John Linnell Bond (14 September 1764 – 6 November 1837) was an English architect.

Life

Bond was educated at the

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, where he gained a gold medal in 1786. He occasionally exhibited at the academy up to 1797. After devoting some years to the study of ancient architecture in Italy and Greece he set up as an architect in London, and designed several large mansions. Following a fire at

Exton Hall Exton Hall is an English country house on the western edge of the village of Exton, Rutland, England, standing in its own extensive park. The Hall It was the family seat of the family of Sir James Harington and later the Noel family, Earls of G ...

in 1810, its owner,

Sir Gerard Noel Sir Gerard Noel Noel, 2nd Baronet (17 July 1759 – 25 February 1838), of Welham Grove in Leicestershire and Exton Park in Rutland, known as Gerard Edwardes until 1798, was an English Member of Parliament. Background Gerard Noel was born Ger ...

, moved into a nearby 17th century house, and commissioned Bond to make alterations. Bond also designed the Stamford Hotel, at Stamford, Lincolnshire for Noel. It is in the Greek revival style, with a giant order derived from the

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. Many other designs which he made for Noel were never carried out. Bond also prepared an architectural design for the Strand Bridge - later known as Waterloo Bridge - in collaboration with the engineer George Dodd. The project was later taken over by John Rennie. He contributed papers on architectural subjects to the

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. He was well versed in the classics and made a translation of

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. He died in Newman Street, London. An obituary in the ''Gentleman's Magazine'' called him "one of the most peaceful and amiable of mankind".

References

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