in c.1847. He was articled to Thomas Edward Knightley (1823?-1905) in London from 1864 to 1867 and remained as his assistant until 1872. He also attended University College, London and was awarded the Donaldson Medal 1866-67.
Batterbury commenced independent practice in 1872 and was District Surveyor for Plumstead and Eltham. From 1874 he was in partnership with W. F Huxley as Batterbury & Huxley. Most of the work by the practice consisted in the design of residential properties in London. In 1901 Batterbury formed a short-lived partnership with Thomas Edward Knightley.
Batterbury was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1881 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1894.
His address was given as 29 John Street, Bedford Row, London in 1881; 47 Chancery Lane, London in 1899; 97 Griffin Road, Plumstead, London in 1910 and 1911; and 57 Westmount Road, Eltham, Kent, and 329 High Holborn, London in 1911 and 1912.
Batterbury's name doesn't appear in the annual Kalendar of the Royal Institute of British Architects after 1912 and so he had presumably retired. He died in 1922
Houses, Hampstead Hill Gardens, London (1877); Warnam Lodge, Warnham, Surrey (1894).
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