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1775 In Architecture
The year 1775 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * Casino at Marino near Dublin, Ireland, designed by William Chambers is completed at about this date. * Fort Belan commanding the western end of the Menai Strait in Wales completed. * Midford Castle folly in Somerset, England, built to a design by John Carter. * Conygar Tower folly in Somerset, England, built to a design by Richard Phelps. * Bygholm Castle manor house in Denmark built to a design by Andreas Møller. * Hôtel des Monnaies, Paris (mint), designed by Jacques Denis Antoine, is largely completed. * Hôtel Grimod de La Reynière town house in Paris built to a design by Jean-Benoît-Vincent Barré. * The Wick house in Richmond, Surrey, England, built to a design by Robert Mylne. * Bostock Hall in Cheshire, England, rebuilt, probably to a design by Samuel Wyatt. * Ingersley Hall in Cheshire, England built about this date. Births * May 8 – George Gwilt the young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond, London
Richmond is a town in south-west London,The London Government Act 1963 (c.33) (as amended) categorises the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames as an Outer London borough. Although it is on both sides of the River Thames, the Boundary Commission for England defines it as being in South London or the South Thames sub-region, pairing it with Kingston upon Thames for the purposes of devising constituencies. However, for the purposes of the London Plan, Richmond now lies within the West London region. west-southwest of Charing Cross. It is on a meander of the River Thames, with many parks and open spaces, including Richmond Park, and many protected conservation areas, which include much of Richmond Hill. A specific Act of Parliament protects the scenic view of the River Thames from Richmond. Richmond was founded following Henry VII's building of Richmond Palace in the 16th century, from which the town derives its name. (The palace itself was named after Henry's earldom of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1845 In Architecture
The year 1845 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * Two influential clergy houses for the Church of England are designed: the Rectory at Rampisham, Dorset, designed by Augustus Pugin (along with restoration of the church; completed 1847) and the Vicarage at Coalpit Heath in south Gloucestershire, designed by William Butterfield (along with his first new Anglican church, St Saviour's, consecrated October 9). * Robert William Billings begins publication of ''The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland''. Buildings and structures Buildings completed * Trafalgar Square in London, designed by Charles Barry and John Nash is completed. * Government House, Sydney in Australia, designed by Edward Blore, is completed and first occupied. * Tolbooth Kirk, Edinburgh, designed by James Gillespie Graham and Augustus Pugin, is completed as a church and General Assembly hall (Victoria Hall) for the Church of Scotland. * New S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray
Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray (23 November 1775 in Ehrenbreitstein near Koblenz – 4 October 1845 in Weimar) was a German neoclassical architect. From 1804 to 1816 he worked as court architect in Fulda and from 1816 until his death as Chief Director of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, producing several significant buildings in the town of Weimar itself. The asteroid 27712 Coudray __NOTOC__ The year 771 ( DCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 771 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calenda ... is named after him. 1775 births 1845 deaths 18th-century German architects History of Weimar 19th-century German architects {{Germany-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November 23
Events Pre-1600 * 534 BC – Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. * 1248 – Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile. * 1499 – Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England. * 1531 – The Second War of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland. 1601–1900 *1644 – John Milton publishes '' Areopagitica'', a pamphlet decrying censorship. *1733 – The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies. * 1808 – French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela. * 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1842 In Architecture
The year 1842 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * March 28 – The Maria Zankovetska Theatre, Teatr Skarbkowski in Lviv (Ukraine), designed by Jan Salzmann and Ludwig Pichl, opens. * October 18 – The Walhalla memorial in Bavaria, designed by Leo von Klenze, is inaugurated. * Treasury Building (Washington, D.C.), designed by Robert Mills (architect), Robert Mills, central and east wings completed, * Construction of Berry Hill Plantation, Berry Hill, near Halifax, Virginia starts. * Iglesia de la Matriz, Valparaíso, Chile, completed. * Kawaiahaʻo Church, Honolulu, Hawaii, designed by Rev. Hiram Bingham I, Hiram Bingham, completed. * St Mary's Church, Wreay, Cumberland, England, designed by Sara Losh, consecrated. * Ak Mosque, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, completed. * Circular church of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge, England, restored by Anthony Salvin. * Cologne Cathedral construction work is recommenced after 400 years by the ''Zen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gottlob Friedrich Thormeyer
