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Robert Abraham (1773–1850) was an English
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and later
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in
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. He was the son of a builder and was educated as a surveyor as a pupil of James Bowen. He turned to
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after 1818, and was chiefly employed by the leading
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, including the
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and the
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. He was respected by his patrons principally for his reliability, but he was competent in the various styles fashionable at the period. He was married to Eliza Brown (died 1818), an accomplished flower-painter, and their son H. R. Abraham succeeded to his practice when he died on 11 December 1850. His eldest daughter (Ellinor Mary) married Richard Bethell,
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, who served as
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in 1861-1865. Another daughter (Louisa Sarah) married
John Bethell John Bethell may refer to: *John Bethell (inventor) John Bethell (c. 1804–1867) was a British solicitor and inventor. In 1838, he patented the 'Bethell process' for preserving timber using creosote. That same year he was elected an Associate o ...
. Among Abraham's students was the architect James Lockyer who went on to form his own successful London practice."The Late Mr James Lockyer", ''The Builder'', 19 June 1875, p. 544.


List of works

*
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Lane Farm, new buildings for William Loudon, ca. 1808; demolished *
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): Woodhall Farm, remodelling for William Loudon, ca. 1808-1809 * Arundel Castle ( Sussex): completed rebuilding of east wing (begun by James Teasdale) for Charles Howard, the 11th
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, ca. 1810-1815 *Rise Hall (
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): ''attributed'' alterations, 1815–1820 *
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(
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): County Fire Office, Regent Street, 1819; demolished 1924 *
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(
Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in neighbourin ...
): 176-186 Regent Street, for J. Carbonell, wine merchant, 1820; demolished *
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(
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): Norfolk House,
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, alterations for Bernard Howard, the 12th
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, 1819–1820; demolished 1938 *
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(
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): Craven Chapel, Foubert's Place, 1821–1822 * Mildenhall (
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): School, 1823–1824 * Fornham Hall (
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): alterations for
Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk, (21 November 1765 – 16 March 1842) was a British peer. Early life Howard was the son of Henry Howard (1713–1787) by his wife Juliana Molyneux, daughter of Sir William Molyneux, 6th Baronet (died ...
, ca. 1824; demolished ca. 1951 *
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( Staffordshire): garden buildings for Charles Talbot, the 15th
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, ca. 1825-1827 *
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): building development for William Padwick, after 1825 *
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(
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): Western Synagogue, St. Alban's Place, 1827–1828 *
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( Surrey): National Schools, 1829–1830 * Worksop Manor (
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): works and gardener's cottage for the
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(who was Henry Howard, the 13th
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), ca. 1830 *
Tothill Fields Bridewell Tothill Fields Bridewell (also known as Tothill Fields Prison and Westminster Bridewell) was a prison located in the Westminster area of central London between 1618 and 1884. It was named "Bridewell" after the Bridewell Palace, which during the ...
,
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(
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), 1830–1834; demolished 1885 *
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(
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): School of Medicine, Kingston Square, 1833 * Harlow (
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): Fawbert and Barnard's School, 1836 *
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(
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):
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, houses on the Berners estate, 1836 *
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Park ( Oxfordshire): restoration of medieval chapel for Baroness Wenman, 1836 *
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( Sussex): Town Hall, for Bernard Howard, the 12th
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, 1836 *
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( Sussex): Trinity Congregational Church, Tarrant Street, 1836–1838 *
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:
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, Queen Victoria Street, interior of the Record Room, 1842–1844 * Cheltenham (
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): Unitarian Church, Bayshill Road, 1844


References

*Colvin, Sir H. ''A biographical dictionary of British architects'', 1995, pp. 47–48 {{DEFAULTSORT:Abraham, Robert 1773 births 19th-century English architects 1850 deaths