Edwin Thomas Hall

Edwin Thomas Hall (1851–1923) was a British architect[1] known primarily for the design of the Liberty & Co. department store, the Old Library at Dulwich College (1902–03[2]) and various hospitals.

Born in 1851, the son of architect George Hall, he started independent practice in London in 1876,[3] and is best known for his work designing hospitals.

Hall's most noted work, which he undertook with his son, was the design of the Regent Street department store Liberty & Co.,[7] which is now a Grade II* listed building.

Completed after his death in 1924, its mock Tudor style was designed around the ideas of the store's owner, Arthur Liberty.

He was known as "Bye law Hall" not only because of his incisive legal mind but for the major part he played in drafting the updating of the London Building Acts in the 1890s.