Nicholas Hawksmoor Buildings:
St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, northwest London
Renovated 2006
St Mary Woolnoth, City of London
1716-24
Photo © adrian welch May 2007 with lumix camera
Christ Church, Spitalfields, east London
1715-29
Nicholas Hawksmoor, Architect
Photo © adrian welch May 2007 with lumix camera
Nicholas Hawksmoor : London church
Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, central England
1695-1710
St. George-in-the-East, Wapping, Stepney, England
1714-29
St Alfege’s Church, Greenwich, southeast London, England
St Anne’s Limehouse, east London, England
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Nicholas Hawksmoor - the Architect:
1661-1736
Nicholas Hawksmoor is regarded by most people as being one of England's greatest architects alongside Sir Christopher Wren and Sir John Vanbrugh.
Hawksmoor was born in Nottinghamshire. Early in his career he worked for Christopher Wren. Later he worked as an architect for John Vanbrugh on Castle Howard in 1699 and then Blenheim Palace, both in England.
Hawksmoor's style was more robust and stark than Wren's delicate and ornate tradition. St George’s Church for example is strongly articulated and seems more concerned with the modelling of form than refinement of decoration prevalent amongst many of his peers. Nicholas Hawksmoor was in my view a very bold and talented figure and deserves to be better known amongst non-architects.
Christopher Wren
Nicholas Hawksmoor : London churches
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St George's Church, Bloomsbury, central-north London
1716-30
Nicholas Hawksmoor
restored 2006
Molyneux Kerr Architects
Nicholas Hawksmoor - Key Roles:
Hawksmoor worked with Christopher Wren on the following buildings:-
Chelsea Hospital
Greenwich Hospital
Hampton Court Palace
St Paul’s Cathedral
Hawksmoor was Clerk of Works on Kensington Palace
Hawksmoor was Deputy Surveyor of Works at Greenwich
Hawksmoor was Surveyor of Works at Westminster Abbey from 1723 after Christopher Wren
Hawksmoor worked for John Vanbrugh on the following buildings:-
Blenheim Palace (later working direct)
Castle Howard
Other Nicholas Hawksmoor buildings include:-
All Souls College Oxford: Codrington Library + new buildings
Clarendon Building, Oxford
Easton Neston, Northamptonshire - 1702
Ockham House remodelling
Queen’s College Oxford : High Street Screen
Worcester College buildings
Westminster Abbey – west towers, London
London Architecture
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