A. N. Prentice


Andrew Noble Prentice was a British architect.

Family

He was born on 20 April 1866 in Greenock, the son of Thomas Prentice and Jessie Mcalpine.
He died on 23 December 1941 in Llandudno and left and estate valued at £43,960. Of this, £6,000 was left to the Royal Institute of British Architects to provide travelling associatedships or studentships to Spain and also for books for the library of the Institute.

Career

He was educated at Glasgow University and then articled to William Leiper 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 Thomas Edward Collcutt 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: