Thomas Ambler

Thomas Ambler (1838 – 1920) was an English architect, living and working in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

Thomas Ambler

St Paul's House (Thomas Ambler, 1878) from St Paul's Street, showing the original entrance

Ambler was a friend of the Mayor of Leeds and Member of Parliament, John Barran, who became his patron.^[1]

Among Ambler's surviving works are the Grade II* listed Moorish factory (now offices) of St Paul's House in Park Square, Leeds, Grade II listed buildings on the south side of Boar Lane, St James's Hall in New York Street, and the Grade II listed Alf Cooke printworks in Hunslet Road which now forms part of the Printworks Campus of Leeds City College.^[2]

References

1. St Paul's House, Leeds, by Thomas Ambler, VictorianWeb.org. Retrieved 26 January 2014. Cited from Building a Great Victorian City: Leeds Architects and Architecture (2011) by Janet Douglas.
2. "Leeds City College Printworks Campus". Leeds City College. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

External links

• Historic England. "St Paul's House (1256126)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
• Historic England. "St James's Hall (1375231)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
• Historic England. "1-13 Boar Lane (1255878)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
• Historic England. "10-20 Duncan Street (1375357)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
• Historic England. "Alf Cooke Ltd Packaging (Cookes Printers) (Grade II) (1255574)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
• 'Thomas Ambler (1838–1920)' by Janet Douglas (historian) in Christopher Webster (ed.) Building a Great Victorian City: Leeds Architects and Architecture 1790-1914 (2011).