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John Whichcord Sr. (1790–1860) was a British architect who worked in
Whichcord, the son of a surveyor, was born in 
He designed the new churches of St John, Blindley Heath in Surrey, and Holy Trinity, Maidstone, St Stephen,
Maidstone
Maidstone is the largest Town status in the United Kingdom, town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the c ...
, Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
and designed many public and institutional buildings in the town.
Life
Whichcord, the son of a surveyor, was born in Devizes
Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman architecture, Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century ...
, Wiltshire. He was articled to the Bath architect Charles Harcourt Masters
Charles Harcourt Masters (born 1759) was an English surveyor and architect in Bath.
He made a set of maps of Bath turnpike roads in 1786. In 1789 he made a scale model of Bath which he displayed at his home, 21 Old Orchard Street, and later in L ...
and then worked in the drawing office of the architect of the London Docks
London Docklands is the riverfront and former docks in London. It is located in inner east and southeast London, in the boroughs of Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham, Newham, and Greenwich. The docks were formerly part of the Port ...
, Daniel Asher Alexander
Daniel Asher Alexander (6 May 1768 – 2 March 1846) was an English architect and engineer.
Life
Daniel Asher Alexander was born in Southwark, London and educated at St Paul's School, London. He was admitted to the Royal Academy Schools i ...
, who was also engaged on the prison at Maidstone. In 1819 Whichcord took over the post of surveyor of Maidstone gaol, and two years later also became surveyor of Canterbury gaol. In 1825, when the county surveyor
A county surveyor is a public official in the United Kingdom and the United States.
United Kingdom
Webb & Webb describe the increasing chaos that began to prevail within this same period in field of county surveying in England and Wales, with c ...
of Kent was dismissed, Whichcord was appointed to the post. His works in the county included the Maidstone Union Workhouse (1836), the Kent Fire Offices, the Maidstone Corn Exchange, and the West Kent Infirmary. He was also surveyor to the Medway Navigation Company, carrying out various works on the river, including tidal locks. The Kent County Lunatic Asylum
Oakwood Hospital in Barming Heath near Maidstone, England was a psychiatric hospital founded in 1833 as the Kent County Lunatic Asylum. Following transfer of services to Maidstone Hospital, Oakwood closed in 1994 and was then developed as a res ...
is described as his ''Magnum Opus'' by John Newman (Buildings of England Series, 1969).
He designed the new churches of St John, Blindley Heath in Surrey, and Holy Trinity, Maidstone, St Stephen, Tovil
Tovil is a civil parish in the Borough of Maidstone, in Kent in the South East of England. It is a mixture of residential and industrial zoning, with an increase in commercial usage towards the centre of Maidstone, and more arable use on the out ...
, Holy Trinity, East Peckham
East Peckham is a village and civil parish in Kent, England on the River Medway. The parish covers the main village as well as Hale Street and Beltring.
History
The Domesday entry for East and West Peckham reads:-
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, St Mary the Virgin, Platt, and Christ Church at Dunkirk
Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.St Peter's Church, Maidstone.
His son John Whichcord Jr. (1823–1885) was a notable architect..
Maidstone Union Workhouse on the Workhouse website
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References
External links
Maidstone Union Workhouse on the Workhouse website
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