Edward Haycock Sr. (29 July 1790 – 20 December 1870) was an English architect working in the West Midlands and in central and southern Wales in the late

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

and early

Victorian Victorian or Victorians may refer to: 19th century * Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign ** Victorian architecture ** Victorian house ** Victorian decorative arts ** Victorian fashion ** Victorian literature ...

periods.

Biography

Haycock was the grandson of William Haycock (1725–1802) of

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...

and the son of

John Hiram Haycock John Hiram Haycock (1759-1830) was an architect who built many notable buildings in Shropshire and Montgomeryshire. He was the son of William Haycock (1725-1802), a carpenter and joiner of Shrewsbury. He was apprenticed to his father and became a ...

(1759–1830), who were architects and building contractors. Haycock joined the family business after 1810 and took control of it after his father's death in 1830. He stopped working as a building contractor around 1845 and was joined by his son Edward Haycock Junior (1829/30-1882), who continued the architectural practice until about 1880. He married Mary Hatton on 13 February 1827 at

St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Holy Sepulchre London, formerly and in some official uses Saint Sepulchre-without-Newgate, is the largest Anglican parish church in the City of London. It stands on the north side of Holborn Viaduct across a crossroads from the Old Bailey, and ...

, London. By her he had three sons and four daughters.Leach, Peter. 'Haycock, Edward (bap. 1790, d. 1870)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Haycock also played an active part in the political life of Shrewsbury as a Conservative: he sat on the council for thirty-four years, rose to become an alderman, and served as mayor in 1842.Hobbs J L. 'The Haycocks', Shropshire Magazine, 11 (Feb 1960), 17–18 He was a friend of the Shrewsbury architect

John Carline John Carline (1730–2 March 1793) was an 18th-century English bridge-builder. Both his son (1758-1834) and grandson (1792-1862) continued the name - the former focussing on churches and church monuments but also building bridges. Life He ...

and also of Dr Robert Waring Darwin, the father of the naturalist

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended fr ...

. He died on 20 December 1870 at his home, The Priory, Shrewsbury, aged 80 and was buried in

St Chad's ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy ...

churchyard. "Haycock Way", linking Shrewsbury's 20th century inner ring road to the Column roundabout at Abbey Foregate, is named after the family.Haycock Way
at Shrewsbury Local History website. Retrieved 9 January 2020. The page includes a photograph of Edward Sr.

Architectural career

Haycock received professional training in London under

Sir Jeffrey Wyattville Sir Jeffry Wyatville (3 August 1766 – 18 February 1840) was an English architect and garden designer. Born Jeffry Wyatt into an established dynasty of architects, in 1824 he was allowed by King George IV to change his surname to Wyatville ...

, exhibiting at the

Royal Academy The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...

between 1808 and 1810. He then rejoined his father in the family building firm, working as builder and architect until about 1845, when he became a full-time architect. Work for the Gwynne family of Monachty led to the planning of

Aberaeron Aberaeron, previously anglicised as Aberayron, is a town, community, and electoral ward between Aberystwyth and Cardigan, in Ceredigion, Wales. Ceredigion County Council offices are in Aberaeron. The name of the town is Welsh for ''mouth of the ...

. He was appointed County Surveyor of

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...

from 1834 to 1866.

Associations and style

Haycock was a member of a group of architects which included Thomas Farnolls Pritchard,

Joseph Bromfield Joseph Bromfield (1744–1824) was a notable English plasterer and architect working in the West Midlands and in Central and Northern Wales in the late Georgian period. He was Mayor of Shrewsbury in 1809. Early career He was born, probably ...

and

, who established Shrewsbury as a major centre for architectural innovation in the later 18th and first half of the 19th century. This group gained many major architectural commissions in Shropshire and over much of Wales, despite competition from major London architects. Edward Haycock Snr specialised as a

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

architect. Harbourmaster Hotel, Aberaeron - geograph

His father had used the Ionic order very effectively on the ill-fated Shrewsbury Shirehall and Edward Haycock continued with the use of

Ionic order The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...

s on his major projects as at Millichope Park, Glynllifon and Clytha Park. His churches tend to be more pedestrian, using a simplified

Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

, often with crocketed pinnacles on the towers. A departure from this is St Catherine's, Doddington, (a suburb of Whitchurch, Shropshire) 1836–7, which has an impressive

Grecian The Greeks or Hellenes (; el, Έλληνες, ''Éllines'' ) are an ethnic group and nation indigenous to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions, namely Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and, to a lesser extent, other ...

revival facade.

