Andrew Noble Prentice (20 April 1866 - 23 December 1941) was a British architect.

Family

He was born on 20 April 1866 in Greenock, the son of Thomas Prentice (1830 - 1908) and Jessie Mcalpine (b 1829). He died on 23 December 1941 in Llandudno and left and estate valued at £43,960 (). Of this, £6,000 was left to the

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to provide travelling associatedships or studentships to Spain and also for books for the library of the Institute.

Career

He was educated at

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and then articled to

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of Glasgow from 1883. In 1888 he won the Soane Medallion Travelling Studentship by the Royal Institute of British Architects for a design for a gentleman's residence. From 1890 to 1892 he was assistant to

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in London. In 1891 he was awarded second prize in the Owen Jones competition of the Royal Institute of British Architects for a selection of sketches in watercolour and pencil from a recent visit to Spain and Italy. He started in independent practice in 1893 and entered into a partnership with William Mackereth Dean from 1920 to 1933 and with H.J. Scaping and Arthur Henry Wheatley from 1935 to 1940. His designs include: *The East Range of

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, which is a Grade II listed building, which was built between 1903 and 1905; *The Six Bells Public House, Main Street,

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, Lincolnshire. 1905

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, London, which was built in 1907. *St Andrew's Church,

1907-08 (restoration) *Stenigot House,

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, a Neo-Georgian house, which was built in 1911, and its stables, which were built in 1913; *Lifford Memorial Hall, Station Road, Broadway, Worcestershire 1915

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, a

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, which was built between 1926 and 1928;

Selected publications

*''Renaissance architecture and ornament in Spain: A series of examples selected from the purest works executed between the years 1500-1560, measured and drawn, together with short descriptive text''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prentice, Andrew Noble 1866 births 1941 deaths British architects Architects from Glasgow Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects