Charles Busby
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Charles Augustin Busby was an English
architect
.
He created many buildings in and around Brighton
such as Brunswick Square and St Margarets Church. His style usually included Romanesque
style pillar
s to his buildings.
He was also responsible for the Commercial Rooms, Bristol
.
He worked closely with fellow architect Amon Henry Wilds
and his apprentice David J Field.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
.
He created many buildings in and around Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
such as Brunswick Square and St Margarets Church. His style usually included Romanesque
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
style pillar
Column
A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. For the purpose of wind or earthquake engineering, columns may be designed to resist lateral forces...
s to his buildings.
He was also responsible for the Commercial Rooms, Bristol
Commercial Rooms, Bristol
The Commercial Rooms are in Corn Street, Bristol, England.Built in 1810 by Charles Busby, the building has sculpture by JG Bubb. Originally it housed a club for mercantile interests and during the mid-19th century it was a haunt of local prostitutes...
.
He worked closely with fellow architect Amon Henry Wilds
Amon Henry Wilds
Amon Henry Wilds was an English architect. He was part of a team of three architects and builders who—working together or independently at different times—were almost solely responsible for a surge in residential construction and development in early 19th-century Brighton, which until then had...
and his apprentice David J Field.