Richard Carver (1792-1862) was a prolific architect of churches and secular buildings in

Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lor ...

, England, first based in his home town of

Bridgwater Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. Its population currently stands at around 41,276 as of 2022. Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level and well-wooded country. The town lies alon ...

and from 1828 in

Taunton Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by t ...

. Possibly a pupil of

Sir Jeffry Wyatville Sir Jeffry Wyatville (3 August 1766 – 18 February 1840) was an English architect and garden designer. Born Jeffry Wyatt into an established dynasty of architects, in 1824 he was allowed by George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV to ...

, he held the post of

county surveyor A county surveyor is a public official in the United Kingdom and the United States. United Kingdom Webb & Webb describe the increasing chaos that began to prevail within this same period in field of county surveying in England and Wales, with ...

, from which he retired in 1857 and died at Wilton, now part of

, on 1 September 1862.

Known buildings and restoration works

*The Old Schoolhouse, Yarde. A school room and teacher's house dating from 1819. for Sir John Trevelyan of

Nettlecombe Court Nettlecombe Court and park is an old estate on the northern fringes of the Brendon Hills, within the Exmoor National Park. They are within the civil parish of Nettlecombe, named after the house, and are approximately from the village of Willi ...

. *Church of St Philip and St James, Burtle, 1838-9. * Christ Church, Coxley, 1838-9. *

St John's Church, East Horrington St John's Church is a former Church of England church in East Horrington, Somerset, England. It was built in 1838 to the designs of Richard Carver and closed in 1975. The former church is now converted to residential use and is a Grade II listed ...

, 1838. * St Peter and St Paul, Over Stowey. Restoration. * BLACKFORD, Somerset - geograph

Holy Trinity Church, Blackford Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England church in Blackford, Somerset, England. It was built in 1821–23 to the designs of Richard Carver and has been a Grade II listed building since 1961. History Holy Trinity Church was built as a chapel ...

, 1823. * Cannington: The Blessed Virgin Mary. Church repaired and altered in 1840. * Fitzhead: St James. Rebuilt 1849 from old materials. * Nether Stowey: The Blessed Virgin Mary .1852-1857 Church rebuilt and enlarged. * Stogursey: St Andrew. 1824 Restoration of the nave. * Fairfield House. Alterations, 1815. * HM Prison Shepton Mallet in the 1830s and 1840s. *

Christ Church, Theale Christ Church is a Church of England church in Theale, Somerset, England. It was built in 1826–28 to the design of Richard Carver and is a Grade II listed building. History Christ Church was built as a chapel of ease to the parish church of ...

. Datestone of 1826. *Church of St Michael,

Burrowbridge Burrowbridge is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Parrett and A361 road in the Somerset West and Taunton district, on the edge of the Somerset Levels. It is located south east of Bridgwater, and has a popul ...

, 1836-8. * Maunsell House,

North Petherton North Petherton is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the eastern foothills of the Quantocks, and close to the edge of the Somerset Levels. The town has a population of 6,730 as of 2014. The parish include ...

, additions and alterations 1827-8. *

The Guildhall, Chard The Guildhall is a town hall and community building in the town of Chard in the English county of Somerset. History The Guildhall was built in 1834-35 to replace the town's original 16th century guildhall and market house. Owing to the inconven ...

, 1835 *Church of the Holy Trinity, Taunton, 1842. *Church of St Philip and St James, Burtle, 1838-9. *Church of St James,

Chedington Chedington is a small village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated near the A356 road southeast of Crewkerne in Somerset. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 130. It is administered as ...

, Dorset, 1840-1. * Church of St Paul, Easton, Somerset, 1843. * Tower on Willett Hill

Willett House,

Elworthy Elworthy is a small village and civil parish in the Brendon Hills south-east of Watchet, and west of Taunton, in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Willett. History On the Brendon ...

, circa 1816 and presumed design and construction of Willett Tower.

References

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