Richard Pace was a

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builder and architect in

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, England. He served in the Life Guards 1784-88. Most of his known commissions were houses, in many cases for

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clergy. He also restored or refitted a small number of Church of England parish churches. He is commemorated by a monument in St. Lawrence's parish churchyard, Lechlade.

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*Soho Square,

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: house, 1791 or 1794 (demolished 1937) *Bibury Club,

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: race stand, 1800 (since demolished) *Woodhill Park, Bushton, Wiltshire: southeast range, 1804 *Manor Farm, Broadwell, Oxfordshire: house, 1804 *St. Lawrence, Lechlade, Gloucestershire: Old Vicarage, 1805 *Saint Mary's,

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: alterations to Rectory, 1808 *Saint Peter's, Broughton Poggs, Oxfordshire: alterations to Old Rectory, 1808 *Filkins Hall, Filkins, Oxfordshire: stables, 1809 *Saint James', Coln St. Dennis, Gloucestershire: Rectory, 1810 *

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, Oxfordshire: added wings to Kingston Lisle House, ''circa'' 1812. *Saint Andrew's,

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, Oxfordshire: Rectory, 1813 *Salperton Park, Salperton, Gloucestershire: country house, 1817 *Saint Mary's,

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, Oxfordshire: Vicarage, 1818 *Stone Farm, Sherborne, Gloucestershire: house, 1818 *Lodge at Black Horse Ridge,

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, Gloucestershire, 1822 *Saint Lawrence' parish church, Lechlade, Gloucestershire: repairs, refitting and galleries, 1823 (all removed 1882) *St. Nicholas,

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: alterations to Old Rectory, 1820 *Saint Giles',

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, Gloucestershire: Rectory, 1826 *Saint John the Baptist parish church,

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, Oxfordshire: refitted interior 1826-27 *Saint Peter's parish church, Broadwell, Oxfordshire: gallery and other fittings, 1829Colvin, 1997, page 765 *Saint Matthew's parish church, Langford, Oxfordshire: restoration and new pews, 1829 *Saint Nicholas', Hatherop, Gloucestershire: Rectory, 1833 (now Severalls)Verey, 1970, page 272 *Shrivenham Rectory 1805. (Shrivenham, Berks) Book 'Creating Paradise p. 230. Letter Rev Edward Berens, British Library ADD MS 73757

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