Playwright and architect. Born in the parish of St Nicholas Acons, London, of Flemish descent. Worked in the English Baroque style, sometimes with Hawksmoor, on Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace. Lived at the self-designed Vanburgh Castle 1719-26, and died at the house he had built for himself in 1701 at Whitehall (demolished in 1898).
Many at the time did not appreciate his work. On his death the Rev. Abel Evans wrote: "Lay heavy on him earth, for he laid many a heavy load on thee."
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Sir John Vanbrugh
Theatreland - Heart of the performing arts in London Her Majesty's Theatre ...
The Royal Brass Foundry, 1717, attributed to Sir John Vanbrugh. Following an...
The Royal Military Academy, 1720, attributed to Sir John Vanbrugh. Built on t...
Pronounced Lez-ness. Founded by Richard de Lucy, as a penance for his role in the murder of Thomas Becket. It never grew to any great size, and was closed by Cardinal Wolsey under a licence to supp...
Borough Engineer of Southwark Council in 1936. He designed the Walworth Clinic so we have classified him as an architect, though we can't find any more of his work.
Architect. Born Hoxton. Our information comes from the Victorian Web which names many buildings that Johnson worked on. This is not the other John Johnson architect (1807 – 1878) who designed Alex...
Architect active in 1898. Did other work for Rev. Sanders. We believe we found our man at Geni: Herbert Owen Ellis, Born Wakefield, Yorkshire, Died Gosport, Hampshire.
Was the architect of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. He designed two magnificent Maharajah fountains in London parks: For Readymoney and for the Maharajah of Vijia...
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