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List Of British Architects
This list of British architects includes notable architects, civil engineers, and earlier stonemasons, from the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. People have also been included who were born outside the UK/Great Britain but who are primarily known for their practice within the UK. Medieval stonemasons * Richard Cementarius (fl. 1264–1290) * Elias of Dereham (fl. 1188–1245) *Gundulf of Rochester (died 1108) *Hugh Herland (c. 1330–1411) * Robert Janyns (fl. 1438–1464) *John Lewyn (fl. late 14th cent.) * William Orchard (fl. 1468–1504) * William Ramsey (fl. 1330–1411) * James of St. George (c. 1230–1309) * Alan of Walsingham (died c. 1364) *William of Sens (fl. 1174–1184) *William the Englishman (fl. 1174–1214) *William Wynford (fl. 1360–1405) *Henry Yevele (c. 1320–1400) Renaissance, Tudor and Jacobean architects and stonemasons 16th and early 17th century *John Abel (c. 1578–1675) * Robert Adams (1540–1595) * William Arnold (fl. 1595–16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wynford
William Wynford or William of Wynford (flourished 1360–1405) was one of the most successful English master masons of the 14th century, using the new Perpendicular Gothic style. Life and career He is first mentioned in 1360 when at work at Windsor Castle as warden of masons' work. He became master mason at Wells Cathedral on 1 February 1365 where he is believed to have designed the South West tower, it was probably here that he met William of Wykeham who was then a provost of the cathedral. He was made master of the works at Windsor Castle in 1364 under Wykeham, in 1372 Edward III granted Wynford a pension of £10 per annum. In 1375–76 he was at work at Abingdon Abbey and working for the crown at Corfe Castle in 1377–78 making new rooms in the keep. In 1378 Wynford was working with Henry Yevele at Southampton. With the death of Edward III the new king Richard II of England favoured Wykeham, with newfound wealth he founded in 1379 New College, Oxford, which was designed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Vertue
William Vertue (died 1527) was an English architect specialising in Fan vault ceilings. Along with his brother Robert, he was involved in the construction of the Tower of London (1501–1502), Bath Abbey, the Vertue brothers are reported as telling Bishop Oliver King the patron of the work that the vaulting "Ther shal be no one so goodeley, neither in England nor in France" and the vaulting and the clerestory windows and walls of the Henry VII's chapel at Westminster, between 1506 and 1509, though Robert Virtue was dead by then and William is thought to be entirely responsible. He advised John Wastell about the design for the fan vaulted ceiling at King's College Chapel, Cambridge,. The fan vault over the crossing at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Vertue
Robert Vertue (died in 1506) was an English architect and master mason. He worked as a mason on the nave of Westminster Abbey between 1475 and 1490, and then as the master mason for Henry VII's riverside north range of Greenwich Palace, built in 1500–04 and a work at the Tower of London. Along with his brother William, he was involved in the construction of Bath Abbey, the Tower of London (1501–1502) and possibly Henry VII's chapel at Westminster Westminster is an area of Central London, part of the wider City of Westminster. The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, B .... References 15th-century English architects 16th-century English architects Stonemasons Architects from London Gothic architects 1506 deaths Year of birth unknown {{England-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Thorpe
John Thorpe or Thorp (c.1565–1655?; fl.1570–1618) was an English architect. Life Little is known of his life, and his work is dubiously inferred, rather than accurately known, from a folio of drawings in the Sir John Soane's Museum, to which Horace Walpole called attention, in 1780, in his ''Anecdotes of Painting''; but how far these were his own is uncertain. He was engaged on a number of important English houses of his time, and several, such as Longleat, have been attributed to him on grounds which cannot be sustained, because they were built before he was born. In 1570 when he was five years old, he laid the foundation stone of Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire his father being the Master mason of the project. He was probably the designer of Charlton House, in Charlton, London; the original Longford Castle, Wiltshire; Condover Hall and the original Holland House, Kensington; and he is said to have been engaged on Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire, and Audley End, Essex ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Smythson
Robert Smythson (1535 – 15 October 1614) was an English architect. Smythson designed a number of notable houses during the Elizabethan era. Little is known about his birth and upbringing—his first mention in historical records comes in 1556, when he was stonemason for the house at Longleat, built by Sir John Thynne (ca. 1512–1580). He later designed Hardwick Hall, Wollaton Hall, Burton Agnes Hall, and other significant projects. Historically, a number of other Elizabethan houses, such as Gawthorpe Hall and Chastleton House, have been attributed to him on stylistic grounds. In Britain at this time, the profession of architect was in its most embryonic stage of development. Smythson was trained as a stonemason, and by the 1560s was travelling England as a master mason leading his own team of masons. In 1568 he moved from London to Wiltshire to commence work on the new house at Longleat for Sir John Thynne; he worked there for almost eighteen years, carving personally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mylne (1611–1667)
