Andrew Noble Prentice (20 April 1866 - 23 December 1941) was a British architect.
Family
He was born on 20 April 1866 in Greenock, the son of Thomas Prentice (1830 - 1908) and Jessie Mcalpine (b 1829).
He died on 23 December 1941 in Llandudno and left and estate valued at £43,960 (). Of this, £6,000 was left to the
Royal Institute of British Architects
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to provide travelling associatedships or studentships to Spain and also for books for the library of the Institute.
Career
He was educated at
Glasgow University
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and then articled to
William Leiper
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in London. In 1891 he was awarded second prize in the Owen Jones competition of the Royal Institute of British Architects for a selection of sketches in watercolour and pencil from a recent visit to Spain and Italy.
He started in independent practice in 1893 and entered into a partnership with William Mackereth Dean from 1920 to 1933 and with H.J. Scaping and Arthur Henry Wheatley from 1935 to 1940.
His designs include:
*The East Range of
Witham Hall, which is a Grade II listed building, which was built between 1903 and 1905;
*The Six Bells Public House, Main Street,
Witham on the Hill, Lincolnshire. 1905
Grade II listed
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*
4 Hamilton Place
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,
Mayfair
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, London, which was built in 1907.
*St Andrew's Church,
Witham on the Hill 1907-08 (restoration)
*Stenigot House,
Stenigot, a Neo-Georgian house, which was built in 1911, and its stables, which were built in 1913;
*Lifford Memorial Hall, Station Road, Broadway, Worcestershire 1915
Grade II listed
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*
Westminster Reference Library, a
Grade II listed building
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, which was built between 1926 and 1928;
Selected publications
*''Renaissance architecture and ornament in Spain: A series of examples selected from the purest works executed between the years 1500-1560, measured and drawn, together with short descriptive text''.
References
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1866 births
1941 deaths
British architects
Architects from Glasgow
Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects