Thomas Muirhead

• Born:11 April 1855. Manchester
• Married: Hilda (1869-1923).
• Died: 21 May 1921 at 3 Hanover Square Higher Broughton (Salford)
• Burial: St Paul’s Church, Kersal (Salford) 24 May 1921.

The son of Alderman Thomas Steven Muirhead of Barnfield, Prestwich, Thomas Muirhead was born at Manchester, 11 April 1855 and  educated privately. He was articled to James Barlow Fraser (1835-1922) of Manchester and Leeds from 1874 until March 1877 when he commenced independent practice. He was a member of the Manchester Society of Architects and elected Associate of the RIBA on 9 January 1882, proposed by G T Redmayne, F H Oldham and J B Fraser. In 1920 he reigned membership of the RIBA.

His architectural practice was large and varied including such works as the Public Offices and Children’s Home at St Anne's‑on‑Sea and the pavilions erected for the Lancashire CCC at Old Trafford and the pavilion and tavern at Kennington Oval for the Surrey CCC. He also built many private houses and was responsible for the racing stables for Sir John Thurston at Malton.

He was a keen sportsman, interested in cricket and football and a member of the Council of the Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club.

Thomas Muirhead died on 21 May 1921 at 3 Hanover Square Higher Broughton, and was buried in the family grave in the churchyard of  St Paul’s Church, Kersal on 24 May 1921.

 

Address

1879: Thomas Muirhead 6 Princess Street

1881: 60 King Street (RIBA Directory)

1883-1886: Muirhead & Baldwin, architects. 60 King Street

1895-1903: Thomas Muirhead ARIBA FMSA Burns Chambers 31 Market Street (Slater’s)

1903-1908: Thomas Muirhead ARIBA FMSA Burns Chambers 31 Market Street (Slater’s)

1909: Thomas Muirhead & J Arthur Coe. 8 St James Square, Manchester

1918; Muirhead and Coe 32 Victoria Street

1919:Thomas Muirhead. 32 Victoria Street

 

Residence

1881: “Ash Lodge,” Halliwell Lane, Cheetham, (Census)

1883-1886: “The Mano,r” Baguley

1895: East Downs Road, Bowden

1899: Dunham, St. Anne's‑on-the‑Sea, Lancashire. (Pike)

1903: 297, Bury New Road, Kersal

1903: Thomas Muirhead, Orchard Road, St Anne’s

1908-1911: “Kennerley” 31 Wood Street St Annes

1921: 3 Hanover Square, Higher Broughton (Death Notice)

 

Obituary: Builder Volume 120 3 June 1921 Page 724

Obituary: Builder Volume 120 17 June 1921. Page 777 (Obit by W Wallis Baldwin)

Obituary: The Times Wednesday 21 May 1921 Page 7 Column G