William Etty ( – 1734) was an English

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

and craftsman, best known for designing

Holy Trinity Church, Leeds Holy Trinity Church lies on Boar Lane in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church in the ''Parish of Leeds St George'' in the Diocese of Leeds. It was built in 1722–7, though its steeple dates f ...

and (probably) Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland.

Life and work

The road bridge at Stamford Bridge over the River Derwent

He was the son of John Etty of

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

( – 1708), also an architect and craftsman, to whom there is a monument in All Saints', North Street. William Etty's first known building was the Moot Hall,

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

(1710, demolished in 1825). Holy Trinity,

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, followed in 1719 and

, in 1722–7 (the steeple is a later addition by R D Chantrell). He also worked at

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Castle Howard Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, within the civil parish of Henderskelfe, located north of York. It is a private residence and has been the home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years ...

from 1701 onwards and at

Seaton Delaval Hall Seaton Delaval Hall is a Grade I listed country house in Northumberland, England, near the coast just north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Located between Seaton Sluice and Seaton Delaval, it was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1718 for Admiral Geo ...

from 1719. In York, he designed the

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in St Michael le Belfrey in 1712, and may have been responsible for the Red House,

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, and the frontage of the Mansion House. Etty also contributed work to a number of

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s and estates, notably

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, Barrowby Hall (

Austhorpe Austhorpe is a civil parish and residential suburb of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is to the east of city centre and close to the A6120 dual carriageway (Leeds Outer Ring Road) and the M1 motorway. Location The area is situated ...

Whixley Whixley is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is near the A1(M) motorway and west of York. The ancient village of Whixley lies on Rudgate, the old Roman road along which the Roman “Hispania” ...

Hall,

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Park, Holme Hall at

Holme-on-Spalding-Moor Holme-on-Spalding-Moor (also known as Holme-upon-Spalding-Moor) is a large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north-east of Howden and south-west of Market Weighton. It lies on the ...

, Scriven Park (

Knaresborough Knaresborough ( ) is a market and spa town and civil parish in the Borough of Harrogate, in North Yorkshire, England, on the River Nidd. It is east of Harrogate. History Knaresborough is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Chenares ...

), and

Aldby Park Aldby Park is a country estate in the village of Buttercrambe near the village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, Stamford Bridge in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The house, replacing the original Tudor one, was built around ...

. In later life, he was

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(Baldersby Park) in 1720–1, and, from 1729 until his death, on the

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at Castle Howard designed by

Nicholas Hawksmoor Nicholas Hawksmoor (probably 1661 – 25 March 1736) was an English architect. He was a leading figure of the English Baroque style of architecture in the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries. Hawksmoor worked alongside the principa ...

. In 1727, he built Stamford Bridge, a stone bridge across the River Derwent at Stamford Bridge. Etty died in 1734, and Hawksmoor recommended that his son, John Etty (born in 1705), should succeed him at Castle Howard. John, the last of the Etty dynasty, died in 1738.

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