Thomas Ambler (1838 – 1920) was an English architect, living and working in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

Thomas Ambler
St Paul's House (Thomas Ambler, 1878) from St Paul's Street, showing the original entrance

Ambler was a friend of the Mayor of Leeds and Member of Parliament, John Barran, who became his patron.[1]

Among Ambler's surviving works are the Grade II* listed Moorish factory (now offices) of St Paul's House in Park Square, Leeds, Grade II listed buildings on the south side of Boar Lane, St James's Hall in New York Street, and the Grade II listed Alf Cooke printworks in Hunslet Road which now forms part of the Printworks Campus of Leeds City College.[2]

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  1. ^ St Paul's House, Leeds, by Thomas Ambler, VictorianWeb.org. Retrieved 26 January 2014. Cited from Building a Great Victorian City: Leeds Architects and Architecture (2011) by Janet Douglas.
  2. ^ "Leeds City College Printworks Campus". Leeds City College. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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