Sydney Smirke
Sydney Smirke | |
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| Born | 20 December 1797[1] London, England |
| Died | 8 December 1877 (aged 79) Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | RIBA Royal Gold Medal |
| Buildings | The circular reading room at the British Museum |
Sydney Smirke RA FGS FSA (20 December 1797 – 8 December 1877) was a British architect.
Smirke who was born in London, England as the fifth son of painter Robert Smirke and his wife, Elizabeth Russell.[2] He was the younger brother of Sir Robert Smirke and Sir Edward Smirke, who was also an architect. Their sister Mary Smirke was a noted painter and translator.[2]
He received the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1860. He became an associate of the Royal Academy in 1847 and was elected a full Academician in 1859. He served as RA Treasurer from 1861 to 1874, and was professor of Architecture from 1860 to 1865.
Personal life[edit]
He married Isabella Dobson, daughter of Newcastle upon Tyne architect John Dobson on 8 December 1840 at Newcastle upon Tyne.[3]
Among Smirke's numerous apprentices was the successful York architect George Fowler Jones.
Smirke's works[edit]
Sydney Smirke's works include:
- Customs House, High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea (1830)[4]
- Customs House (refronting), Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne, (1833)[5]
- The Custom House, Queen Square, Bristol (1835–57)[6]
- Wellington Pit Surface Buildings (Whitehaven) (1840)
- The nave roof of York Minster (1840–44)[7]
- Holy Trinity Church, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire (1843)
- The Carlton Club in Pall Mall, London (1845)[8]
- The Custom House, Commercial Road, Gloucester (1845)
- The dome chapel of the Bethlem Royal Hospital, St George's Fields, Southwark (now housing the Imperial War Museum) (1846)[9]
- The Frewen Mausoleum at St Mary's Church, Northiam, East Sussex (1846)
- St. James' Church, Westhead, Lancashire (1850)
- St Mary the Virgin's Church, Theydon Bois (1850)[10]
- The Derby Hall, Derby Hotel and Athenaeum in Bury (1849–52; the latter two now demolished)
- The circular reading room at the British Museum (1857)[11]
- King Edward's School, Witley, Surrey (1865)
- Exhibition galleries at Burlington House, home of the Royal Academy (1868)[8]
- Hall of Inner Temple (1870)
- St John's Church, Loughton
- Landscaping of Brookwood Cemetery, near Woking, Surrey (with William Tite)
- Toll House, Lower Sandgate Road, Folkestone[12]
- Barkham Street, Wainfleet All Saints
References[edit]
- ^ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- ^ a b "Smirke, Sydney (1798–1877), architect". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25764. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Burke, Edmund (1842). "The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year".
- ^ Historic England. "Old Town Hall (1027866)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Customs House (1325530)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "CUSTOM HOUSE AND ATTACHED REAR AREA WALL AND PIERS, Non Civil Parish - 1282153 | Historic England".
- ^ Historic England. "York Minster (1257222)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Sir Robert Smirke and Sydney Smirke in Cumbria - Visit Cumbria".
- ^ Darlington, Ida (1955). "'Bethlem Hospital (Imperial War Museum)', in Survey of London: Volume 25, St George's Fields (The Parishes of St. George the Martyr Southwark and St. Mary Newington)". London: British History Online. pp. 76–80. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Parish Church of St Mary (1337290)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "British Museum - Reading Room". www.britishmuseum.org.
- ^ "Toll House – Lower Sandgate Road – Folkestone, Kent UK". www.waymarking.com. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
Further reading[edit]
- Fawcett, Jane (Editor), Seven Victorian Architects, Thames and Hudson, 1976. ISBN 0-500-34070-6
- Gentleman's Magazine, 1841, Part 1, p91
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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