H. R. Yeoville Thomason (1826 – 1901) was an architect in Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, England

England

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. He was born in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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 to a Birmingham family. Thomason set up his own practice in Birmingham 1853-1854.

He was a grandson of Sir Edward Thomason, a silversmith and medallist in Birmingham. He was a pupil of Charles Edge, and after qualifying as architect he worked for the borough surveyor. He designed the Council House after winning a competition. He retired in 1896.

Significant works

He designed, amongst others:

• In Birmingham:
  • The Council House
    Council House, Birmingham
    Birmingham City Council House in Birmingham, England is the home of Birmingham City Council. It provides office accommodation for both employed council officers, including the Chief Executive, and elected council members, plus the council chamber, Lord Mayor's Suite, committee rooms and a large and...
    
     and its immediate extension, the original Art Gallery, 1874-85
  • Singers Hill Synagogue
    Singers Hill Synagogue
    The Birmingham Hebrew Congregation Synagogue is a Grade II* listed building comprising 26, 26A and 26B Blucher Street in central Birmingham, England.Built in 1856, it was designed by Yeoville Thomason...
    
    , 1856
  • Great Hampton Works, 80-82, Great Hampton Street, Hockley
    Hockley, Birmingham
    Hockley is a central inner-city district in the city of Birmingham, England. It lies about one mile north-west of the city centre, and is served by the Jewellery Quarter station...
    
    , c 1880
  • Union Club, 85-89 Colmore Row
    Colmore Row
    Colmore Row is a street in the centre of Birmingham, England, running from Victoria Square to just beyond Snow Hill station. It is traditionally the city's most prestigious business address....
    
    , on the corner with Newhall Street
    Newhall Street
    Newhall Street is a street located in Birmingham, England.Newhall Street stretches from Colmore Row in the city centre by St Phillip's Cathedral in a north-westerly direction towards the Jewellery Quarter. Originally the road was the driveway to New Hall occupied by the Colmore family...
    
    , now called Bamford's Trust House, 1870.
  • Birmingham Banking Company, Bennetts Hill, Birmingham. Designed new entrance in 1868. Became Midland Bank
    Midland Bank
    Midland Bank Plc was one of the Big Four banking groups in the United Kingdom for most of the 20th century. It is now part of HSBC. The bank was founded as the Birmingham and Midland Bank in Union Street, Birmingham, England in August 1836...
    
    .Birmingham, Douglas Hickman, 1970 Studio Vista. p25
  • 38 Benetts Hill, 1868-70
  • Highcroft Hospital, Main Building, Highcroft Road, Erdington (former Aston Union Workhouse). 1869 and
  • Birmingham Town and District Bank, 63 Colmore Row
    Colmore Row
    Colmore Row is a street in the centre of Birmingham, England, running from Victoria Square to just beyond Snow Hill station. It is traditionally the city's most prestigious business address....
    
    , Birmingham. (1867-1869) Head Office later to became part of Barclays Bank
    Barclays plc
    Barclays PLC is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. As of 2010 it was the world's 10th-largest banking and financial services group and 21st-largest company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine...
    
    , facade later remodelled by Peacock and Bewlay.Birmingham, Douglas Hickman, 1970 Studio Vista. p35
  • Lewis's department store, Corporation Street
    Corporation Street, Birmingham
    Corporation Street is a main shopping street in Birmingham city centre, England.It runs from the law courts at its northern end to the centre of New Street at its southern.- Planning :...
    
    , 1886, (demolished 1929 and replaced by a seven storey building), Birmingham's first iron and concrete building
  • Acocks Green Chapel, Warwick Green, Acocks Green
    Acocks Green
    Acocks Green is an area and ward of south Birmingham, England. It is named after the Acock family who built a large house in the area in 1370. Acocks Green is one of the four wards making up Yardley formal district...
    
    , 1860 (closed in 1956).

• Elsewhere:
  • Public Hall, High Street, Smethwick
    Smethwick
    Smethwick is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands of England. It is situated on the edge of the city of Birmingham, within the historic boundaries of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire....
    
    , (1866-7), Now the Public Library.The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1968 Penguin. p81