Richard Shackleton Pope (c. 1793 – 10 February 1884) was a British

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 ...

working mainly in

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

. His father was a clerk of works for

Sir Robert Smirke Sir Robert Smirke (1 October 1780 – 18 April 1867) was an English architect, one of the leaders of Greek Revival architecture, though he also used other architectural styles. As architect to the Board of Works, he designed several major ...

, and Pope succeeded him, also working for

C.R. Cockerell Charles Robert Cockerell (27 April 1788 – 17 September 1863) was an English architect, archaeologist, and writer. He studied architecture under Robert Smirke. He went on an extended Grand Tour lasting seven years, mainly spent in Greece. H ...

. He moved to Bristol to work on one of Cockerell's projects and decided to settle in the city, where he became District Surveyor from 1831 to 1874, with considerable influence over building works.

List of works

* Philosophical Institution, Park Street (1821) for Cockerell, now Freemasons' Hall * Royal Colonnade, Great George Street (1828) * Magistrates’ Court, Old Council House,

Corn Street Corn Street, together with Broad Street, Wine Street and High Street, is one of the four cross streets which met at the Bristol High Cross, the heart of Bristol, England when it was a walled medieval town. From this crossroads Corn Street an ...

(1829) * Wool Hall, (including the Fleece and Firkin Public House) St. Thomas’ Street (1828–30) * Alva House and Dorset House, Litfield Place, Clifton (1829–1830) * Cattle market, Temple Meads. Demolished (1830) * Ancraman's warehouse, Narrow Quay (1830), later Bush House, now the Arnolfini Gallery * Gaol, Cumberland Road. Demolished except for gateway (1831) * 49–50 Queen Square (1833) * Cathedral (Bristol): chapter house restoration (1833) * Vyvyan Terrace,

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(1833–47) and Coach House to the rear of Number 16. * Brunel House, St George's Road (1837–9), possibly with

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* Church of St Peter, Oakford, Devon (1838) *

St Mary on the Quay St Mary on the Quay is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Bristol, England. It is situated on Colston Avenue, next to Colston Tower in the centre of the city. It is the oldest Roman Catholic church in Bristol; the first one built after the Refo ...

: planned as an

Irvingite The Catholic Apostolic Church (CAC), also known as the Irvingian Church, is a Christian denomination and Protestant sect which originated in Scotland around 1831 and later spread to Germany and the United States.St Augustine's Parade (1839) * Taylor Maxwell House, Clifton (1839) * Brunel House (Great Western Steamship Hotel) 1839 * 39–53 Apsley Road, Clifton (c. 1840) * Buxton Villa, Richmond Park Road (1840) * Phillip's warehouse, Queen Charlotte Street (1840). Demolished 1972. * 2, Richmond Park Road, Clifton (c.1840) * Rebuild of St Nicholas Church Winsley (1840) * Buckingham Place, Queen's Road, Clifton (1843). *

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, Broad Street (1843). * Police station, Bridewell Street (1844). Demolished c.1927. *

Buckingham Baptist Chapel Buckingham Baptist Chapel is a Gothic Revival church in Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol, England. History The church was built in 1842 to the designs of Richard Shackleton Pope. It is one of the earliest Baptist chapels built in this style. Th ...

, Clifton (1844–7) * 1 and 3, Richmond Park Road, Clifton (1845) * 5 and 7, Richmond Park Road, Clifton (1845) * 12 and 13, Buckingham Vale, Clifton (c.1845) * 1 to 7 Pembroke Mansions, Oakfield Road (1845) * Burlington Buildings, Burlington Road, Whiteladies Park (1845). * 5 and 7, Oakfield Road, Clifton (c.1845) * 9 and 11, Oakfield Road, Clifton (c.1845) * Fosters Chambers, Small Street (c.1846) * Extension to the Market Chambers, St Nicholas Street (1848–49) * 3–15 Aberdeen terrace, Cotham (Late 1840s) *

Clifton Pool and The Victoria Public House The Lido, Bristol () is an historic lido situated in Oakfield Place in the Whiteladies Road area of Clifton, Bristol, England. Originally opened in approximately 1850, the pool eventually fell into disrepair and was closed in 1990. Despite being ...

(1850) * National Westminster Bank, Corn Street (1852–1855) *

St Philip and Jacob, Bristol SS Philip and Jacob Church, () previously referred to as Pip 'n' Jay, is a parish church in central Bristol, England. The church that meets there is now called Central. Its full name since 1934 is St Philip and St Jacob with Emmanuel the Unity, ...

(1860) *

Bristol Bridge Bristol Bridge is a bridge over the floating harbour in Bristol, England. The floating harbour was constructed on the original course of the River Avon, and there has been a bridge on the site since long before the harbour was created by impou ...

: widening (1849). Competition win : executed 1861. * Oakfield Road Unitarian Church (closed 1984 now offices) * Assize Courts, Small Street (1867) * Viaduct, Park Street (1871) *

Merchant Hall The Merchant Hall () is a historic building on The Promenade, Clifton Down, Bristol, England. It was built in 1868 by Richard Shackleton Pope, Thomas Pope and John Bindon and converted after World War II for the Society of Merchant Venturers, wh ...

Clifton Down Clifton Down is an area of public open space in Bristol, England, north of the village of Clifton. With its neighbour Durdham Down to the northeast, it constitutes the large area known as The Downs, much used for leisure including walking and t ...

1868 * 1–9 Leicester Terrace, Clifton 1852 From about 1850 until 1869 worked in partnership at Pope, Bindon and Clark. Then in 1870 went into partnership with his son as Pope and Son and finally Pope and Co.

References

* H.M. Colvin, ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840'' (1997) * Andor Gomme, Michael Jenner & Bryan Little, ''Bristol: An Architectural History'', Lund Humphries (1979) * Andrew Foyle, ''Bristol'', Pevsner Architectural Guides (2004) {{DEFAULTSORT:Pope, Richard Shackleton 1793 births 1884 deaths 19th-century English architects Architects from Bristol