John Billing

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John Billing
Former Reading Savings Bank, 72 London Street, Reading.jpg
Born1816 [1] or 17 [2]
Died1863 [1] [2]
NationalityBritish
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsSt. Giles' parish church, Tetsworth

John Billing, FRIBA was an English architect from Reading, Berkshire. His grandfather Richard Billing (circa 1747–1826), [3] father Richard Billing (1784–1853), brothers Richard (1814–84) and Arthur (1824–96) and nephew Arthur Ernest (died 1920) were also architects. [2]

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St. Giles' parish church, Tetsworth (1855) Tetsworth StGiles.JPG
St. Giles' parish church, Tetsworth (1855)

Until at least 1854, Billing practiced in Reading, Berkshire, where he was Borough Surveyor. [4] Billing addressed a meeting of the 1849–50 session of the Oxford Architectural Society on the subject of "Parsonage Houses". [5]

Billing had moved his practice to London by 1856, in which year he was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. [1] Philip Webb (1831–1915) was a pupil of his.

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  1. 1 2 3 Brodie, 2001, page 180
  2. 1 2 3 Colvin, 1997, page 124
  3. Colvin, 1997, page 123
  4. Dils, Joan A (1999). "From Village to Suburb: Caversham 1840 to 1911". Oxoniensia . Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society. LXIV: 92.
  5. Prout, David (1989). "'The Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture' and 'The Oxford Architectural Society', 1839-1860". Oxoniensia . Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society. LIV: 387.
  6. Sherwood & Pevsner, page 115
  7. Tyack, 1998, page 225
  8. Sherwood & Pevsner, page 805
  9. Sherwood & Pevsner, page 801
  10. Nairn & Pevsner, 1965, page 603
  11. Sherwood & Pevsner, page 588

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