Bassae Temple of Apollo by John Foster 1820

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:''This is about the architect. For his father, see John Foster, Sr.'' John Foster, Junior (1786 – 21 August 1846) was an

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born and based in

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

. In succession to his father, he was Surveyor to the

Corporation of Liverpool Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It consists of 90 councillors, three for each of the city's 30 wards. The council is currently controlled by the Labour Party and is led by Mayor ...

(1824–1835).Hollinghurst (2009), p67 His buildings were generally in the

Greek Revival style The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

and mainly worked on public buildings and Anglican churches.Hollinghurst (2009), p50

Biography

John Foster Sr. married Ann Dutton on 18 September 1781 in the now demolished St George's Church, Liverpool (Derby Square, was built on its site).Hollinghurst (2009), p9 John Foster Jr. the second of eight sons born to the couple was born in 1786 in Liverpool.Hollinghurst (2009), p12 Foster studied under

Jeffry Wyatt Sir Jeffry Wyatville (3 August 1766 – 18 February 1840) was an English architect and garden designer. Born Jeffry Wyatt into an established dynasty of architects, in 1824 he was allowed by King George IV to change his surname to Wyatville ...

in Lower Brook Street, London, whose uncle

James Wyatt James Wyatt (3 August 1746 – 4 September 1813) was an English architect, a rival of Robert Adam in the neoclassical and neo-Gothic styles. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1785 and was its president from 1805 to 1806. Early life W ...

had worked with John Sr. on

Liverpool Town Hall Liverpool Town Hall stands in High Street at its junction with Dale Street, Castle Street, and Water Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed build ...

.Hollinghurst (2009), p28 John Jr. displayed three designs at

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, in 1805 a design for a Mausoleum, in 1806 a design for a National Museum and in 1807 a Public Library or National Gallery.Hollinghurst (2009), p29 In 1809 travelled in the eastern

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the e ...

. During 1810–11 he accompanied C. R. Cockerell and the German archaeologists Haller and Linckh in their excavation of the temples at Aegina and

Bassae Bassae ( la, Bassae, grc, Βάσσαι - ''Bassai'', meaning "little vale in the rocks") is an archaeological site in Oichalia, a municipality in the northeastern part of Messenia, Greece. In classical antiquity, it was part of Arcadia. Bassae l ...

.The Bassai Sculptures / The Phigaleian Frieze
British Museum, retrieved July 2010 He returned to

in 1816 and joined the family building firm. He succeeded his father, John Foster, Sr., as senior surveyor to the

in 1824, and held that post until the

Municipal Reform Act The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will 4 c 76), sometimes known as the Municipal Reform Act, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in the incorporated boroughs of England and Wales. The legisl ...

of 1834. His own designs included Holy Trinity Church in Kingswood, Bristol (1820),Port (2006), p326Hollinghurst (2009), p9

The Oratory The Oratory stands to the north of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral in Merseyside, England. It was originally the mortuary chapel to St James Cemetery, and houses a collection of 19th-century sculpture and important funeral monuments as part of the ...

, St. John's Market,

Liverpool Necropolis Grant Gardens, previously Liverpool Necropolis, is a park and former cemetery in Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is named after Alderman J. R. Grant, J.P, chairman of the Corporation Parks and Gardens Committee. The Necropolis opened in 1825, wi ...

(converted into a park in 1914),

St James Cemetery St James's Cemetery is an urban park behind Liverpool Cathedral that is below ground level. Until 1825, the space was a stone quarry, and until 1936 it was used as the Liverpool city cemetery. It has been designated a Grade I Historic Park by H ...

, and the Church of St. Andrew's in Rodney Street, converted in the early 21st century to student accommodation. The second Royal Infirmary and the public baths have both been demolished, as has the enormous, domed

Custom House A custom house or customs house was traditionally a building housing the offices for a jurisdictional government whose officials oversaw the functions associated with importing and exporting goods into and out of a country, such as collecting c ...

, which suffered extensive fire damage during the Second World War. He is often attributed as the architect for numbers 2–10

Gambier Terrace Gambier Terrace (Liverpool, England) is a street of 19th-century houses overlooking St. James's Mount and Gardens and Liverpool Cathedral. It is generally reckoned to be in Canning, although it falls within the Rodney Street conservation area, ...

, Liverpool.

Gallery of work

File:St Lukes Church, Liverpool (geograph 3765352).jpg, St Luke's Church,corner of Berry Street and Leece Street, Joint Work with his father
(1811–32; Grade II*) File:Blind Asylum Chapel, Liverpool, Merseyside; with scale. Line Wellcome V0012842.jpg, The Chapel, Blind Asylum, Hardman Street
(1819; demolished 1930) File:Church of St. Andrew Rodney Street Liverpool Merseyside England UK.jpg , St. Andrew's Church, Rodney Street
(1823–24; Grade II*) File:Second Liverpool Royal Infirmary (14652158422).jpg, Second Liverpool Royal Infirmary, Brownlow Hill
(1824; demolished 1889) File:Gateway to St James's Gardens 1.jpg, Gateway to St James Cemetery
(1827; Grade II) File:St James cemetery lodge, Liverpool 2.jpg, Lodge to St James Cemetery
(c.1828; Grade II) File:Liverpool Oratory - geograph.org.uk - 1021592.jpg, The Oratory, St James Cemetery(1827–29; Grade I) File:The Oratory, Liverpool 3.JPG, The Oratory, St James Cemetery
(1827–29; Grade I) File:The Oratory, Liverpool 14-10-2016 (13).JPG, The Interior, The Oratory, St James Cemetery
(1827–29; Grade I) File:BRADSHAW(1854) p156 LIVERPOOL, CUSTOM HOUSE.jpg, The Custom House (1828–38; bombed 1941, demolished 1946) File:An account of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway - comprising a history of the parliamentary proceedings preparatory to the passing of the act, a description of the railway in an excursion from (14756763971).jpg, The Moorish Arch, Liverpool and Manchester Railway
(1830; demolished 1860) File:Huskisson Monument, St James's Gardens 1.jpg, The Husksson Memorial, St James Cemetery
(1834; Grade II File:Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood, Bristol 43207-29-17-019.1250x1250.jpg, Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood, Bristol
(1820)

References

Bibliography

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Foster Jnr, John 19th-century English architects 1786 births 1846 deaths Architects from Liverpool