James Pigott Pritchett (14 October 1789 – 23 May 1868) was an

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. He lived in

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and

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and his practice stretched from

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to the

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Personal life

Pritchett was born on 14 October 1789 to Charles Pigott Pritchett and Anne née Rogers, and christened 4 January 1790 at St Petrox,

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. He lived for a time in London, and around 1813 moved to York, where he is recorded as a Congregationalist

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, and, together with William Ellerby, wrote ''A History of the Nonconformist Churches of York''. He married Peggy Maria Terry on 22 December 1813 at

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. They had three sons and a daughter. The eldest son, Richard, became a Congregationalist minister; the second, Charles Pigott Pritchett (1818–1891) was an architect; and in 1844 his daughter, Maria Margaret, married John Middleton (1820–1885), whose only child was the archaeologist and art historian

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(1846–1896), later a director of the

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. Pritchett's second marriage was to Caroline Benson on 6 January 1829 at Belton,

. They had three sons and two daughters. His eldest son, James Pigott Pritchett Jr (1830–1910), was trained by him as an architect and later set up a practice in

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in 1854. Another son, John Benson Pritchett, became a

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, Pritchett died in York on 23 May 1868, aged 78, and was buried in York Cemetery, whose buildings he had designed, on 27 May 1868. His nephew,

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(1824–1912) was also an architect, who was active mainly in Hertfordshire and Essex. As of January 2021 a project to celebrate the work of James Pigott Pritchett was begun with a website at www.jppritchett.org.uk.

Practice

Pritchett’s practice extended from Lincolnshire to the Scottish borders, with offices in York. Known work includes: Former Savings Bank, St Helen's Square, York

Former Savings Bank, St Helen's Square, York

* 1825 - Saltmarshe Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire * 1828 - Facade of the

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in Blake Street * 1829-30 -

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, St Helen's Square, York * 1834-5 -

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. * 1836 - St John's Church

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. * 1836-7 -

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. * 1837 - Holy Trinity church

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. * c.1838 – 1 Precentor's Court (including today's 24–36 High Petergate). * 1838 - St James's Church Meltham Mills. * 1839 - St Mary's Church

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. * 1840 -

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, St Saviourgate, York * 1840 - Salem Chapel and schoolroom,

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. * c.1840 - Gate Helmsley Lunatic Asylum ("Extensions and improvements" for James Martin). * 1847-8 - Huddersfield railway station. *1851 - Ebenezer Chapel, York (

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) Other examples are said to be found in

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, Brotherton and Meltham Mills.

References

* ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 (3rd ed)'' by H. M. Colvin, New Haven & London 1995. * ''A History of the Nonconformist Churches of York'' by William Ellerby and James Pigott Pritchett ed. from the original manuscript by

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, The

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