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Samuel Wyatt (8 September 1737, Weeford, Staffs. – London, 8 February 1807) was an
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. A member of the
Wyatt family The Wyatt family included several of the major English architects during the 18th and 19th centuries, and a significant 18th century inventor, John Wyatt (1700–1766), the eldest son of John Wyatt (1675–1742). The family This is a summary t ...
, which included several notable 18th- and 19th-century English architects, his work was primarily in a neoclassical style.


Career

In his twenties, Wyatt was master carpenter and later
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's clerk of works at
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in
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, which was a landmark in English
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. He later worked with his brother
James Wyatt James Wyatt (3 August 1746 – 4 September 1813) was an English architect, a rival of Robert Adam in the neoclassical and neo-Gothic styles. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1785 and was its president from 1805 to 1806. Early life W ...
on the
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in Oxford Street, London. He designed neoclassical country houses such as
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in Cheshire, and
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in London and
Digswell House Digswell House is a Grade II listed Mansion in Hertfordshire, erected c. 1805–07 by Samuel Wyatt for the Honourable Edward Spencer Cowper, who lived there for some years. It was built in the parish of Digswell from which it takes its name, ...
in Hertfordshire. Wyatt's career was diverse. He designed the Albion Mills in London, which was the first in the world to be powered by steam engines, and patented designs for cast iron bridges. He designed model farm buildings, cottages, and several lighthouses, including those at
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. Between 1784 and 1807 Samuel worked as architect to the
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estate,Martins, Susanna Wade. "A Great Estate At Work: The Holkham Estate and its Inhabitants in the Nineteenth Century". Cambridge University Press, 1980. 155. he designed several farms, 'The Great Barn' as well as the new
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with its hothouses, including 'The Vinery'. He used a simplified new-classical style for these buildings. In 1791 Samuel was hired by Rev Edward Hughes to design and build an early version of
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in Abergele, Wales, which he completed in 1802 and which is referred to as the Wyatt Kinmel. Samuel Wyatt developed a friendship with
Matthew Boulton Matthew Boulton (; 3 September 172817 August 1809) was an English manufacturer and business partner of Scottish engineer James Watt. In the final quarter of the 18th century, the partnership installed hundreds of Boulton & Watt steam engine ...
, for whom he designed
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in the Handsworth Staffordshire (now
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) in 1789. Prior to this, Boulton recommended him to the proprietors of the Theatre Royal on
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in 1777, and in 1780, a
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of coupled
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s between arched wings was added to the front of the theatre to a design by Wyatt. It is also believed that he was recommended by Boulton to
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, for whom Wyatt designed Heathfield House in Handsworth. This was completed in 1790. He was also responsible for work at Moseley Hall in the
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area of Birmingham. Together with Charles Tatham he also designed Dropmore House in
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, which was built in the 1790s for the
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at the time,
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, who pushed through the law abolishing the slave trade. At the turn of the 19th century, he remodelled and extended
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for
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.


Gallery of architectural work

File:Tatton Hall.jpg, Tatton Hall, Cheshire File:TrinityHouseLondon.JPG, Trinity House, London (Samuel's work is in stone on the left) File:Soho House (frontal view).jpg,
Soho House Soho House is a museum run by Birmingham Museums Trust, celebrating Matthew Boulton's life, his partnership with James Watt, his membership of the Lunar Society of Birmingham and his contribution to the Midlands Enlightenment and the Ind ...
, Staffordshire File:Heathfield Hall, Handsworth by Allen Edward Everitt.jpg,
Heathfield Hall Heathfield Hall (sometimes referred to as Heathfield House) was a house in Handsworth, Staffordshire (the area became part of Birmingham in 1911), England, built for the engineer James Watt. In 1790, Watt's business partner Matthew Boulton r ...
- 1835 painting by
Allen Edward Everitt Allen Edward Everitt (1824 – 11 June 1882) was an English architectural artist and illustrator. He was a leading artist in the Birmingham area between 1850 and 1880, and his work is a valuable historical record of local buildings of that per ...
File:Shugborough Hall 03.jpg,
Shugborough Hall Shugborough Hall is a stately home near Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England. The hall is situated on the edge of Cannock Chase, about east of Stafford and from Rugeley. The estate was owned by the Bishops of Lichfield until the dissolutio ...
, Staffordshire File:Doddington31.jpg, Doddington Hall, Cheshire File:The Great Barn, Holkham Hall Park - geograph.org.uk - 369552.jpg, The Great Barn, Holkham estate Norfolk File:Belmont House - geograph.org.uk - 1597121.jpg, Belmont House, Throwley, Kent, built 1789–1793 for Colonel John Montresor File:Kinmael,_1794.jpg,
Kinmel Hall Kinmel Hall is a large country mansion within Kimnel Park near the village of St. George, close to the coastal town of Abergele, in Conwy county borough, Wales. The hall, the third building on the site, was completed in the mid 19th century f ...
, Abergele File:Flamborough Head Lighthouse, Yorkshire (2756623737).jpg, Flamborough Head Lighthouse, Yorkshire


See also

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Wyatt family The Wyatt family included several of the major English architects during the 18th and 19th centuries, and a significant 18th century inventor, John Wyatt (1700–1766), the eldest son of John Wyatt (1675–1742). The family This is a summary t ...


References

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External links


John Martin Robinson's doctoral thesis, "Samuel Wyatt, architect"
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