An A-Z of Architects of Loughborough
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Short biography of Tom Anderson Collins
Thomas Anderson Collins was born in 1902 in Hale, Cheshire, his birth being registered in the fourth quarter of the year, in Bucklow, Cheshire. He was the only child of Thomas and Agnes, and he spent about the first twenty years of his life living with them in Hale, Cheshire. He attended what was then known as the Victoria University in Manchester, and was an architect pupil to the firm of Messrs. Brocklehurst and Hornabrook in Manchester.
Tom
worked his way up the architectural career ladder, and gained an associateship
of RIBA, and immediately before coming to Leicestershire, he was the deputy
county architect of Cumbria, a post which he left in order to take up the
position of county architect for Leicestershire, in September 1948.
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| Tom Anderson Collins (1902-1974) |
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What follows is a selection of
buildings designed by Collins, during his time as County Architect for
Leicestershire
Note: this is a selective, not a
comprehensive listing.
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*Thorpe Acre Junior School (opened
1957)
*Brockington Building (1953)
*Martin Hall, university campus (1957)
*Garendon School (1954)
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Basic facts
Architect – Thomas Anderson Collins
Parents:
Thomas Collins, a textile
engineer, and Agnes
Date
and place of Birth: 1873,
Hale, Cheshire
Spouse:
Lilly
Children:
Not known
Death:
1974, Leicester
Places
lived: 1902-c.1926 – Bancroft
Road, Hale; c.1929 - ? Moss Lane, Timperley; ?-1948 – Scobey, Carlisle; ?-1974
– Marydene Drive, Leicester
Place
of work/Offices: Not
known, but assumed to be offices of Leicestershire County Council, which were at 1 Grey Friars, Leicester (very close to the burial place of King Richard III) until 1967, when the offices moved to the new County Hall at Glenfield
Education: Victoria University, Manchester
Qualifications:
?
pre-1948 – Associate of RIBA
? post-1948 – Fellow of RIBA
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