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Thomas Verity

1837 – 1891

English architect

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Lived 1837 – 1891 (aged 53–54). Thomas Verity was an architect.

Thomas Verity (1837–1891) was an English theatre architect during the theatre-building boom of 1885–1915.

Verity began his career articled in the architecture department of the War Office, assisting in the erection of the South Kensington Museum. He further assisted in the building of the Royal Albert Hall between 1867 and 1870.

In 1870, he won an open competition to build the Criterion Theatre and Criterion Restaurant for the caterers Spiers and Pond, founding his own architectural practice. Other London theatres for which he was engaged included the Royalty Theatre, the Novelty Theatre, the Folly Theatre, the Scala Theatre, and the Comedy Theatre. In 1878, he was appointed consulting architect to the Lord Chamberlain's office. This was initially in partnership with G. H. Hunt, but later with his son, Frank Verity, who received his training in his father's firm.

Frank Verity continued the practice on his father's death, and Sam Beverley, his son-in-law, joined the practice in the 1920s, which remains active today. The company designed many cinemas, attaining a Royal Institute of British Architects bronze medal for the Shepherd's Bush Pavilion cinema in 1930.

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1837
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Died
1891
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English architect (1837–1891)

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