Thomas Chambers Hine was an architect who is known to have worked at the Park Estate, Nottingham, owned by the Duke of Newcastle.
He was born in Covent Garden into a prosperous middle-class family, the eldest son of Jonathan Hine (1780–1862), a hosiery manufacturer and Melicent Chambers (1778–1845).[2] He was articled to the London architect Matthew Habershon until 1834.
In 1837 he arrived in Nottingham and formed a partnership with the builder William Patterson. This business relationship was dissolved in 1849. He worked from 1857[3] with Robert Evans JP until early in 1867 and thereafter with his son George Thomas Hine until his retirement around 1890.
He was nominated as a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1878, but this appears to have been voided.[4]
He married Mary Betts (1813–1893) in 1837 and together had seven children surviving to adulthood. Their eldest child, Mary Melicent Hine (1838–1928) became a nurse and founded the Nottingham Children's Hospital on Postern Street in Nottingham.
Notable buildings include:
- St Laurence's Church, Gonalston rebuilding 1843
- Holy Trinity Church, Shirebrook 1843-44
- Monument to Lord George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, Market Place, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire 1849[5]
- Rectory Kinoulton, Nottinghamshire, 1849
- Rectory Maplebeck, Nottinghamshire, 1849[6]
- Nottingham Corn Exchange, Thurland Street, Nottingham 1849–50[7]
- Holy Cross Church, Morton Derbyshire 1850
- St Paul's Church, Hasland Derbyshire 1850
- Rectory at St Paul's Church, Hasland Derbyshire 1850
- 5, 7, 9, 11, 21, 23, Park Valley, The Park, Nottingham 1844-51[7]
- 1–11 and 25 Regent Street, Nottingham 1851
- Hine and Mundella, Station Street, Nottingham 1851[7]
- 1 Clifton Terrace, The Park, Nottingham 1851[7]
- Gonalston Hall, Nottinghamshire, remodelling 1851–52
- South Manor for Sir Thomas Parkyns, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire 1852
- Priory Church of St. Peter, Thurgarton, Nottinghamshire, restoration 1852–53
- Bluecoat School, Mansfield Road, Nottingham 1852-53[7]
- Flintham Hall Nottinghamshire, remodelling and two lodges 1853
- St Laurence's Church, Gonalston, Nottinghamshire, rebuilt 1853
- The Park Estate, Nottingham 1854 onwards[8]
- Stanford House, Castle Gate, Nottingham 1854[7]
- Hosiery Warehouse (Topshop in 2016), corner of Low Pavement and Lister Gate, Nottingham 1854[7]
- Nottingham General Hospital addition of third storey and chapel 1854–55
- The Park Tunnel, Nottingham 1855[9]
- Lace Warehouses for Richard Birkin, Broadway, Nottingham 1855[7]
- Lace Warehouse for Thomas Adams, Stoney Street, Nottingham 1855[8]
- St Giles' Church, Darlton, Nottinghamshire, restoration 1855
- St. George's Church, Barton in Fabis, Nottinghamshire, restoration 1855
- Elton and Orston railway station, Great Northern Railway, Nottinghamshire 1855
- Christ Church, Cinderhill, Nottingham 1856
- Warehouse, 16 Pilcher Gate, Nottingham 1856[7]
- 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 29, 31, 33 Newcastle Drive, The Park, Nottingham 1856-59[7]
- Radcliffe railway station, Great Northern Railway, Nottinghamshire 1857?
- Aslockton railway station, Great Northern Railway, Nottinghamshire 1857
- Bingham railway station, Great Northern Railway, Nottinghamshire 1857
- Nottingham Great Northern railway station, 1857[8]
- Corn Warehouse, Great Northern Railway, London Road, Nottingham 1857
- All Saints Church, Broxholme, Lincolnshire, 1857
- 1–6 Castle Grove, The Park, Nottingham 1856-58[7]
- Coppice Hospital, Ransom Road, Mapperley, Nottingham 1857–59
- William House, 1 South Road, The Park, Nottingham 1859[7]
- St Michael's Church, Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, rebuilding 1859–60
- St Michael the Archangel's Church, Laxton, Nottinghamshire, restoration 1859–60
- School, Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, 1859–60
- 10–12 Plumptre Street, Nottingham 1861[7]
- 13–33 Lenton Road, The Park, Nottingham 1858–62[7]
- St Oswald's Church, Dunham-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, and vicarage 1861–62
- St. Luke's Church, Shireoaks, Nottinghamshire 1861–62
- Lenton Firs, Derby Road, University of Nottingham 1862 (remodelled)[7]
- Cranfield Court, Bedfordshire, 1862–64
- HM Prison Foston Hall, 1863
- All Saints' Church, Nottingham, 1863–64
- Meadows Mill, Queen's Road, Nottingham 1865[7]
- Nottingham High School, Arboretum Street, Nottingham, with Thomas Simpson, 1866–67[8]
- St. Peter's Church, Aisthorpe, Lincolnshire, 1867
- St. Matthias Church, St. Matthias Street, Sneinton, Nottingham 1867–69[7]
- Old Rectory, Beelsby, Lincolnshire, 1868
- St. Stephen's Church, Bunker's Hill enlargement 1868
- Convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Mapperley Road, Mapperley, Nottingham 1870
- Simla Villa, 73 Raleigh Street, Nottingham 1870
- St. Michael's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire, restoration 1870
- St. Giles Church, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, restoration 1872
- Claremont, 7 North Road, The Park, Nottingham 1872[7]
- Vicarage, Beckingham, Nottinghamshire, 1873
- St. Margaret's Church, Bilsthorpe, restoration and addition of Savile transeptal chapel 1873
- Vicarage, Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, alterations 1874
- Linden House, Newcastle Circus, The Park, Nottingham 1875[7]
- 6 Maxtoke Road, The Park, Nottingham 1875[7]
- Nottingham Castle Museum of Fine Art, 1875-78[8]
- All Saints Church, Ordsall, Nottinghamshire, restoration 1876
- 1 Cavendish Crescent South, The Park, Nottingham 1877[7]
- Mevell House, 7 Newcastle Circus, The Park, Nottingham 1877[7]
- Shire Hall, High Pavement, Nottingham, extensions and alterations 1876–79
- Penrhyn House, Tunnel Road, The Park, Nottingham 1879[7]
- St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, alterations 1878–81
- 18-20 Park Terrace, The Park, Nottingham 1881[7]
- Cavendish House, Cavendish Road East, The Park, Nottingham 1881[7]
- Overdale, Cavendish Road East, The Park, Nottingham 1883[7]
- Elmhurst, Cavendish Road East, The Park, Nottingham 1883[7]
- Cavendish Court, 25 Cavendish Road East, The Park, Nottingham 1884-85
- County Junior School, Lovers Lane, Newark-on-Trent 1889