Albert Thomas Butler (18 January 1872 – 6 March 1952) was a prolific

Black Country The Black Country is an area of England's West Midlands. It is mainly urban, covering most of the Dudley and Sandwell metropolitan boroughs, with the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall and the City of Wolverhampton. The road between Wolverhampto ...

architect who worked from

Cradley Heath Cradley Heath is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is in the Black Country, west of Birmingham. The town was known for the manufacture of chains in the first half of the twentiet ...

and, later, from

Dudley Dudley ( , ) is a market town in the West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham. Historically part of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. In the ...

. Born in Cradley, Worcestershire, his work included the extension to Cradley Heath Church of England Infants' School, the offices of James Grove at Halesowen, and the

Cradley Heath Workers' Institute The Cradley Heath Workers' Institute (known locally as the 'Stute') was built between 1911 and 1912 in Lomey Town, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, England. It was built as a social centre for the people of Cradley Heath and surrounding areas withi ...

. He was also responsible for modifications to the

Guest Hospital The Guest Hospital is a hospital in Dudley, West Midlands, England, part of the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust History Victorian origins Situated in Tipton Road, Dudley the buildings were originally constructed as almshouses in 1849 by the W ...

. Butler also designed the 1931 extension to Halesowen Grammar School built by Alfred Simmonds, a subsidiary company of John Bowen & Sons the Birmingham builders.

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1872 births 1952 deaths Architects from Worcestershire People from Dudley {{England-architect-stub