Alfred John Thraves

He was the son of Joseph Henry Thraves and Agnes Rosina Kraft. He married Florence A E Sharp in 1912. Their son Lionel Alfred Thraves was born on 18 March 1915.

He was articled to John Lamb in Nottingham and started his own practice in 1910.{{cite journal |author= |date=1954 |title=Obituaries |journal=RIBA Journal |volume=41 |pages=38 }}

During the First World War he was a private in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and held a commission in the Royal Engineers, and was on active service in France and Belgium.

He was in partnership with Henry Hardwick Dawson until 1927{{cite news |author= |title=Notice is hereby given... |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001898/19270416/093/0006 |newspaper=Nottingham Journal |location=England |date=16 April 1927 |access-date=4 March 2018 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} and with his son Lionel Alfred Thraves from 1937, based in Whitefriars House, Nottingham.

During the Second World War he served as a special constable in Nottingham. In 1943 he was appointed a housing consultant to the Ministry of Health.

He died on 15 August 1953{{cite news |author= |title=Nottingham architect, mason, dies |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001898/19530817/048/0003 |newspaper=Nottingham Journal |location=England |date=17 August 1953 |access-date=17 February 2018 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} at The Turrett, Stanton-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire and left an estate valued at £8,478 11s 3d ({{Inflation|UK|8478.6|1953|r=-2|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK}}

