by Keith Lewis-Jones
Arthur Trystan Edwards
Plaque sited in the main entrance of The Court House, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8DU
Trystan Edwards (1884-1973), had a brilliant undergraduate record at Oxford before embarking on an architectural career.
He served his articles under Sir Reginald Blomfield and began to lecture at Liverpool University in 1911. He joined the Ministry of Health after serving in the navy during World War I, dealing principally with housing policy.
In 1933 he was ahead of his time by founding the Hundred New Towns Association, a policy which didn’t bear fruit until after the Second World War.
In private practice he wrote a number of books about architectural and planning philosophy. He also wrote “Merthyr, Rhondda and the Valleys” published in 1958.
If I remember correctly he lived in Courtland Tce . He was a member of the Atheneum Club in Pall Mall London