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Surveyor Of The Fabric Of St Paul's Cathedral
The post of Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral was established in 1675. The role is an architectural one, with the current holder being responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the cathedral and its buildings. In the past, the role has involved overseeing new construction work as well as restoration and architectural conservation. The post has been held by the following people: #Christopher Wren (1675–1723) # John James (1723–1746) #Henry Flitcroft (1746–1756) #Stiff Leadbetter (1756–1766) # Robert Mylne (1766-1811) #Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1811–1819) #Charles Robert Cockerell (1819–1852) #Francis Penrose (1852–1897) #Somers Clarke (1897–1906) #Mervyn Edmund Macartney (1906–1931) # Walter Godfrey Allen (1931–1956) #John Seely, Lord Mottistone (1956–1963) #Paul Edward Paget (1963–1969) #Bernard Feilden (1969–1977) # Robert Potter (1978–1984) # William Whitfield (1985–1990) #Martin Stancliffe (1990–2011) #Oliver Caroe (2011–present) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Wren By Godfrey Kneller 1711
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (''phérein''), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as "Chris", "Topher", and sometimes " Kit". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. The name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. People with the given name Antiquity and Middle Ages * Saint Christopher (died 251), saint venerated by Catholics and Orthodox Christians * Christopher (Domestic of the Schools) (fl. 870s), Byzantine general * Christopher Lekapenos (died 931 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Penrose
Francis Cranmer Penrose FRS (29 October 1817 – 15 February 1903) was an English architect, archaeologist, astronomer and sportsman rower. He served as Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral, and as President of the Royal Institute of British Architects and Director of the British School at Athens. Early life Penrose was born at Bracebridge, Lincolnshire, the third son of Rev. John Penrose who was vicar there, and his wife Elizabeth Cartwright. His mother was the daughter of Edmund Cartwright and a teacher and author of children's books under the name Mrs Markham. Penrose was educated at Bedford Modern School, Bedford School, Winchester College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. "Penrose, Francis Cranmer" from the Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement at Wikisource He rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in the 1840, 1841 and 1842 races. Architectural career Penrose studied architecture under Edward Blore from 1835 to 1838, and studied abroad under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Caroe
Oliver may refer to: Arts, entertainment and literature Books * ''Oliver the Western Engine'', volume 24 in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry * ''Oliver Twist'', a novel by Charles Dickens Fictional characters * Ariadne Oliver, in the novels of Agatha Christie * Oliver (Disney character) * Oliver Fish, a gay police officer on the American soap opera ''One Life to Live'' * Oliver Hampton, in the American television series ''How to Get Away with Murder'' * Oliver Jones (''The Bold and the Beautiful''), on the American soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' * Oliver Lightload, in the movie ''Cars'' * Oliver Oken, from ''Hannah Montana'' * Oliver (paladin), a paladin featured in the Matter of France * Oliver Queen, DC Comic book hero also known as the Green Arrow * Oliver (Thomas and Friends character), a locomotive in the Thomas and Friends franchise * Oliver Trask, a controversial minor character from the first season of ''The O.C.'' * Oliver Twist (character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Stancliffe
Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (other) * Martin County (other) * Martin Township (other) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Australia * Martin, Western Australia * Martin Place, Sydney Caribbean * Martin, Saint-Jean-du-Sud, Haiti, a village in the Sud Department of Haiti Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village in Slavonia, Croatia * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Martin (Val Poschiavo), Switzerland England * Martin, Hampshire * Martin, Kent * Martin, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, hamlet and former parish in East Lindsey district * Martin, North Kesteven, village and parish in Lincolnshire in North Kesteven district * Martin Hussingtree, Worcestershire * Martin Mere, a lake in Lancashire ** WWT Martin Mere, a wetland nature reserve that includes the lake and surrounding areas * Martin Mill, Kent North America Canada * Rural Municipality of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Whitfield (architect)
Sir William Whitfield (21 October 1920 – 16 March 2019) was a British architect and town planner. Early life Whitfield was born in Stockton-on-Tees into a coal-owning family and studied architecture at King's College, Newcastle (later the Newcastle University School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape), where he was admitted at the unusually early age of 16, and where he later studied Town Planning after the Second World War. Career Whitfield designed the Glasgow University Library (1968) and the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery Extension at the University of Glasgow (1962–81), as well as an extension to the Newcastle University Students' Union building (1964) and University Theatre (now unrecognisable and called the Northern Stage). He designed the Business School and the Science Library at Durham University (both now extended). In 1970 a major bush-hammered concrete Brutalist extension to Whitfield's design was opened at Arthur Beresford Pite and John Belcher's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Potter (architect)
Robert James Potter (6 October 1909 – 30 November 2010) was an English architect who was noted for his work on church buildings. Born in Guildford, he studied architecture in London before moving to Salisbury where he established his practice. Buildings he designed include St Francis Church in Salisbury, Church of the Ascension in Plymouth and South Stoneham Tower in Southampton. He was also involved in substantial renovations to existing buildings including Chichester Cathedral, Oxford's Bodleian Library, St Peter Mancroft (the largest church building in Norwich other than the city's cathedrals) and St Stephen Walbrook, All Souls Church, Langham Place and St Paul's Cathedral, all in central London. His expertise in creating community spaces beneath the foundations of historical church buildings earned him the nickname "The Mole". Potter was awarded the OBE in 1993. Early life and education Potter was born in Guildford, Surrey to Jack Potter, an engraver who worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Feilden
