Thomson Plevins

Thomson Plevins (1825–1897) was an English architect, active in Birmingham, England. A number of his buildings are extant, and some have been given listed status, giving them legal protection from unauthorised alteration or demolition.

Early life

Plevins as born in July 1825, the son of a builder, Joseph Plevins, of the firm Pashby and Plevins, and his wife Frances. Joseph is commemorated by a window in the Church of SS Peter & Paul, Aston. He was elected an Honorary Member of the Birmingham Architectural Association, as it then was, in December 1882.

The architect Ralph Heaton was articled to Plevins in 1875.

Works

Extant

Plevins' extant buildings in Birmingham include:

Midland Hotel (1867-1875; now The Burlington Hotel), New Street The White House, 111 New Street (1874-1875; later remodelled) The Grand Hotel, (1879; Grade II* listed) The Crown, (1881, Grade II listed) Market Hotel, Station Street (1883, Grade II listed)

Lost

Lost buildings (in Birmingham unless stated) include:

The Friends' Meeting House (1857; demolished 1933), Bull Street Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas Company, Old Square Colmore Chambers, Newhall Street

Death

Plevins died at his home in Eaton Road, Coventry, on 31 October 1897. as well as brother, Charles Henry Plevins (died 1899). and in The Building News and Engineering Journal.