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

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working mainly in

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. His father was a clerk of works for

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, and Pope succeeded him, also working for C.R. Cockerell. 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,

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(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

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, now the

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Gallery *

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, Cumberland Road. Demolished except for gateway (1831) * 49–50 Queen Square (1833) * Cathedral (Bristol): chapter house restoration (1833) * Vyvyan Terrace, Clifton (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,

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(1838) * St Mary on the Quay: planned as an Irvingite church, 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

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

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(1860) *

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: 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, ...

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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