John Plowman (c.1773–1843) was an English architect based in
Oxford
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. His younger son John Plowman (1807–1871) also worked on buildings on Oxford, leading to issues with attribution.
From 1812 until 1837 Plowman worked in partnership with the builder, civil engineer and architect
Daniel Harris, whose foreman he had been.
John Plowman the younger was in partnership with
Isaac Luck
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, until 1850; Luck emigrated to
Christchurch
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in New Zealand in 1851.
Work
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Saint Martin's parish church,
Oxford
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: rebuilt church (except bell tower) (demolished 1896, except bell tower)
*Saint Mary's parish church,
Adderbury
Adderbury is a winding linear village and rural civil parish about south of Banbury in northern Oxfordshire, England. The settlement has five sections: the new Milton Road housing Development & West Adderbury towards the southwest; East Adder ...
, Oxfordshire: font, 1831
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Saint Michael's parish church, Oxford: rebuilt north aisle and transept, 1833
*Floating chapel,
Castle Mill Stream
Castle Mill Stream is a backwater of the River Thames in the west of Oxford, England. It is 5.5 km long.
Course
The stream leaves the main course of the River Thames at the south end of Port Meadow, immediately upstream of Medley Foo ...
, Oxford, 1839 (sank 1868)
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County Hall,
New Road, Oxford, 1839-41
*Saint Peter's parish church,
Steeple Aston
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, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1842
*Saint John the Baptist parish church,
Bodicote
Bodicote is a village and civil parish about south of the centre of Banbury in Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,126.
History
Bodicote was made a separate civil and Church of England parish in 1855. Until the ...
, Oxfordshire: rebuilt church (with
H.J. Underwood), 1844
[Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 483]
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19th-century English architects
Gothic Revival architects
English ecclesiastical architects
1843 deaths
Architects from Oxford
Year of birth uncertain