John Brown (1805–1876) was a 19th-century architect working in

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

, in the county of

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

, England. His buildings include churches and workhouses.

Life

All Saints, Hainford, Norfolk - geograph

He was the pupil of the architect William Brown of Ipswich, a close relative. He was, along with his two sons, the surveyor for

Norwich Cathedral Norwich Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Norwich, Norfolk, dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. It is the cathedral church for the Church of England Diocese of Norwich and is one of the Norwich 12 heritage sites. The cathedra ...

, where his work there included a restoration of the crossing tower, undertaken during the 1830s. He was appointed

county surveyor A county surveyor is a public official in the United Kingdom and the United States. United Kingdom Webb & Webb describe the increasing chaos that began to prevail within this same period in field of county surveying in England and Wales, with c ...

for Norfolk in 1835.

Works

Brown's works include: *St Peter: Lowestoft, Suffolk; built 1833; white brick with no tower, Carpenter's Gothic style; demolished circa 1974 * St Michael's (St Michael the Greater):

Stamford, Lincolnshire Stamford is a town and civil parish in the South Kesteven District of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701 and estimated at 20,645 in 2019. The town has 17th- and 18th-century stone buildings, older timber-framed ...

; built 1835–36; Early English

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; by 2002 no longer used as a church *Sudbury

workhouse In Britain, a workhouse () was an institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment. (In Scotland, they were usually known as poorhouses.) The earliest known use of the term ''workhouse' ...

Sudbury, Suffolk Sudbury (, ) is a market town in the south west of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour near the Essex border, north-east of London. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 13,063. It is the largest town in the Babergh local government d ...

; built 1836(–37?) after enactment of the

Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 The ''Poor Law Amendment Act 1834'' (PLAA) known widely as the New Poor Law, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Earl Grey. It completely replaced earlier legislation based on the ''Poor Relie ...

. * The Norwich Yarn Factory (St James Mill):

; built 1836–37. *Workhouse at

Lingwood Lingwood is a village and former civil parish, east of Norwich, now in the parish of Lingwood and Burlingham, in the Broadland district, in the county of Norfolk, England. In 2011 the built-up area had a population of 2,719 and the built-up area ...

, Norfolk; built 1837. Later called "Homelea". and since demolished. *Workhouse at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk; built 1838. Later the Northgate Hospital. Described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "Red brick and still classical in its proportions and its details". *All Saints, Hainford, Norfolk; 1838–40. Flint with red brick dressings; lancet windows. *Christ Church: East

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in south-east London; built 1847–49; Robert Kerr, co-architect * St Margaret:

Lee, London Lee, also known as Lee Green, is an area of South East London, England, straddling the border of the London Borough of Lewisham and the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is located northwest of Eltham and southeast of Lewisham. It is within the h ...

; built 1839–41 *Christchurch: New Catton, Norwich; built 1841. *St Mark: New Lakenham, Norwich; built 1844; modified perpendicular style. *St Matthew:

Thorpe Hamlet Thorpe Hamlet is a suburb of Norwich, to the east of the city centre, in the Norwich District, in the English county of Norfolk. It was constituted a separate ecclesiastical parish on 9 March 1852, from the civil parish of Old Thorpe, and in 19 ...

, Norwich; built 1851; Neo-Norman style; Robert Kerr, co-architect; by 2002 offices. *The Old Corn Exchange:

Fakenham Fakenham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the River Wensum, about north west of Norwich. The town is the junction of several local roads, including the A148 from King's Lynn to Cromer, the A1067 to Norw ...

, Norfolk; built 1855; by 2002 a cinema. *St Peter & St Paul

Bergh Apton Bergh Apton (Ber-Guh App-ton) is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Norwich just south of the A146 between Yelverton and Thurton. According to the 2001 census it ha ...

, Norfolk; 1838. Major internal re-ordering for Revd John Thomas Pelham.Geoffrey Kelly, Book of Bergh Apton (Halsgrove 2005)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, John 19th-century English architects Architects from Norwich 1805 births 1876 deaths English ecclesiastical architects