Charles Thomas Marshall was born in Gosforth Cumberland England on 20 July 1867. He was articled to Edward Middleton Barry (1830-1880) in 1877 and, following the death of Barry, transferred his articles to Thomas Heygate Vernon (1837-1888). He also attended the Royal Academy Schools in London 1880 and classes at the Architectural Association Schools in London. He was an improver in the office John Pollard Seddon (1827-1906) in 1882-83. He was then employed in the office of Septimus Cecil Searle (1853-1922) and Edward George Hayes (1842?-1907) of Searle & Hayes, and James Medland Taylor (1833?-1909) in Manchester.
Marshall qualified as an architect in 1887 and commenced practice as an independent architect in London in 1892. From 1899 he was in partnership with William Tweedy (1872-1941) in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England-based architectural practice Marshall & Tweedy. The partnership was dissolved in 1936
Marshall was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1887 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1923 His son, Charles Beresford Marshall !899-1944) was also an architect and from the late 1920s ran a branch of Marshall & Tweedy in London. Charles Thomas Marshall died in Keswick, Cumberland in 1940.
Milburn House, Newcastle (block of offices), for Messrs. Wm. Milburn and Co., Ltd.; Akenside House, Newcastle (block of offices); large draper's premises, Messrs. Fenwick Ltd. Schools: — Greencroft, Wallsend, Walker Gate, Whitley Bay. Churches: — St. Paul's, Howden; St. John's, Monkseaton; Trinity Church, Newcastle; West Moor, near Forest Hall; South Gosforth, Newcastle; and many others. Many large stores and business premises in Newcastle and district. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001