Richard Coad (13 February 1825 – 1 November 1900) was a 19th-century Cornish

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Born in

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, he was articled to Henry Rice of Liskeard and subsequently worked as assistant to Sir

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from 1847 to 1864. He was clerk of works on the

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, and worked under Scott's supervision on improvements to Lanhydrock House near

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in 1857. He returned to Liskeard in 1864 to open his own independent practice, and opened a London office in 1868. When the building at Lanhydrock was severely damaged by fire in 1881, Coad returned to the site to rebuild the house to accommodate the 2nd Baron Robartes's large family.The Heritage Trail: Lanhydrock
Retrieved 19 February 2006 From 1884 to 1887, Coad worked in association with James Marjoribanks MacLaren, who had been his assistant for some years. The pair worked on an extension to Ledbury Park in

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, an important work in the development of the

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architectural style in

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. He died in

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in 1900, and was buried in

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*Holden, Paul
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', Cornish Buildings Group 1825 births 1900 deaths People from Liskeard Architects from Cornwall 19th-century English architects Burials at West Norwood Cemetery {{Cornwall-stub