About Thomas Jelly
Lived 1720 – 1781 (aged 60–61). Thomas Jelly was an architect.
Thomas Jelly (–1781) was an English architect, prominent in the second half of the 18th century.
Career After undertaking an apprenticeship with carpenter Methusalem Hutchins, Jelly worked closely with Henry Fisher, Bath's principal builder of the time.
He became master of architect John Palmer in the 1770s.
Selected works
Old Orchard Street Theatre, Bath (1750) – now a Grade II listed building Old King Edward's School, Bath (1752) – now a Grade II* listed building Kingston Baths, Bath Development of Milsom Street, Bath St James Parish Church, Bath
Personal life Jelly was made a freeman of Bath in 1741.
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English architect
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