Basic Biographical Details Name: | (Sir) Arnold Thornely | Designation: | | Born: | 7 October 1870 | Died: | 1 October 1953 | Bio Notes: | Arnold Thornely was born on 7 October 1870 and was articled to Francis Usher Holme and George Holme of Liverpool from 1887 to 1891. He remained as assistant, and attended Liverpool School of Art and Liverpool Architectural Society lectures. He worked as assistant to Willink & Thickness in 1891, travelled in France, and passed the qualifying exam in 1893, enabling him to be admitted ARIBA that year. He commenced independent practice in Liverpool in 1898 and later joined Frank Gatley Briggs and Henry Vernon Wolstenholme in partnership as Gatley, Wolstenholme & Thornely.
Thornely was President of the Liverpool Architectural Society in 1910 and 1911. He was knighted in 1933 and received the RIBA Architecture Bronze Medal for Ulster in the same year. Prior to that, on 28 September 1921, Briggs had died. Wolstenholme died in 1936, Thornely continuing to practise alone thereafter.
Thornely died on 1 October 1953.
N.B. This is a skeleton record only, entered in the Dictionary because of Thornely's role in nominating a number of Scottish architects for membership of the RIBA. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 14, Castle Street, Liverpool, England | Business | 1893 * | | | | 51, North St John Street, Liverpool, England | Business | Before 1907 | After 1911 | | | 612 Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, England | Business | Before 1914 | After 1933 | | | The Homestead, Mount Wood, Prenton, England | Private | Before 1914 | After 1933 | | | Greystones, Eaton Park Road, Fairmile, Cobham, Surrey, England | Private | 1953 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers* earliest date known from documented sources.
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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 | | | |
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