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Francis Hiorne FSA (1744 – 9 December 1789) was an architect and builder based in
Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...
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Background

He was the son of
William Hiorne William Hiorne (c. 1712 – 22 April 1776) was an architect and builder based in Warwick. With his younger brother David Hiorne (1715–58), he worked for William Smith of Warwick and they succeeded Smith in business. His son, Francis Hiorne also ...
(c.1712 – 22 April 1776) and Mary Duncalfe. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on 7 April 1784.


Works

*Galleries in St Mary’s Church, Warwick, 1769 reconstruction * St Mary’s Church, Tetbury, Glos. (1771–1781) *St Anne’s Church, Belfast (1772–1776) demolished 1900. St. Anne's Cathedral now stands on the site. *St Bartholomew’s Church, Tardebigge 1776 – 1777 *
St Mary & St Giles Church, Stony Stratford St Mary & St Giles Church is a parish church in Stony Stratford, in Milton Keynes (in north Buckinghamshire), England. History The present parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin & St Giles, the latter being the patron saint of crip ...
1777 *Hiorne’s Tower, Arundel Castle 1789 - 1790 He also influenced the design of Rosemary Street Presbyterian Church, Belfast, erected in 1783.Historical Memorials of the First Presbyterian Church. Belfast, 1887, p.21


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hiorne, Francis 18th-century English architects 1744 births 1789 deaths Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Architects from Warwickshire