Thomas Cecil Howitt
| Thomas Cecil Howitt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 6, 1889 Watnall Road, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire |
| Died | September 3, 1968 (aged 79) Orston, Nottinghamshire |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Associated architectural firm[s] |
| Buildings | Nottingham Council House |
Thomas Cecil Howitt, OBE (6 June 1889 - 3 September 1968) an eminent British provincial architect of the 20th Century, was born at Hucknall, near Nottingham.
Howitt is chiefly remembered for designing prominent public buildings, such as the Council House and Processional Way in Nottingham, Baskerville House in Birmingham (first phase of the unrealised Civic Centre scheme), Newport Civic Centre, and several Odeon cinemas (such as Weston-super-Mare and Bristol). Howitt’s chief architectural legacies are however, in his home city of Nottingham. He was Housing Architect for the City Council, designing municipal housing estates which are often considered to be among the finest in terms of planning in the country.
Howitt was educated at Nottingham High School, leaving in 1904 to be apprenticed to the prominent Nottingham architect, Albert Nelson Bromley. Bromley was architect to the Nottingham School Board and did extensive work for the Boots Company. In 1907, Howitt studied briefly at the Architectural Association School in London. He later opened a London branch office for Bromley, before returning to the Nottingham office until 1913.
Following a study tour of Europe in early 1914, Howitt was invited to become the company architect for Boots, however, the war soon intervened. Howitt was commissioned in November 1914, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Leicestershire Regiment. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and French Croix de Guerre, as well as a Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur (for action at the Battle of the Marne). Howitt was demobilised with the rank of Major in October 1919, and joined the City Engineer's Department at Nottingham City Council.
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