Gottlob Friedrich Thormeyer (23 October 1775 - 11 February 1842) was a German representative of neoclassical architecture. Life and artwork Education and early work Thormeyer was born in the Protestant Kreuzkirche parish, Dresden. He started to study painting in very early years at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts under Giovanni Battista Casanova, but changed to architecture in 1791. Friedrich August Krubsacius and Gottlob August Hölzer were his professors there. Since 1800, he belonged to the royal staff as ''Hofbaukondukteur''. Thormeyer created some well known drawings depicting sights of Dresden and its surrounding, e.g. ''Dom Meißen'', Schloss Pillnitz and Katholische Hofkirche (drawn 1807). Many of them were later etched by Christian Gottlob Hammer. Some neo-classical buildings arose in little towns and villages around Dresden, like the Vorwerk Kleindrebnitz. File:Hammer CG (C03)WeissesTor.jpg, White gate Dresden. File:Hammer CG (C04)ElbeBlick.jpg, View to the riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 23
Events Pre-1600 *4004 BC – James Ussher's proposed creation date of the world according to the Bible. *42 BC – Liberators' civil war: Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat an army under Brutus in the second part of the Battle of Philippi, with Brutus committing suicide and ending the civil war. * 425 – Valentinian III is elevated as Roman emperor at the age of six. * 502 – The ''Synodus Palmaris'', called by Gothic king Theoderic, absolves Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius. *1086 – Spanish ''Reconquista'': At the Battle of Sagrajas, the Almoravids defeats the Castilians, but are unable to take advantage of their victory. *1157 – The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the Danish Civil War. * 1295 – The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris. 1601–1900 *1641 – Irish Catholic gentry from Ulster attempt to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1856 In Architecture
The year 1856 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Buildings and structures Buildings opened * February – State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Joseph Reed * May 15 – Rumeli Feneri, Istanbul, Turkey * August 31 – The Esztergom Basilica in Hungary, designed by Pál Kühnel and József Hild (consecrated) * October 4 – Lindau Lighthouse, Bavaria * November 1 – Stamford Water Street railway station in Lincolnshire, England, designed by William Hurst Buildings completed * Debating chambers of Parliament House, Melbourne, Australia, designed by General Charles Pasley * Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. * Landherrnamt, Bremen, Germany, designed by Alexander Schröder in the Neo-Romanesque style * Walnut Hall, Toronto, Canada, designed by John Tully as O'Donohoe Row (demolished 2007) Events * Future English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy is apprenticed to architect James Hicks in Dorchester, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gwilt The Younger
George Gwilt, the younger (1775–1856) was an English architect and writer on architecture. best known for his restoration of the east end of the church of St. Saviour, Southwark, (now Southwark Cathedral). Biography Gwilt was born in Southwark on 8 May 1775, the eldest son of George Gwilt the elder. He was articled to his father, and succeeded him in business as an architect. He was from the first very fully employed, one of his earliest important commissions being the large warehouses erected about 1801 for the West India Dock Company. Gwilt was drawn towards the study rather than the active practice of architecture, and from early on he devoted himself to archæological pursuits. He wrote many papers for the '' Archæologia'' and the '' Vetusta Monumenta'' of the Society of Antiquaries, of which he was elected a fellow on 14 December 1815. In 1820 he superintended the rebuilding of the tower and spire of Wren's church of St. Mary-le-Bow The Church of St Mary-le-Bow is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 8
Events Pre-1600 *453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths. * 589 – Reccared I opens the Third Council of Toledo, marking the entry of Visigothic Spain into the Catholic Church. *1360 – Treaty of Brétigny drafted between King Edward III of England and King John II of France (the Good).p118 Hersch Lauterpacht, "Volume 20 of International Law Reports, Cambridge University Press, 1957, *1373 – Julian of Norwich, a Christian mystic and anchoress, experiences the deathbed visions described in her ''Revelations of Divine Love''. * 1429 – Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingersley Hall
Ingersley Hall, later Savio House, stands to the east of the town of Bollington, Cheshire, England. The house was built in about 1775 for John Gaskell. Extensions were added to it in 1833 for John Upton Gaskell. The house was sold by the Gaskell family in 1933. In the 1950s it was taken over by a religious order, the Salesians of Don Bosco, and renamed Savio House. As of 2011 the house is used as a retreat and activities centre for young people. The front of the house is constructed in ashlar, with the remainder in coursed sandstone rubble. The house is roofed in Welsh slate and has stone chimneys. It has a rectangular plan and is in two storeys. The architectural style is Greek Revival. The north front is symmetrical with five bays divided by pilasters. The porch is in Doric style. The west front has eight bays, the central three of which were in the original house. All the windows in the north and west fronts are sashes with 12 panes. The south door is in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
