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Basic Biographical Details

Name:	Thomas Tunstall Hewitson
Designation:	Architect
Born:	26 April 1908
Died:	2 August 1976
Bio Notes:	Thomas Tunstall Hewitson was born on 26 April 1908, the son of Thomas Hewitson, draper, and his wife, Sarah Tunstall. He studied at the AA from 1927 and moved to the University of Liverpool School of Architecture three years later. He won an array of prizes during his years in Liverpool, including the John Lewis Prize and the John Rankin Prize awarded by the University of Liverpool in 1930, being a Soane Finalist and a Rome Finalist in 1931 and Royal Society of Arts prizes in 1930 and 1932. He was elected ARIBA in 1933, his proposers being Charles Herbert Reilly, Lionel Bailey Budden and Edward Robinson Ferdinand Cole. He was electedd FRIAS in 1956. He worked for the LCC as a planner before moving before 1963 to Edinburgh as a Planning Officer in the City Architect's Department. By the following year he had become a representative of the Edinburgh chapter of the RIAS. He remained in Edinburgh and lived at 19 Braid Hills Road. Hewitson died on 2 August 1976. He was married twice, first to Phyllis Scarmell Leard and after her death, to Margaret Sheila Cannon, a school teacher, in 1953. He was survived by his second wife.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this architect:
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	16, Pentland Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland	Private	Before 1953	After 1956
	19, Briad Hills Road, Edinburgh, Scotland	Private	Before 1964	1976

Employment and Training

Employers

The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this architect (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	London County Council Town Planning Department (LCC Town Planning' Department)	(?)	1952	Planning Officer	Journal reference gives no mention of specific employer, other than that the post was within LCC
	Edinburgh City Architect's Department (Edinburgh Corporation)	11 April 1952 *		Planning Officer	Salary of £1,700 per year (no mention of specific employer - presumably within Architect's Dept)

* earliest date known from documented sources.

RIBA

RIBA Proposers

The following individuals proposed this architect for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date proposed	Notes
	Lionel Bailey Budden	4 December 1933	For Associateship
	Edward Robinson Ferdinand Cole	4 December 1933	For Associateship
	(Sir) Charles Herbert Reilly	4 December 1933	For Associateship

Buildings and Designs

This architect 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
	Late 1960	Warriston Crescent			Edinburgh		Proposed ring road
	1970(?)	West Nicolson Street					Stated that the buildings on West Nicolson Street did not have sufficient intrinsic architectural or historic interest to warrant their place on the Building Preservation Notices

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this architect:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Municipal Annual	1964	Scottish Municipal Annual	1964-1965
	RIBA	1970	RIBA Directory 1970

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this architect:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	11 April 1952			p542
	Builder	5 August 1960			collaborated on studio project designs for new diploma course 1960-61 per 'Civic Design: A New Diploma Course at Edinburgh' p228

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this architect:
	Source	Archive Name	Source Catalogue No.	Notes
	H M Register House	Death Register
	RIAS, Rutland Square	Records of membership
	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	RIBA Nomination Papers		A no5232 (Combined Box 63)

Images

© All rights reserved. Courtesy of David Ross. Picture taken at the opening ceremony of the "New Life For The New Town" Exhibition at the Planning Department Gallery in Market Street, Edinburgh in the late 60's. Hewitson at extreme right.