John Billing, FRIBA was an English architect from

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. His grandfather Richard Billing (''circa'' 1747–1826), father Richard Billing (1784–1853), brothers Richard (1814–84) and Arthur (1824–96) and nephew Arthur Ernest (died 1920) were also architects.

Career

Until at least 1854, Billing practiced in

, where he was Borough Surveyor. Billing addressed a meeting of the 1849–50 session of the

Oxford Architectural Society The Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society (OAHS) has existed in one form or another since at least 1839, although with its current name only since 1972.

on the subject of ''"Parsonage Houses"''. Billing had moved his practice to London by 1856, in which year he was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Philip Webb (1831–1915) was a pupil of his.

Works

* Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford: repairs, 1853–56 *St. Giles' parish church,

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, Oxfordshire, 1855 *St. Mary's parish church,

Sydenham, Oxfordshire Sydenham is a village and civil parish about southeast of Thame in Oxfordshire. To the south the parish is bounded by the ancient Lower Icknield Way, and on its other sides largely by brooks that merge as Cuttle Brook, a tributary of the River ...

: restoration, 1856 *St. Leonard's parish church, Seaford, East Sussex: transepts and apse, 1861–62 *St. Katherine & St. Leonard's Rectory, Drayton St. Leonard, Oxfordshire, 1862Sherwood & Pevsner, page 588

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* 1863 deaths Gothic Revival architects English ecclesiastical architects 1816 births Architects of cathedrals Architects from Berkshire 19th-century English architects Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects {{UK-architect-stub