John Brown (architect)

John Brown (1805–1876)^[1] was a 19th-century architect working in Norwich, in the county of Norfolk, England. His buildings include churches and workhouses.

Life[]

All Saints, Hainford, Norfolk (1838–40).

He was the pupil of the architect William Brown of Ipswich, a close relative.^[1] He was, along with his two sons, the surveyor for Norwich Cathedral, where his work there included a restoration of the crossing tower, undertaken during the 1830s.^[2] He was appointed county surveyor for Norfolk in 1835.^[3]

Works[]

Brown's works include:^[4]

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; built 1835–36; Early English style; by 2002 no longer used as a church
Sudbury workhouse: Sudbury, Suffolk; built 1836(–37?) after enactment of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834.
The Norwich Yarn Factory (St James Mill): Norwich; built 1836–37.
Workhouse at Lingwood, Norfolk; built 1837. Later called "Homelea".^[5] and since demolished.^[6]
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".^[7]
All Saints, Hainford, Norfolk; 1838–40. Flint with red brick dressings; lancet windows.^[8]
Christ Church: East Greenwich in south-east London; built 1847–49; Robert Kerr, co-architect^[9]
St Margaret: Lee, London; built 1839–41^[9]
Christchurch: , Norwich; built 1841.
St Mark: , Norwich; built 1844; modified perpendicular style.
St Matthew: Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich; built 1851; Neo-Norman style; Robert Kerr, co-architect; by 2002 offices.
The Old Corn Exchange: Fakenham, Norfolk; built 1855; by 2002 a cinema.
St Peter & St Paul Bergh Apton, Norfolk; 1838. Major internal re-ordering for Revd John Thomas Pelham.^[10]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Basic Biographical Details". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
^ Pevsner 1962, p.211.
^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wilson, Bill (2002). Norfolk 2 (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300096576.
^ List from Howard Colvin (1978). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840. John Murray. p. 145. ISBN 0-7195-3328-7. except where otherwise cited.
^ Pevsner 1962, p.184.
^ "East Anglian Workhouses". Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
^ Pevsner 1962, p.149.
^ Pevsner 1962, p.158.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Homan, Roger (1984). The Victorian Churches of Kent. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 0-85033-466-7.
^ Geoffrey Kelly, Book of Bergh Apton (Halsgrove 2005) ISBN 1-84114-418-5

Sources[]

Pevsner, Nikolaus (1962). North-East Norfolk and Norwich. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.

[dsa-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Basic Biographical Details". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

[2] Pevsner 1962, p.211.

[3] Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wilson, Bill (2002). Norfolk 2 (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300096576.

[4] List from Howard Colvin (1978). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840. John Murray. p. 145. ISBN 0-7195-3328-7. except where otherwise cited.

[5] Pevsner 1962, p.184.

[6] "East Anglian Workhouses". Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

[7] Pevsner 1962, p.149.

[8] Pevsner 1962, p.158.

[VCK106-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b Homan, Roger (1984). The Victorian Churches of Kent. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 0-85033-466-7.

[10] Geoffrey Kelly, Book of Bergh Apton (Halsgrove 2005) ISBN 1-84114-418-5

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