Charles Underwood (1791 – 5 March 1883,

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) was a builder in Cheltenham who moved to

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, where he became a neo-classical architect. He designed the Greek revival buildings of

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(1836) and the

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(1857), as well as the impressive Worcester Terrace in central Clifton. His brothers

George Allen Underwood George Allen Underwood (1793 – 1 November 1829, Bath) was an architect in Cheltenham. He was a pupil of Sir John Soane from 1807 to 1815 and then started his own practice in Cheltenham. He was Surveyor for Somerset, Dorset and the Dean an ...

and Henry Underwood were also architects.

References

* H.M. Colvin, ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840'' (1997) 1791 births 1883 deaths 19th-century English architects Architects from Bristol {{UK-architect-stub