Alfred John Thraves

Alfred John Thraves FRIBA (1888 – 15 August 1953) was an architect based in Nottingham[1] who specialised in cinema design.

He was the son of Joseph Henry Thraves and Agnes Rosina Kraft.

[2] 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[3] and with his son Lionel Alfred Thraves from 1937, based in Whitefriars House, Nottingham.

He died on 15 August 1953[4] at The Turrett, Stanton-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire and left an estate valued at £8,478 11s 3d (equivalent to £299,000 in 2023).