Lancelot Dowbiggin (born in 1685 in Melling, near Lancaster in

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- died 24 July 1759 in

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, England) was an English architect. He designed St Mary's Church in

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, London,John Richardson, ''Islington Past'', Revised Edition, Historical Publications Limited, 2000; pp. 59–60. Fortiscue Lodge in

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, and several houses in Gentleman's Row. He is also responsible for finishing, in 1747, St. Mary's Church in

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, also in London. He was buried in St. Mary's Church, Islington.

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1685 births 1759 deaths People from Lancaster, Lancashire 18th-century English architects Architects from Lancashire {{England-architect-stub