James Tait (architect)

[1] He was born on 10 February 1835 in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the son of William Tait (1792-1864) and Katherine Adam (1800-1876).

He established his own practice in Leicester in 1865, later entering into partnerships with John Langham from 1874 to 1880 and then Albert Herbert from ca.1897 to ca.1900.

He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1882.

In 1894 he suffered an accident when he was in the warehouses of Warner and Company on Pocklington's Walk, Leicester when he fell from the second floor down a flight of stairs.

[2] He retired at the turn of the 20th century, and moved to live in Painswick, Gloucestershire where he died on 9 July 1915 where he left an estate valued at £3099 17s 7d.