Thomas Nicholson (1823–1895) was a British architect. He is known for designing the Church of St Michael and All Angels in

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. Among his other Welsh churches were St James, Swansea and St Gabriel, Swansea.

Career

Nicholson became the Hereford Diocese Architect and was working in St Peter's Street, Hereford in 1865. He had an extensive practice in the

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. In 1855 he extended the church at Stoke Prior started by

Thomas Duckham Thomas Duckham (26 September 1816 – 2 March 1902) was an English farmer, cattle breeder and Liberal politician. Duckham was the second son of John Duckham of Shirehampton, Bristol and was educated at private schools at Bristol and Hereford. ...

. He was involved together with Stephen W Williams in laying out the new town at

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. Nicholson laid out the 'Pump House' Estate portion of the development. In 1867-69, he undertook the restoration of the

Church of St James, Kinnersley The Church of St James is a Church of England parish church at Kinnersley in the English county of Herefordshire. It is a Grade I listed building. History The Church of St James dates from the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. It was restored in 1 ...

.A Brooks and N Pevsner "The Buildings of England: Herefordshire" Yale University Press 2012, 408-409

References

1823 births 1895 deaths 19th-century British architects British ecclesiastical architects Architects from Herefordshire {{UK-architect-stub