Thomas Paty

Thomas Paty
Born	c. 1713
Died	4 May 1789
Nationality	British
Occupation	Architect

Thomas Paty (c.1713 – 4 May 1789) was a British^[1] surveyor, architect and mason working mainly in Bristol. He worked with his sons John Paty and William Paty.^[2]

Works

• The Exchange, Bristol (1741–43)^[3]
• Monument to George Husey (died 1741); Holy Cross parish church, Seend, Wiltshire^[4]
• Monument to Rothesia Ann Barrington (died 1745); St. Andrew's parish church, Shrivenham^[5]
• Monument to William Jones in Church of St Nicholas and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stowey, Somerset.^[6]
• Royal Fort (1758–61)^[7]
• Fonmon Castle (1762), with Thomas Stocking^[8]
• Bristol Bridge (1763–69), with James Bridges^[9]
• St Nicholas, Bristol (1763-9), with James Bridges^[10]
• Theatre Royal, Bristol (1764–66)^[11]
• Monument to Sir Robert Cocks (died 1765); St. Peter's parish church, Dumbleton^[12]
• Monument to Thomas Esbury (died 1766); St. Mary's parish church, Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire^[13]
• Monument to Edward Peach (died 1770); St. Mary's parish church, Woodchester, Gloucestershire^[14][15]
• St Michael on the Mount Without (1775–77)^[16]
• Monument to John Nelems (died 1742, monument erected 1778); St. Mary the Virgin, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire^[17]
• Plaque to the Fitzherbert family in the Church of St Mary and St Ethelbert, Luckington, Wiltshire.^[18]
• 1-5 Beaufort Buildings, Bristol (1780).^[19]
• Monument to Thomas Hobby (died 1781); St. Michael's parish church, Hill, Gloucestershire^[20][21]
• Monument to Priscilla Thorne (died 1783); St James Church, Swimbridge, Devon.^[22]
• Monument to Samuel Peach (died 1785); St. Mary's parish church, Olveston, Gloucestershire^[23]
• Monument to Arthur Tucker (died 1785); St. Michael's parish church, Winterbourne, Gloucestershire^[24]
• 3-10 Bath Street, Bristol (c. 1792).^[25]
• Possibly Ston Easton Park^[26]
• Memorial to M. Humphrys in Church of St Peter, Langley Burrell, Wiltshire.^[27]

References

Monument to Rothesia Ann Barrington (died 1745) in St Andrew's parish church, Shrivenham

1. Colvin 1997, p. not cited.
2. Foyle 2004, p. not cited.
3. Dr Roger H. Leech, FSA, MIFA (May 1999). "Historical and Architectural Survey and Analysis of The Exchange, Corn Street, Bristol" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2007.
4. Pevsner & Cherry 1975, p. 465.
5. Pevsner 1966, p. 218.
6. "Church of St. Nicholas and Mary". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
7. "Royal Fort". Images of England. Historic England. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
8. Newman, John (1995). Glamorgan: (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan). Yale University Press. p. 350. ISBN 978-0-14-071056-4. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
9. "Bristol Bridge". Images of England. Historic England. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
10. "City Museum, former Church of St Nicholas". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
11. "Theatre Royal, Bristol". RIBA. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
12. Verey 1970b, p. 174.
13. Verey 1970a, p. 273.
14. Verey 1970a, p. 485.
15. "Church of St Mary". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
16. "Church of St Michael". Images of England. Historic England. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
17. Verey 1970a, p. 494.
18. "Church of St Mary and St Ethelbert". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
19. "1-5 Beaufort Buildings". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
20. Verey 1970b, p. 272.
21. "Church of St Michael". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
22. "Church of St James". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
23. Verey 1970b, p. 316.
24. Verey 1970b, p. 409.
25. "3-10 Bath Street". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
26. Priest 2003, p. not cited.
27. "Church of St Peter". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

Sources

• Colvin, H.M. (1997) [1954]. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. not cited. ISBN 0-300-07207-4.
• Foyle, Andrew (2004). Bristol. The Buildings of England. p. not cited. ISBN 0-300-10442-1.
• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 218.
• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. Wiltshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 465. ISBN 0140710264.
• Priest, Gordon (2003). The Paty Family: Makers of Eighteenth-century Bristol. p. not cited.
• Verey, David (1970a). Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds. The Buildings of England 1. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071040-X.
• Verey, David (1970b). Gloucestershire: The Vale and the Forest of Dean. The Buildings of England 2. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.