Richard Gillow (1733–1811) was an English architect and businessman from Lancaster. He was the son of the carpenter

Robert Gillow Robert Gillow (1704–1772) was an English furniture manufacturer, who founded Gillow & Co. Early life Robert Gillow was born on 2 August 1704 in Singleton, Lancashire to a prominent English recusant Roman Catholic family. He served an apprentic ...

, the founder of

Gillows of Lancaster and London Gillows of Lancaster and London, also known as Gillow & Co., was an English furniture making firm based in Lancaster, Lancashire, and in London. It was founded around in Lancaster in about 1730 by Robert Gillow (1704–1772). Gillows was owned b ...

, a successful cabinet-making firm. Richard trained as an architect in London. In 1757 he became a partner in the family firm, which took the name Robert Gillow & Son. He continued to undertake architectural work, including Lancaster's Custom House of 1764. The building has been described as "a notable and complete example of an eighteenth-century custom house, of

Palladian Palladian architecture is a European architectural style derived from the work of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580). What is today recognised as Palladian architecture evolved from his concepts of symmetry, perspective and ...

design".

Richard and his wife Sarah had eight children, five daughters and three sons; Robert iiGillow; George iGillow; and Richard iiGillow, all joined the family firm. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

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1733 births 1811 deaths Architects from Lancashire {{England-architect-stub

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