Basic Biographical Details Name: | Thomas Geoffry Lucas (or Geoffry Lucas) | Designation: | | Born: | 6 June 1872 | Died: | 3 October 1947 | Bio Notes: | Thomas Geoffry [sic] Lucas - generally known as Geoffry Lucas or T Geoffry Lucas - was born in 1872 and articled to Walter John Nash Millard of Hitchin from 1889. He studied at the atelier of Frank Thomas Baggallay and W J N Millard from 1889 to 1891, attending classes at University College, London, the Architectural Association, and the Royal Academy Schools. He was an assistant with the Scottish London-based architect William Flockhart, moving back to the practice of Baggallay & Millard, then to the office of Leonard Aloysius Scott Stokes and finally to that of Frederick Arthur Walters. He passed the qualifying exam and was elected ARIBA on 4 December 1899, his proposers being Edward William Mountford, Frank Thomas Baggallay and Leonard Aloysius Scott Stokes. He was elected FRIBA on 27 March 1911, proposed again by Stokes and also by Edward Guy Dawber and Henry Thomas Hare.
Lucas commenced independent practice in Hitchin in 1895 and his main works from this period include houses at Hampstead Garden Suburb, houses at Ponders End and Broxbourne and elsewhere in the vicinity of Hitchin, his home town, where he also designed a bank. Thomas Arthur Lodge and Paul Badcock were articled pupils in his office. In 1911 he won the competition for a £500 home, built at Gidea Park Essex. In 1912 he was awarded the Godwin Bursary and after the First World War in 1919 he formed a partnership with Henry Vaughan Lanchester. Thomas Arthur Lodge was taken into partnership in 1923 and the partnership lasted until 1930 when Lucas withdrew to practise on his own.
He died on 3 October 1948. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Western House, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England | Private | 1896 * | | | | 10, Gray's Inn Square, London, England | Business | 1899 * | | | | 2, Vernon Place, Bloomsbury Square, London, England | Business(?) | 1904 * | | | | 83, Bancroft, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England | Private/business(?) | 1908 * | | | | &, Hitchin Hill, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England | Private/business(?) | 1911 * | | | | 13, Gray's Inn Square, London, England | Business(?) | 1914 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersEmployees or PupilsThe following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Thomas Arthur Lodge | 1905 | Before 1910 | Apprentice | |
RIBARIBA ProposersRIBA Proposals
Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | 1917 | All Saints Episcopal Church | Gretna | | Dumfriesshire | Scotland | Church and furnishings - as assistant to Unwin | | c. 1917 | All Saints Episcopal Rectory | Gretna | | Dumfriesshire | Scotland | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | Royal Academy exhibitors | | | | | | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA Journal | November 1947 | v55 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p39 Obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | A v14 p62 (microfiche 67/C1); F v20 no 1448 (microfilm reel 13) |
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