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1775 In Architecture
The year 1775 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * Casino at Marino near Dublin, Ireland, designed by William Chambers is completed at about this date. * Fort Belan commanding the western end of the Menai Strait in Wales completed. * Midford Castle folly in Somerset, England, built to a design by John Carter. * Conygar Tower folly in Somerset, England, built to a design by Richard Phelps. * Bygholm Castle manor house in Denmark built to a design by Andreas Møller. * Hôtel des Monnaies, Paris (mint), designed by Jacques Denis Antoine, is largely completed. * Hôtel Grimod de La Reynière town house in Paris built to a design by Jean-Benoît-Vincent Barré. * The Wick house in Richmond, Surrey, England, built to a design by Robert Mylne. * Bostock Hall in Cheshire, England, rebuilt, probably to a design by Samuel Wyatt. * Ingersley Hall in Cheshire, England built about this date. Births * May 8 – George Gwilt the young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond, London
Richmond is a town in south-west London,The London Government Act 1963 (c.33) (as amended) categorises the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames as an Outer London borough. Although it is on both sides of the River Thames, the Boundary Commission for England defines it as being in South London or the South Thames sub-region, pairing it with Kingston upon Thames for the purposes of devising constituencies. However, for the purposes of the London Plan, Richmond now lies within the West London (sub region), West London region. west-southwest of Charing Cross. It is on a meander of the River Thames, with many Richmond upon Thames parks and open spaces, parks and open spaces, including Richmond Park, and many protected conservation areas, which include much of Richmond Hill, London, Richmond Hill. A specific Richmond, Petersham and Ham Open Spaces Act 1902, Act of Parliament protects the scenic view of the River Thames from Richmond. Richmond was founded following Henry VII of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1845 In Architecture
The year 1845 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * Two influential clergy houses for the Church of England are designed: the :File:Pugin's Hall Rampisham - geograph.org.uk - 405962.jpg, Rectory at Rampisham, Dorset, designed by Augustus Pugin (along with restoration of the church; completed 1847) and the Vicarage at Coalpit Heath in south Gloucestershire, designed by William Butterfield (along with his first new Anglican church, St Saviour's, consecrated October 9). * Robert William Billings begins publication of ''The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland''. Buildings and structures Buildings completed * Trafalgar Square in London, designed by Charles Barry and John Nash (architect), John Nash is completed. * Government House, Sydney in Australia, designed by Edward Blore, is completed and first occupied. * The Hub, Edinburgh, Tolbooth Kirk, Edinburgh, designed by James Gillespie Graham and Augustus Pugin, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray
Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray (23 November 1775 in Ehrenbreitstein near Koblenz – 4 October 1845 in Weimar) was a German neoclassical architect. From 1804 to 1816 he worked as court architect in Fulda and from 1816 until his death as Chief Director of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, producing several significant buildings in the town of Weimar Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouri ... itself. The asteroid 27712 Coudray is named after him. 1775 births 1845 deaths 18th-century German architects History of Weimar 19th-century German architects {{Germany-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November 23
Events Pre-1600 * 534 BC – Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. *1248 – Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile. * 1499 – Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England. *1531 – The Second War of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland. 1601–1900 *1644 – John Milton publishes ''Areopagitica'', a pamphlet decrying censorship. *1733 – The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies. *1808 – French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela. *1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confeder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1842 In Architecture
The year 1842 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * March 28 – The Maria Zankovetska Theatre, Teatr Skarbkowski in Lviv (Ukraine), designed by Jan Salzmann and Ludwig Pichl, opens. * October 18 – The Walhalla memorial in Bavaria, designed by Leo von Klenze, is inaugurated. * Treasury Building (Washington, D.C.), designed by Robert Mills (architect), Robert Mills, central and east wings completed, * Construction of Berry Hill Plantation, Berry Hill, near Halifax, Virginia starts. * Iglesia de la Matriz, Valparaíso, Chile, completed. * Kawaiahaʻo Church, Honolulu, Hawaii, designed by Rev. Hiram Bingham I, Hiram Bingham, completed. * St Mary's Church, Wreay, Cumberland, England, designed by Sara Losh, consecrated. * Ak Mosque, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, completed. * Circular church of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge, England, restored by Anthony Salvin. * Cologne Cathedral construction work is recommenced after 400 years by the ''Zen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
