John Billing, FRIBA was an English architect from

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. His grandfather Richard Billing (''circa'' 1747–1826), father Richard Billing (1784–1853), brothers Richard (1814–84) and

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(1824–96) and nephew Arthur Ernest (died 1920) were also architects.

Career

Until at least 1854, Billing practiced in

, where he was Borough Surveyor. Billing addressed a meeting of the 1849–50 session of the Oxford Architectural Society on the subject of ''"Parsonage Houses"''. Billing had moved his practice to London by 1856, in which year he was made a Fellow of the

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(1831–1915) was a pupil of his.

Works

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: repairs, 1853–56 *St. Giles' parish church,

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, Oxfordshire, 1855 *St. Mary's parish church,

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: restoration, 1856 *St. Leonard's parish church,

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: transepts and apse, 1861–62 *St. Katherine & St. Leonard's Rectory,

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, Oxfordshire, 1862Sherwood & Pevsner, page 588

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* 1863 deaths Gothic Revival architects English ecclesiastical architects 1816 births Architects of cathedrals Architects from Berkshire 19th-century English architects Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects {{UK-architect-stub