Henry Hakewill (4 October 1771 – 13 March 1830) was an

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architect.

Biography

Early life

Henry Hakewell was a pupil of

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, RA, and also studied at the Royal Academy, where in 1790 he was awarded a silver medal for a drawing of an aspect of Somerset House.

Career

He began work on a country mansion and eventually had a large and flourishing practice, mostly concerned with country houses. In 1809, he was appointed architect to

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, where the gothic buildings and chapel are his designs. He also did work for the Radcliffe trustees at Oxford and the

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. Hakewill designed two notable

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buildings. Coed Coch, Dolwen, Denbighshire, Wales, a country house with a diagonally-placed portico (now demolished) and stair, was completed in 1804. St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, London was built in 1824–7. (It was rebuilt after a fire in 1987.)

Personal life

On 14 November 1804 Hakewill was married to Anne Sarah Frith, daughter of Rev. Edward Frith of

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. They had seven children including two sons who became architects: John Henry Hakewill (1810–80), and Edward Charles Hakewill (1816–72).

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