Thomas Holt (c. 1578 – 1624) was an English architect who designed a number of buildings at the University of Oxford.
Holt, a master carpenter[1] and architect from either Halifax[1] or York, is notable for designing important works in Renaissance architecture built at Oxford.
[2] [3] From 1613, he designed the great quadrangle of the examination schools there, now part of the Bodleian Library, introducing some new architectural features.
Holt is registered as a privileged person in the university, aged 40, on 30 October 1618; he is described as "Faberlignarius Coll.
He died on 9 September 1624, and was buried in the churchyard of Holywell parish church, Oxford, where a monument was erected in his memory.