James Pigott Pritchett (14 October 1789 – 23 May 1868) was an

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. He lived in

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and

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and his practice stretched from

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to the

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Personal life

Pritchett was born on 14 October 1789 to Charles Pigott Pritchett and Anne née Rogers, and christened 4 January 1790 at St Petrox, Pembrokeshire. He lived for a time in London, and around 1813 moved to York, where he is recorded as a Congregationalist

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, and, together with William Ellerby, wrote ''A History of the Nonconformist Churches of York''. He married Peggy Maria Terry on 22 December 1813 at

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. They had three sons and a daughter. The eldest son, Richard, became a Congregationalist minister; the second, Charles Pigott Pritchett (1818–1891) was an architect; and in 1844 his daughter, Maria Margaret, married John Middleton (1820–1885), whose only child was the archaeologist and art historian John Henry Middleton (1846–1896), later a director of the

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. Pritchett's second marriage was to Caroline Benson on 6 January 1829 at Belton,

. They had three sons and two daughters. His eldest son,

James Pigott Pritchett Jr James Pigott Pritchett (14 May 1830 – 22 September 1911), known as J P Pritchett junior or J P Pritchett of Darlington, was a British architect. Biography Early life He was born in York, the son of architect James Pigott Pritchett sen ...

(1830–1910), was trained by him as an architect and later set up a practice in

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in 1854. Another son,

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, became a surgeon, Pritchett died in York on 23 May 1868, aged 78, and was buried in York Cemetery, whose buildings he had designed, on 27 May 1868. His nephew, George (1824–1912) was also an architect, who was active mainly in Hertfordshire and Essex. As of January 2021 a project to celebrate the work of James Pigott Pritchett was begun with a website at www.jppritchett.org.uk.

Practice

Pritchett’s practice extended from Lincolnshire to the Scottish borders, with offices in York. Known work includes: Former Savings Bank, St Helen's Square, York

Former Savings Bank, St Helen's Square, York

* 1825 - Saltmarshe Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire * 1828 - Facade of the

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in Blake Street * 1829-30 -

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, York * 1834-5 -

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. * 1836 - St John's Church Brearton. * 1836-7 - York Cemetery, York. * 1837 - Holy Trinity church

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. * c.1838 – 1 Precentor's Court (including today's 24–36 High Petergate). * 1838 - St James's Church Meltham Mills. * 1839 - St Mary's Church

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. * 1840 - Lady Hewley's Almshouses,

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, York * 1840 - Salem Chapel and schoolroom,

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. * c.1840 -

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("Extensions and improvements" for James Martin). * 1847-8 - Huddersfield railway station. *1851 -

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) Other examples are said to be found in

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and Meltham Mills.

References

* ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 (3rd ed)'' by H. M. Colvin, New Haven & London 1995. * ''A History of the Nonconformist Churches of York'' by William Ellerby and James Pigott Pritchett ed. from the original manuscript by

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, The

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