John Palmer ( 1738 – 19 July 1817) was an English architect who worked on some of the notable buildings in the city of

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, UK. He succeeded Thomas Baldwin as City Architect in 1792. He died in Bath.

Some works

* St James' Church, Bath, on Stall Street (1768–1769, demolished for the

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building) * St James's Parade (1768) * Cottles House, now

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, Wiltshire (1775) * Church of St Swithin, Bath, The Paragon, Bath (1777–1780) *

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, Somerset (1785) * Lansdown Crescent, Bath, and the adjacent Lansdown Place West and Lansdown Place East (1789-1793) *

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remodelled by Palmer after work by Thomas Baldwin (1789) *

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, begun in 1789 by Thomas Baldwin who resigned in 1791; Palmer continued the scheme * St George's Place (c.1790) * Cumberland House, Norfolk Crescent, Bath (c. 1790–1800, continued by John Pinch after 1810) * Park Street (1790-1793) * 1-8, Bath Street (1791-1794) * Nelson Place West, Bath (c. 1800–1820, continued by John Pinch after 1810) * Stall Street, Bath (c. 1790–1800) * St James's Square, Bath (1791–1794) * St James's Street (1791) * 6-9, Abbey Church Yard (1790s) *

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additions, Bath (1793) * Kensington Chapel, London Road, Walcot, Bath (1794) * Kensington Place, Bath, London Road, Walcot, Bath (1795) * 10, Abbey Church Yard (c.1795) * Christ Church, Bath (1798) *

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(1804–1805), designed by

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and erected by Palmer * New Bond Street, Bath (1805–1807)

References

* H.M. Colvin, ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840'' (1997). . * Michael Forsyth, ''Bath'', Pevsner Architectural Guides (2003). . * Jane Root, "Thomas Baldwin: His Public Career in Bath, 1775–1793" (in, ed. Trevor Fawcett, ''Bath History'', Volume V Bath: Millstream Books Publishing Limited, 1994), pages 80–103. {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, John 1738 births 1817 deaths 18th-century English architects 19th-century English architects Architects from Bath, Somerset