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[[File:All Saints, Hainford, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 319025.jpg|thumb|All Saints, Hainford, Norfolk (1838–40).]] |
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He was the pupil of the architect William Brown of Ipswich, a close relative.<ref name=dsa/> He was, along with his two sons, the [[Surveyor (surveying)|surveyor]] for [[Norwich Cathedral]], where his work there included a restoration of the crossing tower, undertaken during the 1830s.<ref>Pevsner 1962, p.211.</ref> He was appointed [[county surveyor]] for Norfolk in 1835.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pevsner|first=Nikolaus|title=Norfolk 2 |
He was the pupil of the architect William Brown of Ipswich, a close relative.<ref name=dsa/> He was, along with his two sons, the [[Surveyor (surveying)|surveyor]] for [[Norwich Cathedral]], where his work there included a restoration of the crossing tower, undertaken during the 1830s.<ref>Pevsner 1962, p.211.</ref> He was appointed [[county surveyor]] for Norfolk in 1835.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pevsner|first=Nikolaus |authorlink =Nikolaus Pevsner |title=Norfolk 2: North West and South|year=2002 |series=The Buildings of England |publisher=Yale University Press|location=New Haven|isbn=9780300096576|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qsqx_SK3bzUC&pg=PA133|edition=2nd |orig-year=1999 |last2=Wilson |first2= Bill}}</ref> |
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*[[Corn Exchange, Fakenham]], Norfolk; built 1855.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Central Cinema|num= 1039424 |access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref> |
*[[Corn Exchange, Fakenham]], Norfolk; built 1855.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Central Cinema|num= 1039424 |access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref> |
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*St Peter & St Paul [[Bergh Apton]], Norfolk; 1838. Major internal re-ordering for Revd John Thomas Pelham.<ref>Geoffrey Kelly, Book of Bergh Apton (Halsgrove 2005) {{ISBN|1-84114-418-5}}</ref> |
*St Peter & St Paul [[Bergh Apton]], Norfolk; 1838. Major internal re-ordering for Revd John Thomas Pelham.<ref>Geoffrey Kelly, Book of Bergh Apton (Halsgrove 2005) {{ISBN|1-84114-418-5}}</ref> |
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*Swaffham, Norfolk: [[Shirehall, Swaffham|The Shirehall]]; built 1839. |
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Latest revision as of 20:40, 13 August 2024
John Brown (1805–1876)[1] was a 19th-century architect working in Norwich, in the county of Norfolk, England. His buildings include churches and workhouses.
Life
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He was the pupil of the architect William Brown of Ipswich, a close relative.[1] He was, along with his two sons, the surveyor for Norwich Cathedral, where his work there included a restoration of the crossing tower, undertaken during the 1830s.[2] He was appointed county surveyor for Norfolk in 1835.[3]
Works
[edit]Brown's works include:[4]
- St Peter: Lowestoft, Suffolk; built 1833; white brick with no tower, Carpenter's Gothic style; demolished circa 1974
- St Michael's (St Michael the Greater): Stamford, Lincolnshire; built 1835–36; Early English style; by 2002 no longer used as a church
- Sudbury workhouse: Sudbury, Suffolk; built 1836(–37?) after enactment of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834.
- The Norwich Yarn Factory (St James Mill): Norwich; built 1836–37.
- Workhouse at Lingwood, Norfolk; built 1837. Later called "Homelea".[5] and since demolished.[6]
- Workhouse at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk; built 1838. Later the Northgate Hospital. Described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "Red brick and still classical in its proportions and its details".[7]
- All Saints, Hainford, Norfolk; 1838–40. Flint with red brick dressings; lancet windows.[8]
- Christ Church: East Greenwich in south-east London; built 1847–49; Robert Kerr, co-architect[9]
- St Margaret: Lee, London; built 1839–41[9]
- Christchurch: New Catton, Norwich; built 1841.
- St Mark: New Lakenham, Norwich; built 1844; modified perpendicular style.
- St Matthew: Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich; built 1851; Neo-Norman style; Robert Kerr, co-architect; by 2002 offices.
- Corn Exchange, Fakenham, Norfolk; built 1855.[10]
- St Peter & St Paul Bergh Apton, Norfolk; 1838. Major internal re-ordering for Revd John Thomas Pelham.[11]
- Swaffham, Norfolk: The Shirehall; built 1839.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Basic Biographical Details". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ Pevsner 1962, p.211.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wilson, Bill (2002) [1999]. Norfolk 2: North West and South. The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300096576.
- ^ List from Howard Colvin (1978). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840. John Murray. p. 145. ISBN 0-7195-3328-7. except where otherwise cited.
- ^ Pevsner 1962, p.184.
- ^ "East Anglian Workhouses". Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Pevsner 1962, p.149.
- ^ Pevsner 1962, p.158.
- ^ a b Homan, Roger (1984). The Victorian Churches of Kent. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 0-85033-466-7.
- ^ Historic England. "Central Cinema (1039424)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ Geoffrey Kelly, Book of Bergh Apton (Halsgrove 2005) ISBN 1-84114-418-5
Sources
[edit]Pevsner, Nikolaus (1962). North-East Norfolk and Norwich. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
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