Thomas Ignatius McCarthy, LRIBA (born 31 January 1880, died 13 Feb 1951) was an architect based in

Coalville Coalville is an industrial town in the district of North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England, with a population at the 2011 census of 34,575. It lies on the A511 trunk road between Leicester and Burton upon ...

, Leicestershire. Early in the twentieth century, Thomas Ignatius McCarthy set up a practice as a surveyor and architect in Coalville, which was a partnership shared with Henry Collings (1880 - 1960). Collings was responsible for the design of the Coalville Clock Tower war memorial - a building admired by Pevsner. Examples of work by Thomas Ignatius McCarthy (some possibly in conjunction with Henry Collings): *Primitive Methodist Church, Marlborough Square, Coalville - 1903 *Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, Parsonwood Hill,

Whitwick Whitwick is a large village in Leicestershire, England, close to the town of Coalville in the northwest of the county. It lies in an ancient parish which formerly included the equally historic villages of Thringstone and Swannington. It was an ...

- 1904 *New Council School, Coalville - 1907 *Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, 19

High Road, Beeston High Road, Beeston is a pedestrianised shopping street in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. It runs from Beeston Square to Humber Road. History The road was constructed as part of the Sawley to Nottingham turnpike road. In the 19th century, it was on t ...

, Nottinghamshire 1908. *Olympia Picture House, Coalville - 1910 (demolished 1933) *South Porch, Saint Andrew's Church,

Thringstone Thringstone is a village in north-west Leicestershire, England about north of Coalville. It lies within the area of the English National Forest. Until 1875, Thringstone had been a township within the ancient parish of Whitwick. The townsh ...

- 1911 *The Plaza Cinema, Silver Street, Whitwick - 1914 (destroyed by fire, 1982) *Hosiery Factory, North Street, Whitwick - 1914 (demolished c 2005) *Working Men's Co-operative Society, Belvoir Road, Coalvile - 1915 *Extensions to Mowsley Sanatorium - 1918 *

Hinckley Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England. It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in the administrative county of Leicestershire, after Leicester and Lough ...

Isolation Hospital, Ashby Road, tuberculosis pavilion - 1924 *County Sanatorium and Isolation Hospital, Ratby Lane,

Markfield Markfield is a large village in both the National Forest and Charnwood Forest and in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The settlement dates back to at least the time of the Norman conquest and is mentioned in the ...

- 1932. *Our Lady of the Angels Roman Catholic Church, (additions) Nuneaton - 1936

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