Thomas Tyrwhitt was born in Nazeing, Essex, England on 30 November 1874. After studying at Worcester College, Oxford he trained as an architect under Sir Aston Webb (1849-1930) from 1892 to 1895. He then remained as his assistant until 1898. He also attended classes at the Architectural Association in London. In 1898 he was awarded the RIBA Silver Medal for Drawing He qualified as an architect in 1899 and was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (A.R.I.B.A.) in 1900. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (F.R.I.B.A.) in 1919.
Tyrwhitt commenced independent practice as an architect in Westminster, London in 1901. In he moved to Hong Kong where he worked in the office of Denison, Ram & Gibbs until 1904. From 1904 to 1907 he was employed as assistant architect in the Public Works Department of Transvaal Government in South Africa. In 1907 he returned to London where he re-established his private practice. In 1919-20 he was superintending architect to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Tyrwhitt's address was given as 36 St. George's Square, London in 1900; 3 Arundel Street, Stand, London in 1907 and 1926; 3 Pilgrim's Lane, Hampstead, London in 1914; and 2 Russell Road, Kensington, London in 1931 and 1939. He died in Tenerife, Canary Islands on 13 August 1956.
A biographical file on Thomas Tyrwhitt is available on request from the Enquiry Desk, Royal Institute of British Architects Library, London
Works by Tyrwhitt included many schools and other public buildings for Transvaal Government, South Africa (1904-07); a church in Haywards Heath, Sussex; Army and Navy Club, Pall Mall, London; Indian Memorial Gateway, Brighton in Brighton, Sussex; Rudge Hill House, Gloucestershire; Scotsgrove House, Buckinghamshire (c.1920-30); additions to additions to Bolney Church, Sussex; various buildings, including the gymnasium at Bolney School in Sussex; extension to Bolney Lodge in Sussex; additions to Little Horkesley School in Essex; a pair of cottages in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, for E. G. Browne (c.1926); Moulton Heath and estate cottages in Moulton, Suffolk (c.1930); additions to a bungalow, Birchingrove Farm, Box Hill, Surrey, for Major Hon. Oscar Guest (c.1930-35)
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