 Born at Wasperton Hill Farm in Warwickshire, Thomas Garner grew up in a rural setting that gave him an instinctive feeling for country crafts and construction, which were never weakened by long years spent in London.Thomas Garner was articled to the architect Sir Gilbert Scott at the age of 17.One of his immediate predecessors at "Scott's" was George Frederick Bodley, who was already beginning to establish his own reputation.