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Charles Robert Cockerell RA PRIBA (1788-1863) born in London; ARA in 1829, RA in 1836, President of the RIBA in 1860. Natonal Monument Edinburgh © Adrian Welch C. R. Cockerell trained in the London architectural practice of his father, Samuel Pepys Cockerell. Later he worked on the rebuilding of Covent Garden Theatre as assistant to Robert Smirke, followed by an architectural tour of Europe (he discovered reliefs from the Temple of Phigalia, on show in the British Museum). Charles Cockerell set up his own practice on his return to London in 1817. photo © adrian welch CR Cockerell : St George's Hall Liverpool Key Buildings Key Cockerell building: National Monument Edinburgh with architect Playfair - atop Calton Hill Ashmolean Museum & Taylorian Institute (1839-42), Oxford. Office for the Sun Life Assurance in Threadneedle Street, London (1840's, demolished 1970). Cockerell was Architect to the Bank of England from 1833: Bank buildings designed include:- Courtney Street, Plymouth 1835 Broad Street, Bristol 1844-47 King Street, Manchester 1845 Castle Street, Liverpool 1851-54 Assize Courts & St George's Hall, Liverpool - completed after death of Elmes Scottish Architects Scottish Architecture: best scottish buildings of the last three decades Edinburgh CR Cockerell Building in England: Squire Law Library Former Cambridge University Library, 1837-42 - Cambridge Architecture Charles Robert Cockerell - Winner of RIBA Gold Medal 1848 World Architecture : e-architect - key buildings across the globe Comments / photos for the CR Cockerell page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk CR Cockerell buildings - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt			Key Links: Skyscrapers New Houses Architects