A. N. Prentice

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Lifford Memorial Hall, Broadway 1915
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Andrew Noble Prentice FRIBA (20 April 1866 - 23 December 1941) was a British architect. [1]

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Family

He was born on 20 April 1866 in Greenock, the son of Thomas Prentice (1830 - 1908) and Jessie Mcalpine (b 1829).

He died on 23 December 1941 in Llandudno [2] and left and estate valued at £43,960 (equivalent to £2,225,700in 2020). [3] Of this, £6,000 was left to the Royal Institute of British Architects to provide travelling associatedships or studentships to Spain and also for books for the library of the Institute.

Career

He was educated at Glasgow University and then articled to William Leiper of Glasgow from 1883. In 1888 he won the Soane Medallion Travelling Studentship by the Royal Institute of British Architects for a design for a gentleman's residence. [4] From 1890 to 1892 he was assistant to Thomas Edward Collcutt in London. In 1891 he was awarded second prize in the Owen Jones competition of the Royal Institute of British Architects for a selection of sketches in watercolour and pencil from a recent visit to Spain and Italy. [5]

He started in independent practice in 1893 and entered into a partnership with William Mackereth Dean from 1920 to 1933 and with H.J. Scaping and Arthur Henry Wheatley from 1935 to 1940.

His designs include:

Selected publications

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References

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  2. "Architect's Bequests". Dundee Evening Telegraph. Scotland. 18 April 1942. Retrieved 3 May 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  4. "Royal Institute of British Architects". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 18 January 1888. Retrieved 3 May 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Successful Greenock Student". Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette. Scotland. 21 January 1891. Retrieved 3 May 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1964). The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire: Entry for Witham Hall, in Witham-On-The-Hill. Penguin Books. p. 715.
  7. Historic England. "The Six Bells Public House (1240120)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. "Witham-on-the-Hill, The Church". Stamford Mercury. Scotland. 13 March 1908. Retrieved 3 May 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1964). The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire: Entry for Stenigot House, in Stenigot. Penguin Books. p. 378.
  10. Historic England. "Lifford Memorial Hall (1215941)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  11. Historic England. "Westminster Reference Library (1430775)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 17 November 2016.