Frank Aloysius Coyle was born in Consett, Co. Durham, England on 24 January 1887 and was articled to Newcombe & Newcombe in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He also studied abroad. He subsequently practised as an architect in Consett. He was Architect to Consett Urban District Council; the Leadgate Urban District Council; and the Durham Rural District Council.
Coyle was a Member of the Society of Architects (MSA) and was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1925. His address was given as Rose & Crown Hotel, Blackhill, Durham in 1911; 29, Newmarket Street, Consett, Co. Durham in 1923 and 1930; and 11 Saville Row, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1930 and 1939. He died in 1954 and was buried in Consett.
New schools at Blackhill, Consett, and Leadgate; schools remodelled at Westwood, Esh Laude, Blackhill, Chester-le-Street, Prudhoe, etc, etc.; ecclesiastical work at Stanley, Chopwell, etc.: housing schemes at Consett, Leadgate, Kimblesworth, Fallonsby, etc.; presbytery at Chopwell; ambulanco stations; hotels; garages; business premises; bakeries; fruit ripening stores; estate development; war memorials at Blackhill, Leadgate, etc.; institutes and miners' halls, and much domestic work. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
Who’s Who in Architecture 1926. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The Architectural Press, 1926