Benjamin Broomhead Taylor (25 March 1806 – July 1848) was an architect based in
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...
, England.
Life
He was born on 25 March 1806, the son of Edward Taylor (1779–1835) and Elizabeth Broomhead (1775–1838), and christened on 30 March in
St Mary's Church, Barnsley
St Mary's Church is an active parish church in the town of Barnsley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Built in 1400, the church is located on Church Lane and is directly next to the college and town hall. The ...
.
He married Mary Ann Fretwell (1804–1870) on 25 September 1825 in
St. George's Church, Doncaster. They had the following children:
*Mary Ann Taylor (b. 1827)
*Lucy Henrietta Taylor (1832–1837)
*Charles Henry Fretwell Taylor (1835–1847)
*Alice Taylor (b. 1836)
*Frederick Taylor (1837–1837)
*Ellen Taylor (b. 1840)
*James Herbert Taylor (1842–1842)
*Louis Philippe Taylor (1845–1929)
He died in Broughton, Lincolnshire and was buried on 13 July 1848.
Works
*
Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield 1832–33 (with
Samuel Worth)
*Public Baths, Glossop Road, Sheffield 1836–37
*Three Glasshouses, Sheffield Botanical Gardens 1837–38
*St John the Baptist Parish Church,
Dodworth
Dodworth ( ) is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 5,742, increasing to 5,900 at the 2011 Census (9,777 for Dodworth Ward).
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, Yorkshire 1844
References
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1806 births
1848 deaths
People from Barnsley
Architects from Sheffield