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J. B. And W. Atkinson
J. B. and W. Atkinson were English brothers who worked together as architects. John Bownas Atkinson (1807 – 1874) and William Atkinson (1811 – 1886) were the sons of the architect Peter Atkinson. They were born in York, and J. B. went into partnership with his father in 1831. This was dissolved in 1833, but in 1837, J. B. instead formed a partnership with his younger brother. They designed a large number of buildings, chiefly in Yorkshire. Nikolaus Pevsner later described them as "producing many accomplished Classical buildings and a few less-assured Gothic churches". J. B. died in 1874, and in 1877, W. went into partnership with James Demaine James Demaine (1842–6 May 1911) was an English architect, mainly active in the Gothic Revival style. Life Born at Bolton Abbey to Emma and James Demaine senior, a gardener and farmer, he was an architect's pupil by 1861 and joined the York-b .... J. B. Atkinson was also the first person to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Atkinson (architect, Baptised 1780)
Peter Atkinson (baptised 1780 – 13 January 1843) was an English architect. Biography Atkinson was educated in his profession by his father, Peter Atkinson (1735–1805). In 1801, he became his father's partner, and after his father died, he took over the business. Matthew Phillips (c. 1781–1825) became his partner from 1805 until 1819. A former pupil, Richard Hey Sharp, (1793–1853) succeeded Phillips until 1827, after which Atkinson's sons, John Bownas Atkinson (1807–1874) and William Atkinson (1811–1886) assisted their father. For many years Atkinson had been a steward and surveyor to the corporation of York. He erected many churches in the service of the church commissioners. During the last years of his life he resided abroad - he died in Calcutta on 13 January 1843. Works Among Atkinson's surviving works are: * Rectory at Middleton on the Wolds, Yorkshire, c. 1810 * Council Chamber at York Guildhall 1810–1811. * The new Ouse Bridge over the River Ouse, begun in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
York
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a minster, castle, and city walls. It is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of the wider City of York district. The city was founded under the name of Eboracum in 71 AD. It then became the capital of the Roman province of Britannia Inferior, and later of the kingdoms of Deira, Northumbria, and Scandinavian York. In the Middle Ages, it became the northern England ecclesiastical province's centre, and grew as a wool-trading centre. In the 19th century, it became a major railway network hub and confectionery manufacturing centre. During the Second World War, part of the Baedeker Blitz bombed the city; it was less affected by the war than other northern cities, with several historic buildings being gutted and restore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaus Pevsner
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (1951–74). Life Nikolaus Pevsner was born in Leipzig, Saxony, the son of Anna and her husband Hugo Pevsner, a Russian-Jewish fur merchant. He attended St. Thomas School, Leipzig, and went on to study at several universities, Munich, Berlin, and Frankfurt am Main, before being awarded a doctorate by Leipzig in 1924 for a thesis on the Baroque architecture of Leipzig. In 1923, he married Carola ("Lola") Kurlbaum, the daughter of distinguished Leipzig lawyer Alfred Kurlbaum. He worked as an assistant keeper at the Dresden Gallery between 1924 and 1928. He converted from Judaism to Lutheranism early in his life. During this period he became interested in establishing the supremacy of German modernist architecture after becoming aware of Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yale University Press
Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University. It was founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day, and became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but it remains financially and operationally autonomous. , Yale University Press publishes approximately 300 new hardcover and 150 new paperback books annually and has a backlist of about 5,000 books in print. Its books have won five National Book Awards, two National Book Critics Circle Awards and eight Pulitzer Prizes. The press maintains offices in New Haven, Connecticut and London, England. Yale is the only American university press with a full-scale publishing operation in Europe. It was a co-founder of the distributor TriLiteral LLC with MIT Press and Harvard University Press. TriLiteral was sold to LSC Communications in 2018. Series and publishing programs Yale Series of Younger Poets Since its inception in 1919, the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition has published the first collection of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Demaine
James Demaine (1842–6 May 1911) was an English architect, mainly active in the Gothic Revival style. Life Born at Bolton Abbey to Emma and James Demaine senior, a gardener and farmer, he was an architect's pupil by 1861 and joined the York-based firm led by Peter Atkinson II, J. B. and W. Atkinson (now known as Brierley Groom) in 1870. He became a partner in the firm in 1874 after John's death and taking sole control on William's retirement in 1878. Walter Henry Brierley became a partner of the firm in 1885 and he and Demaine frequently collaborated until Demaine's retirement in 1889. He died in York in 1911. Selected works *1883 - All Saints, Shiptonthorpe, restoration only *1883-1884 - All Saints' Church, Wistow, restoration only *1885 - St Michael le Belfrey, York, organ case With Brierly *1890 - All Saints' Church, Bolton Percy, restoration only *1895 - All Saints' Church, Rufforth All Saints' Church is the parish church of the village of Rufforth, in the rural w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints' Church, Appleton Roebuck
All Saints' Church is the parish church of Appleton Roebuck, a village south-west of York, in England. Until 1868, Appleton Roebuck was in the parish of Bolton Percy. That year, a church was constructed in the village, designed by John Bownas and William Atkinson. In 1875, the parish was merged with that of neighbouring Acaster Selby, though All Saints remained the parish church. The church was grade II listed in 1978. The church is built in sandstone, with red brick in the interior, and it has a tile roof. It consists of a four-bay nave with a south porch, and a two-bay chancel with a north vestry. At the west end is a twin bellcote below which is a clock face. Most of the windows have two lights, while the east window has three, and they are in the Geometrical style. The nave has a higher roof than the chancel. Inside, there is a hammerbeam roof A hammerbeam roof is a decorative, open timber roof truss typical of English Gothic architecture and has been c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints' Church, Burythorpe
All Saints' Church is the parish church of Burythorpe, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church sits on top of a hill, west of the village, with views in all directions. The first church on the site was Mediaeval, described in 1848 as "an ancient edifice with substantial buttresses". It was demolished in the 1850s and replaced by a new building, designed by John Bownas and William Atkinson. The building was Grade II listed in 1966. The church is built of limestone with a Welsh slate roof, and is in the Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival style. It consists of a four-bay (architecture), bay nave with a south porch, and a single-bay chancel with a north vestry. The west front has angle buttresses, and a central buttress carrying a gabled bellcote, flanked by trefoil-headed lancet windows. The porch has a pointed arch with a molding (architecture), moulded surround. In the nave are paired lancet windows, and at the east end are stepped lancets with a cinq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
