John Palmer (Bath architect)
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John Palmer (ca 1738 – 19 July 1817, Bath) was an architect who worked on some of the notable buildings of Bath in England. He succeeded Thomas Baldwin as City Architect in 1792.
[edit] Some works
- St James' Church, Bath on Stall Street (1768-1769, demolished for the Marks & Spencers Building)
- Cottles House, Atworth, Wiltshire (1775)
- St Swithin's Church, Walcot, Bath (1777-1780)
- Shockerwick House, Box, Somerset (1785)
- Lansdown Crescent, Bath (1789-1793)
- St James's Square, Bath (1791-1794)
- Royal Mineral Water Hospital additions, Bath (1793)
- Kensington Chapel, London Road, Walcot, Bath (1794)
- Christ Church, Montpelier Row, Bath (1798)
- Theatre Royal, Bath (1804-1805), designed by George Dance the Younger and erected by Palmer
- New Bond Street, Bath (1805-1807)
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[edit] References
- H.M. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840 (1997) ISBN 0-300-07207-4
- Michale Forsyth, Bath, Pevsner Architectural Guides (2003) ISBN 0-300-10177-5
- Jane Root, "Thomas Baldwin: His Public Career in Bath, 1775-1793" (in, ed. Trevor Fawcett, Bath History, Volume V Bath: Millstream Books Publishing Limited, 1994), 80-103.
| Preceded by Thomas Baldwin (architect) |
Bath City Architect 1793–1817 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Thomas Baldwin (architect) |
Bath City Surveyor 1793–1817 |
Succeeded by ? |
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