Town of Aberaeron

County Hall, Market Street (Heol y Farchnad), Aberaeron - geograph

Aberaeron was founded by the Rev. Alban Thomas Jones Gwynne following an Act of Parliament in 1807, but it appears that town did not start to be laid out until about 1830. Edward Haycock was employed by Colonel A J Gwynne for supervising the building of houses and their layout in a grid plan around squares, including the principal one, Alban Square. In 1833, Samuel Lewis's “Topographical Dictionary of Wales” records “Upwards of thirty new leases have been granted, pursuant to which several houses have been already built, and others are already in progress; a general post-office, a posting-house and an excellent hotel have been established". The

Town Hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...

(1833–35), which later became the Cardiganshire County Hall, a typical building in Haycock's style, soon followed. The building of the planned town continued until the 1850s with a house in

Portland Place Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London. Named after the Third Duke of Portland, the unusually wide street is home to BBC Broadcasting House, the Chinese and Polish embassies, the Royal Institute of British A ...

being dated 1855. The posting house mentioned by Lewis could be the Castle and the hotel could be the Harbourmaster Hotel. Haycock achieved a consistency of style throughout the project which results in the attractive appearance of Aberaeron today.

List of architectural work

Public buildings and monuments

1814–16:

Lord Hill's Column Lord Hill's Column is a monument located outside of Shropshire Council's headquarters, Shirehall, in the town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire. It is a column of the Doric order and measures in height making it the tallest Doric column in England. I ...

at Shrewsbury (assisted by Thomas Harrison of

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

"Colvin" 3rd edition, 479 *

, The Butter Market, Pride Hill, 1819–20, demolished 1830 – New Butter Market *

Dolgellau Dolgellau () is a town and community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on the River Wnion, a tributary of the River Mawddach. It was the traditional county town of the historic county of Merionethshire ( cy, Meirionnydd, Sir Feirionnydd) un ...

, Merionethshire, The County Hall, 1823-5 *Coed-Cwnwr Almshouses,

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...

, 1825 * Shire Hall, Presteigne 1826-9 *

, The Salop Infirmary, rebuild 1827–30 *

Monmouth Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. I ...

, Shire Hall extension, c. 1830 * Old Town Hall, Ellesmere, 1833 *

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

, The Market *

Neath Neath (; cy, Castell-nedd) is a market town and Community (Wales), community situated in the Neath Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a po ...

Market, 1835-6 *Shrewsbury Savings Bank *Shrewsbury The Music Hall, 1839–40 * Wrockwardine Almshouses *

Dowlais Dowlais () is a village and community of the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, in Wales. At the 2011 census the electoral ward had a population of 6,926, The population of the Community being 4,270 at the 2011 census having excluded Pant. Dowlai ...

Market Hall * Llandovery National School *

Llandeilo Bridge Llandeilo Bridge (Welsh: ''Pont Llandeilo'') is a Grade II* listed road bridge crossing the River Towy in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It carries the main A483 road towards Ffairfach. History and description The single-arch bridge was de ...

, 1848 *

Lancastrian School *

St Chad's School, 1859 * Shropshire County Lunatic Asylum alterations"Colvin" 3rd edition, 480 A newspaper obituary states Haycock also "obtained first prizes for plans for the Birmingham and New Orleans Infirmaries"The latter being Touro Infirmary, founded 1852. but these are not mentioned by Colvin.

Churches

Shropshire *

St George,

Frankwell Frankwell is a district of the town of Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, England. It lies adjacent to the River Severn, to the northwest of the town centre, and is one of Shrewsbury's oldest suburbs. The main road running through the area is also called ...

