Background
Born in Cork, he joined his father"s practice in 1850 and in 1851 became a partner along with Benjamin Woodward.
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Their work was a Gothic style influenced by the principles of John Ruskin, and included the Museum at Trinity College, Dublin, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, the Pitt Rivers Museum, and the Kildare Street Club, Dublin. He is also known as a conservation architect, involved in the restoration (including the incorporation of the original twelfth-century Romanesque chancel) of the Saint Mary"s Cathedral, Tuam, which was praised by George Petrie. His work on the conservation of Street Canice"s Cathedral, Kilkenny, was less successful, and brought him into conflict with the dean and chapter, and in particular with the Treasurer James Graves.
In contemporary circles, Deane"s partner Woodward was seen as the creative brains behind the business, and their practice suffered after his early death.
Thomas Newenham Deane was knighted in 1890. Deane died suddenly in Dublin on 8 November 1899.
Cork, by whom he had several children.
