Architect responsible for the Great Exhibition, 1851. Born Milton Bryan, Bedfordshire. The Crystal Palace Company gave him, free of rent, Rockhills, a Regency house to the north of the Crystal Palace. He lived at Rockhills from 1853 until his death there.
IanVisits has a fascinating post about a scheme proposed by Paxton: the Great Victorian Way — a railway that would have run for 10 miles around central London.
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Sir Joseph Paxton
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...
Building designed by: Joseph Paxton First large scale prefabricated glass and...
On this site stood Rockhills, the home of Sir Joseph Paxton MP, 1852 - 1865, ...
One of the Secretaries to the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition 1851. Engineer and navel architect. Born at Parkhead, near Glasgow. Died at Ventnor, Isle of Wight
The Trust will consider giving grants for the preservation of buildings of historic or architectural interest anywhere in England (but not Wales), with a preference for the Greater London area (not...
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