1829–32 * Tilstock 1835 * Whitchurch, St Catherine, Doddington. 1836-7 * Cruckton 1840 *

Cressage Cressage is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies on the junction of the A458 and B4380 roads and the River Severn flows around its northern boundary. The Royal Mail postcode begins SY5. The parish council is combined wit ...

1841 *

Cound Cound is a village and civil parish on the west bank of the River Severn in the English county of Shropshire, about south east of the county town Shrewsbury. Once a busy and industrious river port Cound has now reverted to a quiet rural comm ...

1842-3 *

Bayston Hill Bayston Hill is a large village and civil parish in central Shropshire, England. It is south of the county town Shrewsbury and located on the main A49 road, the Shrewsbury to Hereford road. Occupied continuously since before the Middle Ages, ...

1843 *

Clun Clun ( cy, Colunwy) is a town in south west Shropshire, England, and the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The 2011 census recorded 680 people living in the town.Combined populations for the two output areas covering the tow ...

Chapel Lawn Chapel Lawn is a small village in southwest Shropshire, England, located within the Redlake Valley, some three miles south of the small town of Clun. Chapel Lawn lies in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty bounded to the north by Bryneddin W ...

1843 *

Hope Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish ...

1843 * Middleton-in-Chirbury 1843 * Dorrington 1843-5 * Newcastle 1848 *

Church Pulverbatch Church Pulverbatch is a small village and civil parish in central Shropshire, England. The population of the parish was 344 at the time of the 2001 census,Christ Church Shelton and Oxon The parish of Christ Church, Shelton and Oxon, lies within the Diocese of Lichfield, in the county of Shropshire, England. The parish church was built in 1854 by Edward Haycock Snr in Early English style with many lancet features. It is located o ...

1854 Staffordshire * Tettenhall 1825 Breconshire *

Hay on Wye Hay-on-Wye ( cy, Y Gelli Gandryll), simply known locally as "Hay" ( cy, Y Gelli), is a market town and community in Powys, Wales; it was historically in the county of Brecknockshire. With over twenty bookshops, it is often described as "the to ...

1833-4 Cardiganshire *

1835 Carmarthenshire * Carmarthen

St David Saint David ( cy, Dewi Sant; la, Davidus; ) was a Welsh bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids) during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales. David was a native of Wales, and tradition has preserved a relatively large amount of detail abo ...

. *Llannon 1841 Ceredigion *Aberaeron *

Aberystwyth Aberystwyth () is a university and seaside town as well as a community in Ceredigion, Wales. Located in the historic county of Cardiganshire, means "the mouth of the Ystwyth". Aberystwyth University has been a major educational location in ...

St Michael 1830-3 *

St David's Church, Barmouth St David's Church is a Church in Wales church by the harbour of Barmouth, Gwynedd, west Wales. It is part of the Bro Ardudwy Ministry Area.

1830 Glamorgan *

Caerphilly Caerphilly (, ; cy, Caerffili, ) is a town and community in Wales. It is situated at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley. It is north of Cardiff and northwest of Newport. It is the largest town in Caerphilly County Borough, and lies wit ...

1826 *Tai Bach Margam 1827 * Beulah Calvinistic Methodist Chapel,

Groes Heat shock 10 kDa protein 1 (Hsp10), also known as chaperonin 10 (cpn10) or early-pregnancy factor (EPF), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''HSPE1'' gene. The homolog in ''E. coli'' is GroES that is a chaperonin which usually works ...

, 1838 Merioneth *

Barmouth Barmouth ( cy, Abermaw (formal); ''Y Bermo'' (colloquial)) is a seaside town and community (Wales), community in the county of Gwynedd, northwestern Wales, lying on the estuary of the Afon Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. Located in the Historic coun ...

1830 Monmouthshire *

Abersychan Abersychan is a town and community (Wales), community north of Pontypool in Torfaen, Wales, and lies within the boundaries of the Monmouthshire (historic), historic county of Monmouthshire and the Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county o ...

