Henry Couchman
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Henry Couchman of Balsall Temple, Warwickshire, an 18th-century architect and landscape gardener, designed the Old Drapers' Hall, Coventry (demolished) and helped complete Arbury Hall, Warwickshire, for Sir Roger Newdigate, including designing the magnificent saloon.
Biography[]
Henry Couchman was born 8 January 1737/38 in Ightham, Kent. He was the eldest child of carpenter Henry Couchman and Sarah (née Luck). He was locally schooled.[1]
Initially, he worked for his father, cutting timber and repairing buildings. Rather than continue in the carpentry trade Henry obtained a job in Greenhithe making drawings for a house builder. He then found work with a London builder. He later lost his job "in consequence of belonging to a club of workers in a plan to raise their wages".[1]
Couchman eventually found work with a builder in Piccadilly. He became foreman of the woodwork, working on projects for Lord March (later Duke of Queensbury).[when?] He then moved to work for several years building Packington Hall, Warwickshire for the Lord Aylesford, arriving in 1766.[1]
Susannah Couchman of Temple Balsall, Warwickshire, was the daughter of Henry Couchman; she became the wife of Thomas Wedge of Chester.
References[]
- Architects from Warwickshire
- 18th-century English architects
- 1738 births
- People from Ightham