Thomas Earp (sculptor)

Thomas Earp (1828–1893) was a British sculptor and architectural carver who was active in the late 19th century.

[1] He specialised in sculpture for Gothic Revival churches and worked closely with the architect George Edmund Street in the 1860s and 1870s.

He studied at the Nottingham School of Art and Design and after completing his studies in the early 1850s went to work for the building contractor George Myers (who himself worked extensively for Pugin) in London.

[2] Earp's practice expanded in 1864 when he went into partnership with another sculptor, Edwin Hobbs Senior (c.1841-1904).

While Hobbs was based in Manchester, Earp worked from the London office at 32 Canterbury Place, Lambeth Walk.

Earp's reredos at Leeds Parish Church
Horton family mausoleum at Middleton Cheney , Northamptonshire
Earp's pulpit at St Michael and All Angels, Hughenden. The pulpit is carved with the figures of the archangels Michael , Gabriel , and Uriel .