Miles Thompson (1808-1868) was an English architect from Kendal, then in Westmorland. [1]
He was employed by Francis and George Webster as a draughtsman from about 1825, was taken into partnership in 1845, and took over the business when George retired in 1846. [1] [2]
| Image | Date | Location | Building | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1864-1866 | Arnside | St James' Church | |
 | 1857 | Irton with Santon | Church of St Paul | Grade II* listed [3] |
 | 1864 | Kendal, All Hallows Lane | Public wash-house and baths | Grade II listed. [4] Now "The Miles Thompson" pub. |
 | 1844 | Kendal, Bankside Road | Inghamite chapel | Converted into apartments in 1985 |
| 1852 | Kendal, Highgate | Sandes Hospital almshouses, rebuilding | [5] [6] | |
| 1855 | Kirkby Lonsdale | Market House | Grade II listed. [7] |
He did not marry, and died in Kendal on 26 August 1868. In his will he left several properties in and around Kendal to his three brothers Robert, Marcellus and John and various nieces and nephews. [8]
A statuette of Thompson was placed by his brother Robert on top of the gable of number 21 Beast Banks in Kendal. After it deteriorated, a replacement was erected by the Kendal Civic Society. [1]
John Close, writing in 1862, celebrates Thompson in one of a group of biographical poems entitled "Nature's Nobility". The first verse, of seven, is:
Nature, when in a genial mood
Created Miles so clever;
And fortune smiles upon him too, -
Success attends him ever.— J. Close, Once a year, tales and legends of Westmorland, Issue 1 [9]
The Kendal public wash-house building in Allhallows Lane which he designed is now a Wetherspoons pub named "The Miles Thompson" in his memory, having served as offices for South Lakeland District Council in between. [10]
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