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John Johnson (architect born 1810) [1871 Census]
[edit]. At least one other John Johnson is recorded in the 1880s so at least three architects of this name are known: they are known to have executed at least 50 buildings in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland.
John Johnson (1810 - 28 December 1878) was an English architect who worked mainly in London and its suburbs and built a number of Gothic Revival churches. He is, however, best remembered as the architect of the Alexandra Palace. For most of his career he had business addresses on two streets around the Adelphi: 9 John Street and 14 Buckingham Street.
Early life and work
[edit]Johnson's birthplace is not known.[1] In 1833, he received the Gold Medallion of the Royal Society of Arts for a competition design, in 1835 the Silver Medal of the Royal Academy, and in 1836 a Travelling Studentship.[2] He studied in Italy between 1836 and 1840,[1] published Johnson's Churches of Northampton and worked for some years as District Surveyor of East Hackney.[2]. At least 6 of his commissions are linked with Sir John Kelk: Grosvenor Square, Lancaster Gate, Prince's Gate, Bentley Priory and Tedworth, Wiltshire.
Buildings
[edit]Among Johnson's buildings and renovations were:
1840s
[edit]- 1842: Church of St Thomas in the Liberty of the Rolls, with Christopher Davy (c. 1803 - 18 Feb 1849) (demolished in 1886)[3]
- 1846: Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London: renovation of the interior. The theatre burnt down in 1867.[4]
- 1846: No. 18, St. James's Square, alterations to the frontage[5]
- 1847-49: St Paul's Church, Camden Square, with Frederick W Ordish. One of Johnson's three Commissioners' churches. "Owing to damage sustained (1939–45) it was demolished in 1949, with the exception of the tower, spire and parish hall"[6]
- 1848-9: St Saviour, The Beach, Walmer "Altogether an up-to-date affair in its confident Gothicism."[7]
- 1848-50: Nos 1-11, Princes Gate, Hyde Park, for the developer John Kelk; demolished pre-1936[8][9]
- 1849-50: St Edward the Confessor, Romford. Some of the building material came from Nash's recently demolished Quadrant in Regent Street. "Large and ambitious ... Fussy enough to impress."[10]
1850s
[edit]- 1851: Christ Church, Stratford Marsh, London Borough of Newham. A Commissioners' church, demolished in 1975 [11]
- 1851-6: St Matthew, Oakley Square, Camden Town, demolished in 1977.[12] Johnson's vicarage, built at the same time as the church, survives - "boldly Gothic in polychrome brick".[13]
- 1852-54: St Andrew's Church, Thornhill Square, Barnsbury, Islington, with Francis B. Newman. The only one of Johnson's Commissioners' churches that survives. It is a Grade II listed building.[14] "Like a medieval village church transposed into this classical urban lay-out.... Interior spoiled in the 1960s by ugly partitioning and the removal of the prominent Caen stone pulpit and pews."[15]
- 1854: St Matthew's Church, Cobo, Castel, Guernsey[16]
- 1855-6: St Mary's, Greenhithe, (Kent), with George John Vulliamy (1817–1886). H. S. Goodhart-Rendel's opinion was: "Extremely cleverly detailed, like all of Johnson's work; - whether you like it or not is a different matter."[17]
- 1856-61: St Luke, Kings Cross, London. The church was located on the corner of Midland Road, where St Pancras railway station now stands. The church, among other buildings, was taken down in 1866-7 to make way for the station. It was re-erected, with alterations by Johnson, as a Congregational church in Wanstead.[18] Johnson had hoped to be appointed as architect when a new Church of St Luke, benefiting from the compensation provided by the Midland Railway, was built in Kentish Town, and was not pleased when Basil Champneys was chosen instead.[19]
- 1857/8: Alterations to the Old Hall of Queen's College, Cambridge, including new window tracery.[20]
- 1858-9: Restoration of porch and nave of St Mary, Mellis, Suffolk.[21]
1860s
[edit]- 1861: Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Bramcote, Nottinghamshire
- 1861: St Peter's, Upper Woolhampton, Berkshire. "Early English details, very gross inside, especially the chancel and the two-bay arcade to the low transepts."[22]
- 1861-2: St Andrew, Romford."Many of the original fittings remain."[10]
- 1862-3: Holy Trinity & St Peter, Merton Road/Broadway, South Wimbledon[23]
- 1862-7: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead
- 1865: Terraces around the square at Lancaster Gate, Bayswater[24]
- 1866-7: United Reformed Church, Wanstead - see above, St Luke, King's Cross
- 1867 (or 1869?): St Matthew, Midgham (Berks, near above)
- 1869-76: St Andrew, Hertford by "J Johnson Jr", probably (but see church plans online below)
- 1869-72: St Peter, Brimpton (Berks)
1870s
[edit]- 1873; rebuilt 1875 Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, north London, with Alfred Meeson London 4 (North)
- 1875-77 3 Grosvenor Square, London
- 1878 St Mary's Church, South Tidworth, Wiltshire
- 1878-79 Tedworth House, South Tidworth, Wiltshire
Misc
[edit]- Obituary in The Builder of 11th Jan 1879, p.53 "of 14 Buckingham Street, Adelphi" which he occupied c1870-1879. Johnson also had chambers at No. 9 St. John Street, Adelphi c1845-1865
- List of Commissioners' churches in London
- http://www.churchplansonline.org/show_people.asp?nameauthorityid=3840 JJ of Bury-St-E (1811-1891)!
