John Palmer (Bath architect)
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John Palmer was an English architect who worked on some of the notable buildings in the city of Bath in England. He succeeded Thomas Baldwin
as City Architect in 1792.
Thomas Baldwin (architect)
Thomas Baldwin was an English surveyor and architect in Bath.He did not originally hail from Bath but was first recorded in the city in 1774, where he was initially a clerk to plumber, glazier, and politician Thomas Warr Attwood. By 1775, he was appointed as the Bath City Architect after...
as City Architect in 1792.
Some works
- St James' Church, Bath on Stall Street (1768–1769, demolished for the Marks & Spencers Building)
- Cottles House (now Stonar SchoolStonar SchoolStonar School, founded in 1895, is one of the UK's independent leading day and boarding school, at Cottles Park, Atworth, near in Wiltshire, south-west England...
, Atworth, Wiltshire (1775) - St Swithin's Church, Walcot, The ParagonThe Paragon, BathThe Paragon in the Walcot area of Bath, Somerset, England is a street of Georgian houses which have been designated as listed buildings. It was designed by Thomas Warr Attwood. It now forms part of the A4.Numbers 1 to 21 are 3 storey houses with mansard roofs...
, Bath (1777–1780) - Shockerwick HouseShockerwick HouseShockerwick House in Bathford, Somerset, England was built as a manor house around 1750 by John Wood the Elder. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building....
, Bathford, SomersetSomersetThe ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
(1785) - Lansdown Crescent, Bath (1789–1793)
- Grand Pump RoomGrand Pump Room, BathThe Grand Pump Room in the Abbey Church Yard, Bath, Somerset, England is a historic building. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building....
, begun in 1789 by Thomas Baldwin who resigned in 1791 and Palmer continued the scheme. - Cumberland House (Norfolk Crescent), BathNorfolk Crescent, BathNorfolk Crescent in Bath, Somerset, England was built between c.1793 and c.1822 and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. The original design was by John Palmer, but minor alterations were later made by John Pinch....
c. 1790–1800 (continued by John Pinch after 1810) - Nelson Place West, BathNelson Place WestNelson Place West is Grade II listed Georgian terrace of houses in Bath, Somerset, England. It was built as "Nelson Place" in the early 19th century, and the suffix "West" was added to avoid confusion with Nelson Place East on the other side of the city. The end houses have Ionic pilasters and...
c. 1800–1820 (continued by John Pinch after 1810) - Stall Street, BathStall Street, BathStall Street in Bath, Somerset, England was built by John Palmer between the 1790s and the first decade of the 19th century. The buildings which form an architectural group have listed building status and are now occupied by shops and offices....
c. 1790–1800 - St James's Square, BathSt James's Square, BathSt James's Square in Bath, Somerset, England consists of 45 Grade I listed buildings. It was built in 1793 by John Palmer.It is the only complete Georgian square in Bath. Each of the 3 storey houses has a mansard roof. The central buildings have pediments on 4 Corinthian pilasters.In 1840 number 35...
(1791–1794) - Royal Mineral Water HospitalRoyal National Hospital for Rheumatic DiseasesThe Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS hospital trust of the National Health Service in England. It is a small, specialist Trust in the centre of Bath....
additions, Bath (1793) - Kensington Chapel, London Road, Walcot, Bath (1794)
- Christ Church, BathChrist Church, BathChrist Church, Bath is a proprietary chapel on Julian Road, Bath, England.- History and organisation :The church was founded by socially concerned clergy and lay people for those excluded from worship through the system of pew rents. It was probably the first church, at that time, to provide...
(1798) - Theatre Royal, BathTheatre Royal, BathThe Theatre Royal in Bath, England, is over 200 years old. It is one of the more important theatres in the United Kingdom outside London, with capacity for an audience of around 900....
(1804–1805), (facing on to Beaufort Square) designed by George Dance the YoungerGeorge Dance the YoungerGeorge Dance the Younger was an English architect and surveyor. The fifth and youngest son of George Dance the Elder, he came from a distinguished family of architects, artists and dramatists...
and erected by Palmer - New Bond Street, Bath (1805–1807)