Thomas Ignatius McCarthy, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Ignatius McCarthy

British architect (1880-1951)

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1880

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: architect

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Thomas Ignatius McCarthy, LRIBA (born 31 January 1880, died 13 Feb 1951) was an architect based in Coalville, 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 - 1904 New Council School, Coalville - 1907 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, 19 High Road, Beeston, Nottinghamshire 1908. Olympia Picture House, Coalville - 1910 (demolished 1933) South Porch, Saint Andrew's Church, Thringstone - 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 Isolation Hospital, Ashby Road, tuberculosis pavilion - 1924 County Sanatorium and Isolation Hospital, Ratby Lane, Markfield - 1932. Our Lady of the Angels Roman Catholic Church, (additions) Nuneaton - 1936