Sir Bernard Melchior Feilden CBE FRIBA (11 September 1919 – 14 November 2008) was a conservation architect whose work encompassed cathedrals, the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal. Biography Feilden was born in Hampstead, London. He was educated at Bedford School and The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, London, completing his training at the Architectural Association after the second world war. His love of architecture was inherited from his grandfather, Brightwen Binyon (1846-1905), an Ipswich architect and former pupil of Alfred Waterhouse. He joined the practice of Edward Boardman and Son in Norwich, where he designed the Trinity United Reformed Church. He set up an architectural practice, Feilden+Mawson, with David Mawson in 1956, to which offices in Norwich, London and Cambridge were later added. In 1968 Feilden took over as consultant architect to the University of East Anglia, completing the work of his predecessor Denys Lasdun, and creating an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Edward Paget
Paul Edward Paget CVO (24 January 1901 – 13 August 1985) was the son of Henry Luke Paget, Bishop of Chester and Elmer Katie Hoare (sister of Sir Samuel Hoare). He became business partner - and life partner - of John Seely (later Lord Mottistone), whom he met at Cambridge, and in 1922 they formed the firm of Seely & Paget, in which Paget concentrated more on clients than on design work. The partners became successful designers of opulent houses in the 1920s and restored many damaged church buildings after World War II. Paget was invested as a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA). He was also a Commander, Royal Victorian Order (CVO). After Seely's death Paget succeeded him as Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral in 1963 but completed little further architectural work. He was master of the Art Workers Guild in 1971. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Seely, Lord Mottistone
Henry John Alexander Seely, 2nd Baron Mottistone, (1 May 1899 – 18 January 1963) was an architect whose work in the partnership of Seely & Paget included the interior of Eltham Palace in the Art Deco style, and the post-World War II restoration of a number of bomb-damaged buildings, such as houses in the Little Cloister (Westminster Abbey), the London Charterhouse and the church of St John Clerkenwell. Biography Henry John Alexander Seely was born on 1 May 1899, the son of John Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, a British Army general and politician, and Emily Florence, daughter of Colonel Honourable Sir Henry George Louis Crichton. He attended West Downs School, Winchester, an independent preparatory school, and then went to Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge where he read Architecture and met his future business partner, and life partner, Paul Edward Paget, the son of the Bishop of Chester. He served during World War I. His elder brother, 2Lt Frank Reginald Seely of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Godfrey Allen
W. Godfrey Allen (1891–1986), full name Walter Godfrey Allen, was an architect in the twentieth century. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral from 1931 to 1956. He devised the St. Paul's Heights policy in 1937, a policy to stop the views of St. Paul's being blocked by tall buildings. He lived and worked in Priory Row, Faversham, and is commemorated there by a plaque on his old home. In 1951, he started a second term as the Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. He was appointed a Commissioner for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England on 9 June 1952. He declined a British honour of Commander (CBE) in 1957. Allan is jointly credited with designing a number of features in St Paul's with Stephen Dykes Bower. He was Master of the Art Workers Guild in 1953. He retired from Royal Institute of British Architects in 1970. References External links Isometric engraving of St Paul'sby Allen and R. B. Brookes-Greaves at the Victori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mervyn Edmund Macartney
Mervyn is a masculine given name and occasionally a surname which is of Old Welsh origin, with elements ''mer'', probably meaning "marrow", and ''myn'', meaning "eminent". Despite the misconception of the letter 'V' being an English spelling, through Roman occupation of Britain, the Welsh language (at least for spelling) was Latinised and through centuries of evolution of the Welsh language, the modern Welsh spelling for Mervyn is Merfyn. People with the given name * Mervyn or Merfyn Frych, king of Gwynedd (c. 825-844) * Mervyn Archdall (other), various persons * Mervyn S. Bennion (1887–1941), US Navy captain killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor * Mervyn Carrick (born 1946), Northern Ireland politician * Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch (born 1952), former banker and UK government minister * Mervyn Davies (1946–2012), Welsh former rugby union player * Mervyn Day (born 1955), English former football goalkeeper * Mervyn d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somers Clarke
George Somers Clarke (1841–1926) was an architect and English Egyptologist who worked on the restoration and design of churches and at a number of sites throughout Egypt, notably in El Kab, where he built a house. He was born in Brighton. As an architect he entered the offices of Sir Gilbert Scott and later worked in partnership with John Thomas Micklethwaite from offices at 15 Dean's Yard, Westminster, London. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral from 1897 to 1906. After his retirement Clarke continued to live in Egypt and died in Mahamid in August 1926. Works *1965 Mountains, Hildenborough, Kent *1872–78 Wyfold Court, Rotherfield Peppard, Oxfordshire *1874–75 St Martin's parish church, Lewes Road, Brighton (Wagner Memorial Church), the largest church in Brighton, complete except proposed saddle-back tower. Spectacular pulpit based on the Sacrament House in St. Lorenz, Nuremberg. *1875 scheme for remodelling and extending St Peter's Church, Brighton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
