In Bath, he designed the Commissioners' church of Holy Trinity, James Street, (1819–1822) in the classical style but it was constructed in a Gothic style.[1] Declared redundant after being severely damaged by bombing in 1942, the structure was demolished in 1957 and its congregation moved to a neighbouring church, which has subsequently been renamed Holy Trinity, Queens Square.
List of works
Rectory, now Bishopstone House, Bishopstone near Salisbury, 1812–1819[2][3]
The National School, Bath, 1816–1818 (demolished in the late 1960s)
Holy Trinity, James Street, 1819–1822 (demolished in the late 1950s)
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