Richard Jupp
Richard Jupp (1728 – 17 April 1799) was an 18th-century English architect, particularly associated with buildings in and around London. He served for many years (c. 1755 – 1799) as surveyor to the British East India Company.
Works[]
His work included:
- alterations to St Matthias Old Church, Poplar, London (1755)
- Manor House, (Old Road, Lee, London (1772) - now a Grade II listed building) – built for a wealthy London West India merchant, Thomas Lucas, president of Guy's Hospital, but bought in 1796 by Sir Francis Baring, founder of Barings Bank, it is now used as a public library and its gardens have become a public park (Manor House Gardens).
- Mansion at Painshill Park, near Cobham, Surrey (1774)
- Entrance and wings of Guy's Hospital, London (1774–1777)
- Wilton Park House, near Beaconsfield (c. 1780)[1]
- a folly, Severndroog Castle (built as a memorial to Commodore Sir William James – a former chairman of the East India Company), on Shooter's Hill in south-east London (1784).
- East India House, Leadenhall Street, London (1796–1799 - the project was carried out after Jupp's death by his successor, Henry Holland)
Death[]
Jupp died at his house in King's Road (now Theobald's Road), Bedford Row, on 17 April 1799.
References[]
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Bull, Clare. "Wilton Park". Beaconsfield and District Historical Society. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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Categories:
- British artist stubs
- 1728 births
- 1799 deaths
- 18th-century English architects
- British East India Company people