Thomas Baldwin

Thomas Baldwin (c.1750 – 7 March 1820) was an English architect in the city of Bath, who was responsible for designing some of Bath's principal Georgian buildings.

In 1775, he was appointed as the official Bath City Architect. In this role he designed Guildhall, Argyle Street, Laura Place, Great Pulteney Street and many others. In 1793, he was dismissed for financial irregularities, and as a result he was forced into bankruptcy and his reputation was ruined. Jane Root, biographer of Baldwin, writes; "he had a history not merely of imprudence, but of deliberate dishonesty".

Career Baldwin was born in 1749 or 1750. His place of birth is not recorded, however, he was not native to Bath. He was first recorded in the city of Bath in 1774. He was initially a clerk (later builder and assistant) to plumber, glazier, and politician Thomas Warr Attwood. By 1775, he was appointed as the Bath City Architect after Attwood's death. During the construction of the Guildhall he was officially appointed the position of Bath City Surveyor. He was surveyor to the Pulteney Estate and planned the development of Bathwick as well as being responsible for much of the building. Around the same time he was appointed to the Office of Architect and Surveyor for the Improvement Commissioners, formed by the Bath Improvement Act 1789 (29 Geo. 3. c. 73), on 9 April 1790 (at a salary of £200 per annum), which he held until 1793. Town Hall, Devizes, Wiltshire (1806–1808) Hafod House, Cardiganshire, rebuilt after fire (1807) Chapel, Duchess of Somerset's Hospital, Froxfield, Wiltshire (1813 or 1814) Rainscombe House, Oare, Wiltshire, remodelled (1816) The house (now demolished) at Hafod Uchtryd