Thomas Henry Wyatt

Thomas Henry Wyatt (9 May 1807 – 5 August 1880) was an Anglo-Irish architect. He had a prolific and distinguished career, being elected president of the Royal Institute of British Architects for 1870–1873 and being awarded its Royal Gold Medal for Architecture in 1873. His reputation during his lifetime was largely as a safe establishment figure, and critical assessment has been less favourable more recently, particularly in comparison with his younger brother, Matthew Digby Wyatt.

Personal and family life

Wyatt was born at Lough-Glin House, County Roscommon. His father was Matthew Wyatt (1773–1831), a barrister and police magistrate for Roscommon and Lambeth. Wyatt is presumed to have moved to Lambeth with his father in 1825, and then initially embarked on a career as a merchant sailing to the Mediterranean, particularly Malta.

He married his first cousin Arabella Montagu Wyatt (1807–1875), the second daughter of his uncle Arthur who was an agent to the Duke of Beaufort. This consolidated Wyatt's practice in Wales.

Wiltshire Wyatt secured much work in Wiltshire, including the building of 20 churches, after offering his services at no cost to the Salisbury Diocesan Church Building Association in 1836. Julian Orbach considers the large new church at Wilton – "on a heroic scale" – to have made Wyatt's reputation.

Below is a selective list of some of Wyatt's major works.

Churches

Houses DateName Location Notes 1848 Rectory, St. MaryBroughton Gifford

Public buildings

Monmouthshire The Hendre was built in 1837/9 near Monmouth for the Rolls family.

Llantarnam Abbey was built in 1834/1835 for Reginald Blewitt: a large mansion in the Elizabethan style, built on a dissolution site. Once again an abbey, in possession of the Sisters of St. Joseph.

The Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Monmouth was renovated by Wyatt.

Usk Sessions House was built in 1875–1877.

Other works: ChurchesHousesPublic BuildingsOther 1835/6 St Paul's Church, Newport 1842 Holy Trinity, Abergavenny 1842/43 St Mary, Llanfair Gilcoed 1845/6 St Peter Goetre 1846 St Dingat Dingestow 1848/9 St Michael Glascoed 1847/48 St Catherine Govilon 1867/8 Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire1838 Malpas Court, Newport 1838 Llandogo Priory

London

Knightsbridge Barracks The Knightsbridge Barracks were built in 1878/9.

Other ChurchesHousesPublic BuildingsOther1840/1 St Andrew, Bethnal Green 1846/7 St Matthias Bethnal Green 1850 Holy Trinity, Haverstock Hill 1863 St George's Garrison Church, Woolwich1845 25/26, Kensington Palace Gardens 1870 Mansion, Park Lane 1858 Adelphi Theatre

Somerset 1858 Sutton Court, Stowey 1877 North Perrott Manor House1878 North Perrott 1862–1864 Cranmore Tower, Cranmore

Cambridgeshire ChurchesHousesPublic BuildingsOther1872 St John, March 1880 St Peter, March 1872 St. Mary-in-the-Fen, Westry 1872 St. Peter, Wimblington1842 Assize Courts, Cambridge

Lancashire including Liverpool

Glamorgan and rest of Wales ChurchesHousesPublic BuildingsOther1838 St Mary's Church, Glyntaff 1851/2 Merthyr Tydfil 1855/6 Glanogwen, Llanllechid, Caernarfonshire Hensol Castle Nantlys, Tremeirchion

Herefordshire

Hampshire Churches Houses Public Buildings Other1849 St Thomas, Woolton Hill 1868 St Lawrence, Weston Patrick 1869 St Leonard, Oakley 1873 Hall, Winchester Castle

Gloucestershire Churches Houses Public Buildings Other1853 St Mary, Acton Turville 1855 St Peter, Pilning, South Gloucestershire 1850 St John the Baptist Old Sodbury 1853 St Mary Magdalene Tormarton S porch 1855 St Johns West Littleton 1841/70 Holy Trinity Long Newnton 1864/65 St John the Baptist Shipton Moyne 1872 St Michael Didmarton1838/51 Badminton House minor alterations 1876 Lypiatt Park additions Estcourt Park billiard room (demolished)

Elsewhere Churches Houses Public Buildings Other1843/4 St George, New Wolverton, Buckinghamshire 1845 St. Andrew, Greensted, Essex alterations 1847/9 St Peter, Stanton Lacy, Shropshire 1849 St. Mary's Church, Atherstone, Warwickshire, restoration 1851/2 St Michael, Brynford, Flintshire 1865 St Michael and All Angels Church, Abbeyleix 1867 St Bartholomew's Church, Dublin 1867 St Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent: restoration 1872 Jedburgh Old Parish Church 1876 Holy Trinity, Martin, Lincolnshire 1876/77 St Luke's Church, West Orchard, Dorset 1877 Holy Cross, Swainby, North Riding of Yorkshire 1878 St Mary, Stalbridge, Dorset, complete restoration1841+ Westerdale Hall, Yorks 1860 Carlett Park, Cheshire 1874 Jedburgh Old Parish Church Manse 1873 Palmela "Conceição Velha" House, Cascais (Lisbon), Portugal 1875 Barcote Manor, Buckland, Berkshire 1876–79 Newnham Paddox House, Warwickshire

1850/3 St Johns Hospital, Buckinghamshire