Richard Pace (c. 1760–1838) was a Georgian builder and architect in

Lechlade Lechlade () is a town at the edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England, south of Birmingham and west of London. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable, although there is a right of navigation that continues sout ...

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire ...

, England. He served in the Life Guards 1784–88. Most of his known commissions were houses, in many cases for

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...

clergy. He also restored or refitted a small number of

Church of England parish church A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes ...

es. He is commemorated by a monument in St. Lawrence's parish churchyard, Lechlade.

Works

*Soho Square,

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: house, 1791 or 1794 (demolished 1937) *Bibury Club, Bibury,

: race stand, 1800 (since demolished) *Woodhill Park,

Bushton, Wiltshire Bushton is an English Hamlet (place), hamlet about south of Royal Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire. It belongs to the civil parish of Clyffe Pypard. History In 1086, the Domesday Book recorded an estate at Bushton, held by the Bishop of Winchester. ...

: southeast range, 1804 *Manor Farm,

Broadwell, Oxfordshire Broadwell is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish about south-west of Carterton, Oxfordshire, Carterton in West Oxfordshire. The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 218. Parish church Th ...

: house, 1804 *St. Lawrence, Lechlade, Gloucestershire: Old Vicarage, 1805 *Saint Mary's, Broughton, Oxfordshire: alterations to Rectory, 1808 *Saint Peter's,

Broughton Poggs Broughton Poggs is a village in the Civil parishes in England, civil parish of Filkins and Broughton Poggs, in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. Broughton Poggs is southwest of Carterton, Oxfordshire, Carter ...

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire ( ; abbreviated ''Oxon'') is a ceremonial county in South East England. The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Glouceste ...

: alterations to Old Rectory, 1808 *Filkins Hall,

Filkins Filkins is a village in the civil parish of Filkins and Broughton Poggs, in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is about southwest of Carterton, Oxfordshire, Carterton. Churches Church of England The Goth ...

, Oxfordshire: stables, 1809 *Saint James',

Coln St. Dennis Coln St. Dennis is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish on the River Coln in Gloucestershire about southwest of Northleach and about northeast of Cirencester. The parish includes the village of Coln Rogers and the hamlet (pla ...

, Gloucestershire: Rectory, 1810 * Kingston Lisle, Oxfordshire: added wings to Kingston Lisle House, ''circa'' 1812. *Saint Andrew's,

Chinnor Chinnor is a large village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about southeast of Thame and close to the border with Buckinghamshire. The village is a spring line settlement on the Icknield Way below the Chiltern escarpment. Sinc ...

, Oxfordshire: Rectory, 1813 *Salperton Park, Salperton, Gloucestershire:

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, 1817 *Saint Mary's,

Shipton-under-Wychwood Shipton-under-Wychwood is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the River Evenlode, Evenlode valley about north of Burford, in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. The village is one of three ...

, Oxfordshire: Vicarage, 1818 *Stone Farm, Sherborne, Gloucestershire: house, 1818 *Lodge at Black Horse Ridge, Birdlip, Gloucestershire, 1822 *Saint Lawrence' parish church, Lechlade, Gloucestershire: repairs, refitting and galleries, 1823 (all removed 1882) *St. Nicholas, Oddington, Gloucestershire: alterations to Old Rectory, 1820 *Saint Giles',

Coberley Coberley is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire in England, south of Cheltenham. It lies at the confluence of several streams ( Seven Springs) that form the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames. The me ...

, Gloucestershire: Rectory, 1826 *Saint John the Baptist parish church,

Burford Burford () is a town on the River Windrush, in the Cotswold hills, in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is often referred to as the 'gateway' to the Cotswolds. Burford is located west of Oxford and southeast of Chelt ...

, Oxfordshire: refitted interior 1826-27 *Saint Peter's parish church,

: gallery and other fittings, 1829Colvin, 1997, page 765 *Saint Matthew's parish church,

Langford, Oxfordshire Langford is a village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, about northeast of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 349. Archaeology In 1943 a set of ring ditch enclosures was excavate ...

: restoration and new pews, 1829 *Saint Nicholas', Hatherop, Gloucestershire: Rectory, 1833 (now Severalls)Verey, 1970, page 272 *Shrivenham Rectory 1805. (Shrivenham, Berks) Book 'Creating Paradise p. 230. Letter Rev Edward Berens, British Library ADD MS 73757

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