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'''John Brown''' (1805–1876)<ref name=dsa>{{cite web|title=Basic Biographical Details|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201640|publisher=Dictionary of Scottish Architects|accessdate=15 September 2013}}</ref> was a 19th-century [[architect]] working in [[Norwich]], in the county of [[Norfolk, England]]. He was the pupil of the architect William Brown of Ipswich, a close relative.<ref name=dsa/> |
'''John Brown''' (1805–1876)<ref name=dsa>{{cite web|title=Basic Biographical Details|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201640|publisher=Dictionary of Scottish Architects|accessdate=15 September 2013}}</ref> was a 19th-century [[architect]] working in [[Norwich]], in the county of [[Norfolk, England]]. His buildings include churches and workhouses. |
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==Life== |
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He was the pupil of the architect William Brown of Ipswich, a close relative.<ref name=dsa/> He was also, along with his two sons, the [[Surveyor (surveying)|surveyor]] for [[Norwich Cathedral]]. His work there included the restoration of the crossing tower, undertaken during the 1830s.<ref>Pevsner 1962, p.211.</ref> He was appointed County Surveyor of Norfolk in 1835.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pevsner|first=Nikolaus|title=Norfolk 2.|year=2002|publisher=Yale University Press|location=New Haven|isbn=9780300096576|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qsqx_SK3bzUC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq|edition=2nd ed.|coauthors=Wilson, Bill}}</ref> |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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Brown's works include:<ref>List from {{cite book |author=[[Howard Colvin]]|title=A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840|year=1978|publisher=John Murray|isbn=0 7195 3328 7|page=145}} except where otherwise cited.</ref> |
Brown's works include:<ref>List from {{cite book |author=[[Howard Colvin]]|title=A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840|year=1978|publisher=John Murray|isbn=0 7195 3328 7|page=145}} except where otherwise cited.</ref> |
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*St. Peter: [[Lowestoft]], [[Suffolk]]; built 1833; white brick with no tower, [[Gothic architecture|Carpenter's Gothic style]]; demolished circa 1974 |
*St. Peter: [[Lowestoft]], [[Suffolk]]; built 1833; white brick with no tower, [[Gothic architecture|Carpenter's Gothic style]]; demolished circa 1974 |
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*St. Michael's (St. Michael the Greater): [[Stamford, Lincolnshire]]; built 1835–36; Early English [[Architectural style|style]]; by 2002 no longer used as a church |
*St. Michael's (St. Michael the Greater): [[Stamford, Lincolnshire]]; built 1835–36; Early English [[Architectural style|style]]; by 2002 no longer used as a church |
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Revision as of 13:25, 1 January 2014
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
He was the pupil of the architect William Brown of Ipswich, a close relative.[1] He was also, along with his two sons, the surveyor for Norwich Cathedral. His work there included the restoration of the crossing tower, undertaken during the 1830s.[2] He was appointed County Surveyor of Norfolk in 1835.[3]
Works
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: Norwich; built 1836–37.
- Workhouse at Lingwood, Norfolk; built 1837. Later a 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 stilll 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.
- The Old Corn Exchange: Fakenham, Norfolk; built 1855; by 2002 a cinema.
References
- ^ a b "Basic Biographical Details". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ Pevsner 1962, p.211.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). Norfolk 2 (2nd ed. ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300096576.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ 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. 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.
Sources
Pevsner, Nikolaus (1962). North-East Norfolk and Norwich. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
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