Christopher Horsnaile is the name of two British sculptors, who were father and son: Horsnaile the Elder (1742) and Horsnaile the Younger (1760).
Horsnaile the Elder
He seems to be part of the Horsnaile family from
Warfield
Warfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire and the borough of Bracknell Forest.
History
Warfield was originally an Anglo-Saxon settlement and is recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Warwelt'' ic The name is believ ...
.
He served his apprenticeship as a stonemason in
London
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and left the Masons Company in 1700 through service with
Herbert Paine. He was then living at the Bell (Tavern) in Glasshouse Yard in the
Blackfriars Blackfriars, derived from Black Friars, a common name for the Dominican Order of friars, may refer to:
England
* Blackfriars, Bristol, a former priory in Bristol
* Blackfriars, Canterbury, a former monastery in Kent
* Blackfriars, Gloucester, a f ...
district.
From around 1705 he worked in partnership with
Edward Stanton and together they worked on
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United ...
from 1720 to 1734. After Stanton's death Horsnaile worked on the Abbey alone until 1737.
Known Works
*Internal work at
Royal College of Physicians
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in Warwick Lane
*Memorial to Bishop
William Fleetwood
William Fleetwood (1 January 16564 August 1723) was an English preacher, Bishop of St Asaph and Bishop of Ely, remembered by economists and statisticians for constructing a price index in his ''Chronicon Preciosum'' of 1707.
Life
Fleetwood w ...
(1724) in
Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
The cathedral has its origins in AD 672 when St Etheldreda built an abbey church. The presen ...
*Fireplaces, door surrounds and statues at
Ditchley Park
Ditchley Park is a country house near Charlbury in Oxfordshire, England. The estate was once the site of a Roman villa. Later it became a royal hunting ground, and then the property of Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley. The 2nd Earl of Lichfield buil ...
(1725) (with Stanton)
*
Hoare's Bank
C. Hoare & Co., also known as Hoares, is a British private bank, founded in 1672 by Sir Richard Hoare; it is currently owned and led by the eleventh generation of his direct descendants. It is the second oldest bank in the United Kingdom and rep ...
(1726 - 1738)
*Chimneypieces at
Lord Folkestone's London House (1727)
*Coat of Arms and dragon heads on the
Bishopsgate
Bishopsgate was one of the eastern gates in London's former defensive wall. The gate gave its name to the Bishopsgate Ward of the City of London. The ward is traditionally divided into ''Bishopsgate Within'', inside the line wall, and ''Bishop ...
(1733) heads survive
*Fireplace in dormitory of
Westminster School
(God Gives the Increase)
, established = Earliest records date from the 14th century, refounded in 1560
, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
, head_label = Hea ...
(1733)
*Mason to the
Inner Temple
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as the Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court and is a professional associations for barristers and judges. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wal ...
(1737 to 1742)
*
St Olave's Church, Southwark
St Olave's Church, Southwark was a church in Southwark, England which is believed to be mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. It was located on Tooley Street which is named after the church, i.e. 't'olous'. It became redundant in 1926 and was d ...
(1737) with
John Deval
John Deval (1701–1774) was an 18th-century British sculptor and Master Mason, as was his namesake son (1728–1794). He was Chief Mason to the Crown and was the mason for the Tower of London and Royal Mews.
Life
He was born in Eynsham in Oxfo ...
(now demolished)
Horsnaile the Younger
Probably born around 1695 he was apprenticed to his father on 24 January 1708. He served this apprenticeship with
William Stanton son of his father's business partner. They both became Freemen of the Masons Company in January 1719.
He lived in St Andrew's Parish in
Holborn, London. From 1734 he served as the City Mason.
In 1749 he moved to Weston House on the Arden estate in
Bulkington
Bulkington is a large village and former civil parish, now in the unparished area of Bedworth, in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district of Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : In the 2011 census the ward ...
, the house of
Richard Hayward.
He died on 31 January 1760. He left over £10,000 in his will (over £2 million in current terms).
Known Works
*
Mansion House, London
Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London. It is a Grade I listed building. Designed by George Dance in the Palladian style, it was built primarily in the 1740s.
The Mansion House is used for some of the City of Lon ...
(1738 to 1752) both interior including the Egyptian Hall and exterior under
George Dance the Elder
George Dance the Elder (1695 – 8 February 1768) was a British architect. He was the City of London surveyor and architect from 1735 until his death.
Life
Originally a mason, George Dance was appointed Clerk of the city works to the City of ...
.
*House in Red Lion Square (1748) for John Nicholl, father of
Lady Carnarvon.
[Middlesex Records Office: Chandos Archives]
*Ornamentation of 4 houses (including the Rainbow Tavern) in
Cornhill, London
Cornhill (formerly also Cornhil) is a ward and street in the City of London, the historic nucleus and financial centre of modern London. The street runs between Bank Junction and Leadenhall Street.
The hill from which it takes its name is one ...
for
Earl Cowper
Earl Cowper ( ) was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1718 by George I for William Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper, his first Lord Chancellor, with remainder in default of male issue of his own to his younger brother, Spencer C ...
(1748)
Family
His wife outlived him.
He had a daughter Ann and son Christopher.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Horsnaile, Christopher
1658 births
1742 deaths
People from Holborn
British sculptors