Thomas Ignatius McCarthy

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Marlborough Square Methodist Church, Coalville, 1903 Coalville Methodist Church May 2014.jpg
Marlborough Square Methodist Church, Coalville, 1903
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Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Beeston, 1908

Thomas Ignatius McCarthy, LRIBA (born 31 January 1880, died 13 Feb 1951) was an architect based in Coalville, Leicestershire.

Early in the twentieth century, Thomas Ignatius McCarthy set up a practice as a surveyor and architect in Coalville, which was a partnership shared with Henry Collings (1880 - 1960). Collings was responsible for the design of the Coalville Clock Tower war memorial - a building admired by Pevsner.

One of the foundation stones of the Coalville Primitive Methodist Chapel, showing the name of "Thomas I McCarthy, Architect". This is now partially obscured by a downpipe from overhead guttering. One of the foundation stones, Coalville Primitive Methodist Chapel, 1903.jpg
One of the foundation stones of the Coalville Primitive Methodist Chapel, showing the name of "Thomas I McCarthy, Architect". This is now partially obscured by a downpipe from overhead guttering.

Examples of work by Thomas Ignatius McCarthy (some possibly in conjunction with Henry Collings):

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References

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  2. The Builder, 19.10.1907
  3. "Goleicestershire".
  4. Coalville Times, 24 December 1914
  5. The Architect and Building News, volume 3, page 224, 1915.
  6. The Surveyor and Municipal County Engineer, Volume 54, 1918
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