Peter Atkinson (1735–1805) was an English

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Biography

He was born at or near

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and started work as a carpenter. He later became an assistant to John Carr and was employed at

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, Harewood and elsewhere. In 1786 he became responsible for maintaining York's corporation property, and subsequently took over Carr's extensive works in Yorkshire and further north. The Atkinson family of York architects continued after Atkinson's death. His son,

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, himself had sons John Bownas Atkinson (1807–1874) and William Atkinson (architect, born 1811). Before their father's death, the two sons had taken over and for the next thirty plus years they were the most prolific of the city's architects. In 1877 William took James Demaisne (1842–1911) as partner.

Works

Among Atkinson's works were: * No. 18 Blake Street, York, c. 1789 * Monk Bridge, York, 1794 (later widened in 1924–26) *

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, 1797, a large mansion for Sir R.V.B. Johnstone at

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(near

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). In 1910 the building was gutted by fire, but was subsequently restored by

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* Hainton Hall, Lincolnshire, rebuilt the west front for George Heneage in 1800 * A stable block at

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, West Riding of Yorkshire, for

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c.1800 * Enlargement of the Female Prison in

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by adding the end bays to match John Carr's Assize Courts, 1802 (the Female Prison is now part of

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) * Additions at Ormsby Hall,

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, Lincolnshire, for Charles Burrell Massingberd, 1803 * York,

51 Bootham 51 Bootham is a historic building on Bootham, a street leading north from the city centre of York in England. The building was designed by Peter Atkinson for Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone and was completed in or shortly after 1804. It was i ...

, for Sir R. V. B. Johnstone, now a school, 1803 * Gateway and farm buildings at

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, West Riding, for the 1st Earl of Harewood, c. 1803 *

Brockfield Hall Brockfield Hall is a country house in Warthill, east of York in North Yorkshire, England. The hall was built in 1804 for Benjamin Agar, to a design by Peter Atkinson. It is a two-storey building of brick, with a slate roof, and has three bays. ...

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, North Riding of Yorkshire, for Benjamin Agar, 1804–7

References

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