• 10 Short Hill, Nottingham 1909{{National Heritage List for England |num=1255167 |desc=10 Short Hill |access-date=3 March 2018 |mode=cs2}}
• Palais de Danse, Nottingham 1924-25{{cite book |last=Harwood |first=Elain |date=1979 |title=The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire |publisher=Yale University Press|page=156 |isbn=0140710027 }}
• Cottages. Bramcote Drive, Beeston. 1921-22{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =1235 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1937-1940 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• Majestic Theatre, Coronation Street, Retford 1927
• National Provincial Bank, Valley Road/Nottingham Road, Basford, Nottingham 1928{{cite news |author= |title=New Bank |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001898/19280218/284/0012 |newspaper=Nottingham Journal |location=England |date=18 February 1928 |access-date=3 March 2018 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
• Empress Cinema, St Ann's Well Road, Nottingham 1928{{cite news |author= |title=New City Cinema Opened |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001898/19281030/239/0009 |newspaper=Nottingham Journal |location=England |date=30 October 1928 |access-date=3 March 2018 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
• Majestic Cinema, 700 Woodborough Road, Mapperley, Nottingham 1929
• St. Giles Parish Hall (later Lutterell Hall), Church Drive, West Bridgford, 1929
• Tudor Cinema, 50 North Street, Bourne 1929
• Plaza Cinema, Mansfield 1930 (later the Granada Cinema)
• Regent Cinema, Diamond Avenue/Station Street, East Kirkby 1930
• Tudor Cinema, 24 Tudor Square, West Bridgford, Nottingham 1931
• Three houses. Derby Road, Beeston. 1931-32{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =311 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• Five houses. Hillside Road, Beeston. 1932{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =505 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• House. 185 Derby Road, Beeston. 1932{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =298 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• House. 207 Derby Road, Beeston. 1932{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =300 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• House. 209 Derby Road, Beeston. 1932{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =302 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• Plaza Cinema, Trent Bridge, Nottingham 1932{{cite news |author= |title=NewSuper Cinema at Mansfield |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19300804/054/0003 |newspaper=Sheffield Daily Telegraph |location=England |date=4 August 1930 |access-date=3 March 2018 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
• Dale Cinema, Sneinton Dale/Hardstaff Road, Nottingham 1932
• House. 23 Wollaton Vale, Beeston. 1932-33{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =1477 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• House. 25 Wollaton Vale, Beeston. 1932-33{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =1477 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• Eight houses. Derby Road, Beeston. 1932-33{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =301 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• Bungalow. 2 Coniston Road, Beeston. 1932-33{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =238 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• Bungalow. 4 Coniston Road, Beeston. 1932-33{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =239 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• Majestic Cinema, 21 Alexandra Road, Swadlincote 1933
• Tudor Cinema, Grange Road, West Kirby, Merseyside 1933
• Parade Super Cinema, Skegness, 1933{{cite news |author= |title=New Cinema at Skegness |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001898/19331219/160/0007 |newspaper=Nottingham Journal |location=England |date=19 December 1933 |access-date=3 March 2018 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
• Houses. 211 Derby Road, Beeston. 1933{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =318 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• Eight houses. Derby Road, Beeston. 1933{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =317 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• Four houses. Hillside Road, Beeston. 1933{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =504 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }} (with Calvert and Jessop)
• House. 104 Hillside Road, Beeston. 1933-34{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =503 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• House. 20 Keswick Close, Bramcote. 1933-34{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =903 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• Three houses. Derby Road, Beeston. 1934{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =299 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• Houses. 24 Derby Road, Beeston. 1934{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =313 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1878-1937 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/1 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• King's Cinema, Outram Street/Forest Street, Sutton in Ashfield 1935
• Regal Cinema, Parliament Street, Nottingham 1935
• Byron Cinema, High Street/Duke Street, Hucknall 1936
• Cinema, Nottingham Road, Basford 1936
• Astoria Cinema, Derby Road, Lenton Abbey, Nottingham 1936
• Two houses. High Road, Beeston. 1936-37{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =1606 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1937-1940 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• House. 6 Coniston Road, Beeston. 1937{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =1701 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1937-1940 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office |location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• House. 5 Coniston Road, Beeston. 1937{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =1848 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1937-1940 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office || location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• Regal Cinema, West Street, Boston 1937{{cite news |author= |title=Boston's New Super Cinema |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001890/19370528/176/0009 |newspaper=Boston Guardian |location=England |date=28 May 1937 |access-date=3 March 2018 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
• Forum Cinema, Aspley Lane, Aspley, Nottingham 1937
• Futurist Cinema, 551 Valley Road, Basford, Nottingham 1937
• Savoy Cinema, Station Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield 1937
• Savoy Cinema, Westlode Street, Spalding 1937
• Six houses. 2-12 Grasmere Road, Beeston. 1937-38{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =1865 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1937-1940 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office || location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• Windsor Cinema, Warmsworth Road/Oswin Avenue, Balby, Doncaster 1938{{cite news |author= |title=New Balby Cinema |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001898/19380803/105/0004 |newspaper=Nottingham Journal |location=England |date=3 August 1938 |access-date=3 March 2018 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
• Gloria Cinema, Nottingham Road and Meadow Lane, Derby 1938 (later the Ladbroke Film Centre)
• House. 72 Beeston Fields Drive, Beeston. 1938-39{{cite archive |first= |last= |item =2161 |item-url = |type = Building Plan Register |item-id = |date = 1937-1940 |page= |pages= |fonds = |series = |file =DC/BS/4/2/2 |box= |collection = District Council Records |collection-url = |repository = |institution =Nottinghamshire Archives Office || location = Nottingham |oclc= |accession= }}
• Windsor Cinema, Hartley Road, Radford, Nottingham 1939
• Astra Cinema, Wheatley, Doncaster 1939
• State Cinema, Church Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1939
• R. Cripps and Company Motor Showroom and Garage, Parliament Street/Barker Gate, Nottingham 1939{{cite news |author= |title=Woolpack Lane Corner |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001898/19390329/347/0021 |newspaper=Nottingham Journal |location=England |date=29 March 1939 |access-date=3 March 2018 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
• Wood, Bastow and Company Factory, Nottingham Road, Selston 1939-40{{cite news |author= |title=City Firm's Factory Enterprise at Snelston |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001898/19391229/100/0004 |newspaper=Nottingham Journal |location=England |date=29 December 1939 |access-date=3 March 2018 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}

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