List Of Works By Francis Goodwin on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Francis Goodwin (1784–1835) was an English
Photograph of Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Derby, UK, before the removal of the unstable cupolas prior to 1900, from "picturethepast.org.uk"
* ttp://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/listed/bilstonstleonards.htm Photograph and text, Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society page on Saint Leonard's, Bilston
Photograph of Saint George's Church, Kidderminster at Flickr
Photograph of Lissadell House, County Sligo, Ireland, at Flickr
Photograph of Church of Saint Matthew, Church Hill, Walsall, West Midlands at Geograph
Portrait said to be that of Francis Goodwin, by Aglio, in the collection of the RIBA library
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodwin, Francis Architecture in England Church architecture Lists of buildings and structures by architect Gothic Revival architecture
Francis Goodwin (1784–1835) was an English architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
, born in King's Lynn, Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
. He trained under J. Coxedge in Kensington, London. He initially designed two churches in King's Lynn, followed by nine Commissioners' church
A Commissioners' church, also known as a Waterloo church and Million Act church, is an Anglican church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Acts of 1818 and 1824. The 1818 Act supplie ...
es. He then designed more new churches, and rebuilt or remodelled other churches, for different clients, and also gained commissions for civic and public buildings. Most of his church designs were in Gothic Revival style, while those for civic and public buildings were mainly Neoclassical. Later in his career he became involved in domestic architecture. He also unsuccessfully created many designs for other buildings, such as King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...
, and the new Houses of Parliament
The Palace of Westminster serves as the meeting place for both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Informally known as the Houses of Parliament, the Palace lies on the north ban ...
. He died suddenly in London, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery
Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in the Kensal Green area of Queens Park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. Inspired by Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, it was founded by the barrister George Frederick ...
.
Key
Works
References
Bibliography * * * *External links
Photograph of Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Derby, UK, before the removal of the unstable cupolas prior to 1900, from "picturethepast.org.uk"
* ttp://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/listed/bilstonstleonards.htm Photograph and text, Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society page on Saint Leonard's, Bilston
Photograph of Saint George's Church, Kidderminster at Flickr
Photograph of Lissadell House, County Sligo, Ireland, at Flickr
Photograph of Church of Saint Matthew, Church Hill, Walsall, West Midlands at Geograph
Portrait said to be that of Francis Goodwin, by Aglio, in the collection of the RIBA library
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodwin, Francis Architecture in England Church architecture Lists of buildings and structures by architect Gothic Revival architecture