Clifford Thorp

• Born      24 December 1880
• Died       25 December 1942

Born 24 December 1880 (RIBA) at Whitefield, Clifford Thorp was the second son of Thomas Thorp, architect and scientific instrument maker.  Early in his career Clifford Thorp was in partnership with Harry Hindle Clegg under the style Clegg and Thorp junior, architects, surveyors, and estate agents, 41, Corporation-street. Manchester. This partnership was dissolved on 1 October 1905, after which Clifford Thorp worked on his own account.  Although still listed as an architect in 1926 it is difficult to establish how active he was in the profession. By 1922 he was a director of Thomas Thorp and Co., Ltd., Engineers & Scientific Instrument Makers, Victoria Works, Whitefield, the business established by his father about 1880.

Clifford Thorp died suddenly at his home, Carisbrook, on 25 December 1942, a day after his 62^nd birthday. He was interred at All Saints Church, Stand. And was survived by his widow Alice Maud (Mills) whom he had married in 1904.

Residence
1909-1942: Clifford Thorp architect “Carisbrook,” Knowsley Road, Whitefield.

Reference
London Gazette 10 November 1905 Issue: 27853 Page 7530
Who's Who In Engineering 1922
Who’s Who in Architecture 1926