John Plowman (c.1773–1843) was an English architect based in

Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

. 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 Isaac Luck (12 May 1817 – 15 December 1881) was a New Zealand architect. A professional builder, he arrived in Lyttelton, New Zealand, Lyttelton on the ''Steadfast'' in 1851. He was the third chairman of the Christchurch City Council, Christch ...

, until 1850; Luck emigrated to

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in New Zealand in 1851.

Work

* Saint Martin's parish church,

: 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 * 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) * County Hall, New Road, Oxford, 1839-41 *Saint Peter's parish church,

Steeple Aston Steeple Aston is a village and civil parish on the edge of the Cherwell Valley, in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire, England, about north of Oxford, west of Bicester, and south of Banbury. The 2011 Census recorded the parish populatio ...

, 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), 1844Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 483

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Plowman, John 19th-century English architects Gothic Revival architects English ecclesiastical architects 1843 deaths Architects from Oxford Year of birth uncertain