1831-2 *

Trevethin Trevethin ( cy, Trefddyn) is a suburb of Pontypool and a community in Torfaen, Wales. It includes two electoral wards (Trevethin and St Cadocs and Penygarn) for Torfaen County Borough Council. It is in the historic county of Monmouthshire. His ...

St Thomas 1831-2 * Lanvaud 1843 Montgomeryshire * Machynlleth 1827

Country houses

Shropshire *Onslow Hall 1815–20 – Remodelled house for John Wingfield *

Loton Park Loton Park is a country house near Alberbury, Shrewsbury in Shropshire, on the upper reaches of the River Severn. It is a Grade II* listed building. It has been the seat of the Leighton family since 1391. It stands in of parkland which in ...

– Reconstructed south front 1819. *

Hodnet Hodnet is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The town of Market Drayton lies 5.7 miles (9.2 km) north-east of the village. History Evidence of a Bronze Age burial site was discovered during construction of the bypass in ...

Rectory. For Rev Reginald Heber. Presumably a joint design with his father. *

Stanton Lacy Stanton Lacy is a small village and geographically large civil parish located in south Shropshire, England, north of Ludlow. The River Corve flows through the parish, on its way south towards the River Teme, and passes immediately to the west o ...

Downton Hall Downton Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house at Stanton Lacy, near Ludlow, Shropshire. It is a Grade II* listed building. The house was built about 1733 by Wredenhall Pearce, who had inherited the estate in 1731. The new house, ...

near Ludlow. 1824 – New front entranceNewman J and Pevsner N. "The Buildings of England: Shropshire”, Yale 2006344-5 * Clungunford House.1825-8. For the Rev John Rocke. * Orleton Hall. Refronted house c1830. * Walford Manor 1831–5. *Leaton Knolls. c1835. Demolished 1955. * Millichope Park, Shropshire 1835–40, Greek Revival house for Rev. R. N. Pemberton. * Longner Hall. Alterations 1838–42. * Condover Vicarage 1843. Tudorish. * Badger Hall. Alterations 1849–50."Colvin" 3rd edition, 481 * Netley Hall, Shropshire.1854-8. *

Vicarage. Herefordshire * Shobdon Court. Alterations c1830-5. * Shobdon Rectory. 1844. Northamptonshire *Kelmarsh Hall. Minor alterations 1842. *Farthingstone Rectory. Enlarged 1842–3. Caernarfonshire *Glynllifon 1836–49. For

Lord Newborough Baron Newborough is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland. Both titles are extant. The first creation came in 1716 in favour of George Cholmondeley, later 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley. See Marquess of Cholmondeley for further h ...

. Carmarthenshire *

Stradey Castle Stradey Castle is a mansion in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The mansion was built from the years 1850–1855 after the demolition of a house 350 metres south-west of the current site. The building was designed by Edward Haycock for David Ma ...

1849–53. Cardiganshire * Llansantffraed Alltlwyd House 1832. *Plas

Llangoedmor Llangoedmor is a village 2 miles east of Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales. It is also the name of a community Council which encompasses Llechryd, Pant-gwyn, Ceredigion, and Neuadd Wilym. Llangoedmor ( cy, the church the great wood), is derived fro ...

, Rebuilt 1833. * Monordeifi (Manordeifi), Clynfyw c1849-50 (now Pembrokeshire). *

Llandygwydd Llandygwydd is a small settlement in Ceredigion, west Wales, between Newcastle Emlyn and the town of Cardigan. Amenities & History A small stream runs through the village. There also is a parish church with a small graveyard. It has no com ...

Penlyan. 1852. Ceredigion * Nanteos Portico, new dining room and new frontage to stable block, c. 1839–49. The original stable block appear to have been built to designs by John Nash in c. 1813–15. Glamorgan *

Penrice Castle Penrice Castle ( cy, Castell Pen-rhys) is a 13th-century castle near Penrice, Swansea on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Nearby is a neo-classical mansion house built in the 1770s. The mansion is a Grade I listed building and the surrounding gardens ...

Minor Works. *

Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...