John Mylne (1611 – 24 December 1667), sometimes known as "John Mylne junior", or "the Younger", was a Scottish master mason and architect, who served as Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland. Born in Perth, he was the son of John Mylne, also a master mason, and Isobel Wilson. Practising as a stonemason, he also took on the role of architect, designing as well as building his projects. He was one of the last masters of Scottish Renaissance architecture, before new styles were imported by his successors. Alongside his professional career, he also served as a soldier and politician. He married three times but had no surviving children. Career Mylne learned his trade from his father, assisting him with projects including the sundial at Holyrood Palace. In 1633 Mylne was made a burgess of the royal burgh of Edinburgh, and was admitted to the Edinburgh lodge of masons, both due to his father's position.Colvin, p.569-70 He was first appointed to the town council in 1636 and, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mylne (d
John Mylne was the name of three Scottish master masons: * John Mylne (d.1621) * John Mylne (d.1657), "John Mylne of Perth", son of the above *John Mylne (1611–1667) John Mylne (1611 – 24 December 1667), sometimes known as "John Mylne junior", or "the Younger", was a Scottish master mason and architect, who served as Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland. Born in Perth, he was the son of John Mylne, als ..., "John Mylne junior", son of the above See also * John Milne (other) {{hndis, Mylne, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lyminge
Robert Lyminge ( 1607–1628)A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840, Howard Colvin 1978 was an English carpenter and architect. His surname is also sometimes spelt Lemyinge or Liminge. Lyminge's earliest record of employment is dated 1607 at the almshouses at Theobalds in Hertfordshire. From 1607–12 he was in charge of the design and construction of Hatfield House for Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury. But Inigo Jones is also known to have been consulted about the design, and who may be responsible for some of the detail on the south front. In 1616–17 Lyminge was designing Blickling Hall in Norfolk for Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet. Lyminge was buried in the churchyard at Blickling on 8 January 1628. Both country houses are typical examples of Jacobean architecture, brick built with stone mouldings around the windows and doors, with stone string courses and quoins, the central feature of each building is a clock tower, stone at Hatfield Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Janyns The Younger
Robert Janyns ( fl. 1499 – 1506) was an English gothic architect, who was likely responsible for part of the design of the Henry VII Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey. He should not be confused with the other Robert Janyns. He also worked at Windsor Castle, Burford church, and Richmond Palace Richmond Palace was a royal residence on the River Thames in England which stood in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Situated in what was then rural Surrey, it lay upstream and on the opposite bank from the Palace of Westminster, which .... References 16th-century English architects Gothic architects Year of death missing Year of birth unknown {{England-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Basil
Simon Basil (fl. 1590 — 1615) was an English surveyor or architect, who held the post of Surveyor of the King's Works, 1606-15. Works Simon Basil's first recorded appearance, in 1590, was drawing a plan of Ostend, a military objective at the time, for the previous Surveyor, Robert Adams. Similarly in 1597 he is mentioned in respect of a "modell" of Flushing. In that year he was Comptroller of the Royal Works. His major patron was Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, in his London residence, 'Salisbury' or 'Cecil House' in the Strand, London (1601), and at Cecil's main seat, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire (1607–12). It is unclear to what extent he was involved in design at Hatfield, where he served as clerk of the works. Basil sent a letter regarding his progress on Cecil House to Cecil on 14 August 1601. He explained that it was too late in the building season to complete the court with symmetry, but he could remedy the defect by painting the new plaster in imitation of bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Arnold (architect)
William Arnold ( fl. 1595–1637) was an important master mason in Somerset, England. As a stonemason and architect, William Arnold was head of a migrating band of professional Somerset stonemasons who worked on many houses. Arnold was known to have been living in Charlton Musgrove near Wincanton in 1595 where he was church warden. His first known commission was for the design of Montacute House in c1598. This is one of the finest Elizabethan mansions in the country and was designed for Sir Edward Phelips. Other works include the remodelling of a hunting lodge at Cranborne to form a manor house for Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury in 1607–1610. He was then commissioned in 1610–1613 by Dorothy Wadham, a Somerset resident, to design and oversee the building of Wadham College, Oxford. Wadham College is widely regarded as the last major public building in the UK to have been built according to the mediaeval principles of a supervising master mason. His last known work was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
