John Palmer (c. 1738 – 19 July 1817) was an English architect who worked on some of the notable buildings in the city of

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, UK. He succeeded Thomas Baldwin as City Architect in 1792. He died in Bath.

Some works

* St James' Church, Bath, on Stall Street (1768–1769, demolished for the

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building) * St James's Parade (1768) * Cottles House, now

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, Wiltshire (1775) *

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, The Paragon, Bath (1777–1780) * Shockerwick House,

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, Somerset (1785) *

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, and the adjacent Lansdown Place West and Lansdown Place East (1789-1793) *

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remodelled by Palmer after work by Thomas Baldwin (1789) *

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, begun in 1789 by Thomas Baldwin who resigned in 1791; Palmer continued the scheme * St George's Place (c.1790) * Cumberland House,

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(c. 1790–1800, continued by John Pinch after 1810) * Park Street (1790-1793) * 1-8, Bath Street (1791-1794) * Nelson Place West, Bath (c. 1800–1820, continued by John Pinch after 1810) *

Stall Street, Bath Stall Street in Bath, Somerset, England was built by John Palmer between the 1790s and the first decade of the 19th century. The buildings which form an architectural group have listed building status and are now occupied by shops and offices. ...

(c. 1790–1800) * St James's Square, Bath (1791–1794) * St James's Street (1791) * 6-9, Abbey Church Yard (1790s) * Royal Mineral Water Hospital additions, Bath (1793) * Kensington Chapel, London Road, Walcot, Bath (1794) * Kensington Place, Bath, London Road, Walcot, Bath (1795) * 10, Abbey Church Yard (c.1795) *

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(1798) *

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(1804–1805), designed by

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and erected by Palmer * New Bond Street, Bath (1805–1807)

References

* H.M. Colvin, ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840'' (1997). . * Michael Forsyth, ''Bath'', Pevsner Architectural Guides (2003). . * Jane Root, "Thomas Baldwin: His Public Career in Bath, 1775–1793" (in, ed. Trevor Fawcett, ''Bath History'', Volume V Bath: Millstream Books Publishing Limited, 1994), pages 80–103. {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, John 1738 births 1817 deaths 18th-century English architects 19th-century English architects Architects from Bath, Somerset