Architects

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Thomas Dykes

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08/02/1925

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1853

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10/06/1930

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Thomas Dykes was born in Tayport, Fife in 1853, the son of David Dykes, later a ship's captain who opened a ships chandler's warehouse in Dundee on his retirement, and his wife Jane Kirk. He was articled to Edward & Robertson, Dundee, from 1869 to 1874; his nomination paper states that he commenced independent practice in 1880 and does not account for the period 1875-79 when the EU church at Dumbarton was designed.

On 15 July 1885 he married Agnes Geddes Lornie at Pathhead, Fife. They had four children: David (born 1890), Clara, Mabel and Eva, all born in Mount Florida.

Around the turn of the century he formed a short-lived partnership with Andrew Robertson. Robertson had been born in 1868 and articled to Dykes from 1882 to 1887, remaining as a draughtsman until 1888. In 1888-89 he had spent some months wth Peat & Duncan, thereafter becoming assistant and chief draughtsman to Clarke & Bell & R A Bryden to which practice he had returned as partner.

After the dissolution of the partnership with Robertson in the early years of the twentieth century, Dykes took Hugh Dale into partnership in 1906. Born in 1872, Dale had been articled to Henry Edward Clifford in 1887 and had remained as an assistant.

Dykes was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects. The practice address at that time was 69 West Regent Street, Glasgow and his house 1 Rochdale Place, Mount Florida.

The practice of Thomas Dykes & Dale, based at 65 West Regent Street, was never notably prosperous. Dale spent the year 1916 in Liverpool, perhaps on war work, but appears to have returned in 1917. The practice did not recover after the First World War and in 1919 or early 1920 Dale withdrew from the partnership and moved to Coventry, where he recommenced practice. Dykes continued the practice at a diminishing level, his main profession in his later years being that of parish council clerk. He was described as such when he died at 133 Balornock Road, Glasgow on 6 October 1930.

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The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:

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Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
1 Rochdale Place Mount Florida Glasgow Scotland	Private
50 Brownlie Street Mount Florida Glasgow Scotland	Private
1 Rochdale Place Mount Florida Glasgow Scotland	Private
15 Brownlie Street Mount Florida Glasgow Scotland	Private
938 Dumbarton Road Glasgow Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
65 West Regent Street Glasgow Scotland	Business

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The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this person (click on an item to view details):

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position
Edward & Robertson	100389	In year 1869	In year 1874	Apprentice
Thomas Dykes & Dale	200627	In year 1906	Early 1919s	Partner
T Dykes & Robertson	200117	c. 1898	Before 1906	Partner

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The following individuals were employed or trained by this person (click on an item to view details):

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position	Notes
Andrew Robertson	200289	In year 1882	In year 1887	Apprentice	Remained as draughtsman to 1887
Andrew Robertson	200289	In year 1887	In year 1888	Draughtsman

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The following individuals proposed this person for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):

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Proposer	Proposer Link	Date Proposed	Notes
John Bennie Wilson	201479	1911/07/20	for Licentiateship - as President of the Glasgow Institute of Architects

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This person was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):

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Building Name	Date Started	Town, District or Village	City or County	Country	Notes
EU Church	In year 1878	Dumbarton	Dunbartonshire	Scotland	Completion delayed by structural collapse
Surbiton	In year 1893	Pollokshields	Glasgow	Scotland
Dunfillan	In year 1896	Helensburgh	Dunbartonshire	Scotland	Alterations and additional floor at rear
City Improvement Trust warehouse	In year 1898		Glasgow	Scotland	Second premiated competition design (Â£50 premium)
Springburn & Cowlairs District Halls	In year 1899	Springburn	Glasgow	Scotland	Competition design - not successful
Premises for James Howden	After 1900		Glasgow	Scotland	Additions?
44-46 Monkton Road	In year 1902	Prestwick	Ayrshire	Scotland
Factory for Kosmoid Ltd	In year 1904	Dumbuck	Dunbartonshire	Scotland
St Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church	In year 1909	Bridge of Weir	Renfrewshire	Scotland
Hydepark Street School	In year 1910		Glasgow	Scotland	Won competition and secured job
Shoe Factory	In year 1910		Glasgow	Scotland	4-storey building added
Courtallan	Before 1911	Bearsden	Glasgow	Scotland
Residential flats	Before 1911	Dunoon	Argyll	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
Who's Who in Architecture		1914
Post Office Directories

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The following archives hold material relating to this person:

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Archive Name	Source	Source Cat No	Building Id	Item Name	Notes
RIBA Nomination Papers	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	100005			L v17 no1243
Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material	Professor David M Walker personal archive	100041			Additional research by Iain Paterson

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