Alfred John Thraves

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Majestic Theatre, Coronation Street, Retford 1927
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National Provincial Bank, Basford 1927
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Regent Cinema, East Kirkby 1930
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Futurist Cinema, Basford, Nottingham 1937

Alfred John Thraves FRIBA (1888 – 15 August 1953) was an architect based in Nottingham [1] who specialised in cinema design.

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History

He was the son of Joseph Henry Thraves and Agnes Rosina Kraft. He married Florence A E Sharp in 1912. Their son Lionel Alfred Thraves was born on 18 March 1915.

He was articled to John Lamb in Nottingham and started his own practice in 1910. [2]

During the First World War he was a private in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and held a commission in the Royal Engineers, and was on active service in France and Belgium.

He was in partnership with Henry Hardwick Dawson until 1927 [3] and with his son Lionel Alfred Thraves from 1937, based in Whitefriars House, Nottingham.

During the Second World War he served as a special constable in Nottingham. In 1943 he was appointed a housing consultant to the Ministry of Health.

He died on 15 August 1953 [4] at The Turrett, Stanton-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire and left an estate valued at £8,478 11s 3d (equivalent to £251,900in 2021). [5]

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