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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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, ...
Architectural firm. Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada Scottish Architects identify and give details on Wills and Anderson, respectively: Herbert Winkler Wills (1864-1937) Born Birmi...
Architect (and writer of ghost stories). Born Heath Street, Hampstead. Much of his work is of educational buildings, quite a few in Oxford. Died at home at 49 Evelyn Garden.
A road and footbridge over the River Thames between the town of Marlow and the village of Bisham. Designed by William Tierney Clark, it is a Grade I listed building.
Architect. Peter John Darvall. We wish we could find something more about this architect. Was the Christ Church development his only important work? What was he on when he designed that hypnotic c...
