Thomas Alwyn Lloyd Explained

Thomas Alwyn Lloyd
Birth Date:1881 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Liverpool, England
Death Place:Torquay, England
Citizenship:British
Nationality:Welsh
Occupation:Architect, town planner
Alma Mater:Liverpool University School of Architecture

Thomas Alwyn Lloyd OBE (11 August 1881 – 19 June 1960), known as T. Alwyn Lloyd, was a Welsh architect and town planner. He was one of the founders of the Town Planning Institute in 1914 and its President in 1933. He was also a founding member of the Council for the Protection of Rural Wales in 1928 and served as its chairman from 1947 to 1959.[1] Meic Stephens described Lloyd's work as follows:

Life and career

Thomas Alwyn Lloyd was born in Liverpool, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jones Lloyd, from Denbighshire. He was educated at Liverpool College and studied and Liverpool School of Architecture in the University of Liverpool. Between 1907 and 1912 he was an assistant to Sir Raymond Unwin in the Hampstead Garden Suburb. In 1913 he was appointed consulting architect to the Welsh Town Planning and Housing Trust. He also undertook work for the National Coal Board and Forestry Commission in Wales. In 1948 he entered into partnership with Alex Gordon forming T. Alwyn Lloyd and Gordon..

He married Charlotte Ethel Robarts in 1914.

In about 1920 he designed his own home at 11 Heol Wen in Rhiwbina Garden Village, in northern Cardiff. It has been a Grade II listed building since 2001.[2]

He died on holiday in Torquay on 19 June 1960.[2]

Buildings and urban planning

Dates unknown:

Public appointments

Awards

Commemorations

T Alwyn Lloyd memorial gold medal for architecture

Awarded at the Welsh National Eisteddfod for a building that cost less than £750,000, and has been completed in the past three years. Endowed by Lloyd in 1954.[14] [15]

T Alwyn Lloyd memorial travelling scholarships

Awarded by the Welsh School of Architecture to the top four students in the final year of the Part 1.[16] [17]

T Alwyn Lloyd memorial prize

Awarded by the Welsh School of Architecture for the best overall performance in the 2 examination.[16]

Select Writings

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Obituary, Archaeologia Cambrensis,1960
  2. Jones. Evan David. E. D. Jones. Lloyd, Thomas Alwyn (1881–1960). s2-LLOY-ALW-1881. 7 November 2014.
  3. Book: Haslam. Richard. The Buildings of Wales: Powys. 1979. Penguin. London. 0-14-0710-515. 1.
  4. Web site: The History of St Margaret's and Garden Village. Parish of Wrexham. 7 November 2014. 2. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141107232011/http://www.wrexhamparish.org.uk/index.php/st-margaret-s-2/stmegshistory?showall=&start=1. 7 November 2014. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: Llanidloes Garden Suburb Limited Reg. No. 5859R. The National Archives. 7 November 2014.
  6. Book: John Newman (architectural historian)

    . Newman. John Newman (architectural historian). John. The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan. 1995. Penguin. London. 0-14-071056-6.

  7. Web site: Barry Garden Suburb Appraisal and Management Plan. Vale of Glamorgan Council. 7 November 2014.
  8. Web site: Rhiwbina Garden Village Conservation Area Appraisal. Cardiff Council. 7 November 2014.
  9. Web site: Barry Chapels. GENUKI. 7 November 2014.
  10. Web site: Wales. Utopia Britannica. 7 November 2014.
  11. Web site: Spence. Barbara. The Forestry Commission in Wales 1919–2013. Forestry Commission Wales. March 2013. 7 November 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140724111718/http://forestry.gov.uk/pdf/EnglishApril2013HistoryFCWsmallerfile.pdf/$FILE/EnglishApril2013HistoryFCWsmallerfile.pdf. 24 July 2014. dmy-all.
  12. Web site: The History of St Margaret's and Garden Village. Parish of Wrexham.
  13. Johnson . Stephanie . How three inches enabled four storeys in south Wales . . 3 April 2020.
  14. James. Clive. The History of Planning in Wales – For 'Planning' Read Housing – town (and country) planning in Wales between 1909 and 1947. Cynllunio – RTPI Cymru Newsletter. 2014. Spring 2014. 10–11. 8 November 2014. Royal Town Planning Institute.
  15. Web site: Gold Medal for Architecture. National Eisteddfod of Wales. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140729215002/http://www.eisteddfod.org.uk/english/about-us/our-history/winners/gold-medal-for-architecture/. 29 July 2014. dmy-all.
  16. Web site: Welsh School of Architecture Student Handbook 2014/15, BSc and MArch Programmes . Welsh School of Architecture . 7 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141108000908/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/archi/Handbooks/2014-2015/Handbook-14-15.pdf . 8 November 2014 .
  17. http://www.wales.ac.uk/en/Scholarships/ScholarshipRecords/DrTAlwynLloyd.aspx University of Wales, Dr T Alwyn Lloyd Memorial