Penllergare. 1836. Demolished except for a lodge and observatory. *

Sketty Hall Sketty Hall is a venue used for hosting social functions, business functions and conferences in Singleton Park, Swansea, south Wales. The original building was built in the early 18th century as a private house. Over the years it has seen a numbe ...

−1830s Entrance hall Montgomeryshire * Welshpool Rectory * Churchstoke Vicarage. Enlarged 1846–7. Monmouthshire *

Clytha Park Clytha Park, Clytha, Monmouthshire, is a 19th-century Neoclassical country house, "the finest early nineteenth century Greek Revival house in the county." The wider estate encompasses Monmouthshire's "two outstanding examples of late eighteenth ...

1824–28 – House for William Jones Neath Port Talbot * Margam Castle 1830-1835 - Haycock worked as supervising architect, in support of Thomas Hopper Radnorshire *Stanage Park. Alterations 1845.

Gallery

File:Loton Park country house - geograph.org.uk - 462532.jpg, Loton Park File:Clytha Park 1.jpg, Clytha Park File:Margam Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1308540.jpg, Margam Castle File:Millichope Park, Munslow - geograph.org.uk - 2167671.jpg, Millichope Park,

Munslow Munslow is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is situated on the B4368, northeast of the small town of Craven Arms, in the Corvedale, at around above sea level. The village formed part of and gave its name to the hun ...

File:The Inside View - The Grand Lodge at Glynllifon from the Park - geograph.org.uk - 238296.jpg, The Grand Lodge at Glynllifon from the Park File:Plas Glynllifon.jpg, Glynllifon File:Stable Block Nanteos Ceredigion.JPG, Stable Block Nanteos Ceredigion File:Former Royal Salop Infirmary - geograph.org.uk - 1220231.jpg, Former Royal Salop Infirmary, now Parade Shopping Centre, St Mary's Place, Shrewsbury File:The Music Hall, Shrewsbury 01.jpg, The Music Hall, Shrewsbury File:Broad Street, Presteigne (geograph 2470499).jpg, Presteigne Town Hall,(centre) Broad Street, Presteigne File:Dolgellau Courthouse. - geograph.org.uk - 329747.jpg, Dolgellau County Hall File:Bridge over the Tywi at Llandeilo - geograph.org.uk - 1447405.jpg, Bridge over the Tywi at Llandeilo File:Regent Street, Aberaeron - geograph.org.uk - 591717.jpg, Regent Street, Aberaeron File:Alban Square, Aberaeron - geograph.org.uk - 742491.jpg, Alban Square, Aberaeron File:7 Portland Place (geograph 3670784).jpg, 7 Portland Place File:Quay Parade, Aberaeron - geograph.org.uk - 742231.jpg, Doric pedimented doorway, Quay Parade, Aberaeron File:Masonic Hall, College Hill, Shrewsbury - geograph.org.uk - 118577.jpg, Back of Music Hall, College Hill, Shrewsbury File:St. Georges Church - geograph.org.uk - 413721.jpg, St. George's Church, Frankwell, Shrewsbury. File:Church tower, Dorrington - geograph.org.uk - 830101.jpg, Church tower, Dorrington File:St Peters, Parish church at Machynlleth - geograph.org.uk - 521827.jpg, St Peters, at Machynlleth. Largely re-built 1827 File:St Mary's Church at Chapel Lawn - geograph.org.uk - 654693.jpg, St Mary's church,

Literature

*Colvin H. (2008) ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840''. Yale University Press, 4th edition London. *Lloyd T et al.(2006):''Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion: The Buildings of Wales'', Yale University Press. *J Newman and N Pevsner, (2006), ''The Buildings of England: Shropshire'', Yale. *R Scourfield and R Haslam (2013, ''The Buildings of Wales: Powys; Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire'', Yale University Press.

References

External links

Edward Haycock
entry at Oxford Art/Grove Art Online (Subscription paywall). Retrieved 9 January 2020 {{DEFAULTSORT:Haycock, Edward, Sr 1790 births 1870 deaths Mayors of places in Shropshire Architects from Shrewsbury 19th-century English architects Architecture of Wales