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Thomas Cubitt

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Birth
Buxton, Broadland District, Norfolk, England
Death
20 Dec 1855 (aged 67)
Surrey, England
Burial
West Norwood, London Borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England Add to Map
Plot
649, Square 48
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Architect. An influential figure in English building design, he specialised in the late Georgian and early Regency styles. The son of a Norfolk farmer, he journeyed to India as ship's carpenter from which he earned sufficient funds to start his own building firm, where he was the first builder to have a 'modern' system of employing all the types of sub-contractors internally, on permanent wages, instead of outsourcing the tradeswork as had been done previously. His first major building was the London Institution in Finsbury Circus, built in 1815. His development of areas of St. Pancras, including Gordon Square and Tavistock Square, began in 1820, for a group of landowners including the Duke of Bedford. He was commissioned in 1824 by Richard Grosvenor, the 2nd Marquess of Westminster, to create a great swathe of building in Belgravia centred around Belgrave Square and Pimlico, in what was to become his greatest achievement in London. He was also responsible for much of Bloomsbury, and the east facing of Buckingham Palace. He also built and personally funded nearly a kilometre of the Thames Embankment. After his death, Queen Victoria said "In his sphere of life, with the immense business he had in hand, he is a real national loss. A better, kindhearted or more simple, unassuming man never breathed."
Architect. An influential figure in English building design, he specialised in the late Georgian and early Regency styles. The son of a Norfolk farmer, he journeyed to India as ship's carpenter from which he earned sufficient funds to start his own building firm, where he was the first builder to have a 'modern' system of employing all the types of sub-contractors internally, on permanent wages, instead of outsourcing the tradeswork as had been done previously. His first major building was the London Institution in Finsbury Circus, built in 1815. His development of areas of St. Pancras, including Gordon Square and Tavistock Square, began in 1820, for a group of landowners including the Duke of Bedford. He was commissioned in 1824 by Richard Grosvenor, the 2nd Marquess of Westminster, to create a great swathe of building in Belgravia centred around Belgrave Square and Pimlico, in what was to become his greatest achievement in London. He was also responsible for much of Bloomsbury, and the east facing of Buckingham Palace. He also built and personally funded nearly a kilometre of the Thames Embankment. After his death, Queen Victoria said "In his sphere of life, with the immense business he had in hand, he is a real national loss. A better, kindhearted or more simple, unassuming man never breathed."

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15617358/thomas-cubitt: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas Cubitt (25 Feb 1788–20 Dec 1855), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15617358, citing West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium, West Norwood, London Borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.