- http://www.churchplansonline.org/retrieve_results.asp?search_args=A%3DJOHNSON%2C+John%3A+b.+c.1807+-+d.+1878+of+London%7Ca%3D3839 JJ of London as above
References
[edit]- ^ a b British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects: Directory of British Architects 1834-1914, Volume 1, A-K, compiled by Antonia Brodie, updated and expanded edition, 2001, ISBN 0 8264 5513 1, p. 1027.
- ^ a b John Johnson - Architect of St Matthews
- ^ Colvin, Howard (2008) [1954]. A Biographical Dictionary of English Architects 1660-1840 (4th ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-300-12508-5.
- ^ 'The Haymarket Opera House', Survey of London: volumes 29 and 30: St James Westminster, Part 1 (1960), pp. 223-250. Date accessed: 30 May 2011.
- ^ St James's Square, Survey of London
- ^ From: 'Camden Town', Survey of London: volume 24: The parish of St Pancras part 4: King’s Cross Neighbourhood (1952), pp. 134-139.
- ^ Newman, John (1969). North East and East Kent. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 470.
- ^ Princes Gate planning application February 2001, see p.45
- ^ 'Princes Gate and Ennismore Gardens: The Kingston House Estate: Development by Elger, Kelk and Mayhew from 1845', Survey of London: volume 45: Knightsbridge (2000), pp. 160-170. Date accessed: 21 May 2011
- ^ a b Cherry, Bridget (2005). London 5: East. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. pp. 191–2. ISBN 0-300-10701-3.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ History of Christ Church, including some images
- ^ date and photograph
- ^ Cherry, Bridget (1998). London 4: North. London: Penguin Books. p. 380. ISBN 0-14-071049-3.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=368582 Images of England entry]
- ^ Cherry, Bridget (1998). London 4: North. London: Penguin Books. p. 654. ISBN 0-14-071049-3.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ [http://www.stmatthews.org.gg/history/theChurch/theChurch.html George M. Bramall and Peter Girard: History of the church]
- ^ Newman, John (1969). West Kent and the Weald. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 295.
- ^ Article on Wanstead United Reformed Church (formerly Congregational church), Wanstead
- ^ From: 'Additional Churches', Survey of London: volume 24: The parish of St Pancras part 4: King’s Cross Neighbourhood (1952), pp. 140-146. Date accessed: 27 February 2011
- ^ Chronology of alterations to the Old Hall
- ^ English Church Architecture - Suffolk, St. Mary, Mellis
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 311.
- ^ Diocese of Southwark, Merton Deanery
- ^ Cherry, Bridget (1991). London 3: North West. London: Penguin Books. p. 689. ISBN 0-14-071047-7.
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John Johnson 3
[edit]- St Bartholomew, Dalston Lane (1884) (London North)
- Almshouses, Dartford, Kent 1889 (Pevsner p 249)
- Gravesend,_Kent#Gravesend_clock_tower.2C_Harmer_Street 1887 Pevsner p.292
- + Brighton clock tower
- St John, Hungate (44)
- St John the Baptist, Hungate (3)
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/plaza/al08/pages/hmpg.htm
- St John's, Hungate (7)
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36375
- St John's in the Marsh (9)
- St John in the Marsh (11) http://www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/live2006/report%202004-68.pdf (2004) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/churchpictures/message/13850
http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/09/2010/hungate
Search results: http://www.dighungate.com/results.asp?searcher=st+john
Seven eyesores of York
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- [[1]]
plus White Swan, corner of Piccadilly and Coppergate - Flikr and York Stories.