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Joseph T. Parkinson (1783 - May 1855, London) was an English architect.

He was the son of land agent and museum proprietor James Parkinson. He was articled to William Pilkington. He was a member of James Burton's Loyal British Artificers, a voluntary militia formed in consideration of the prospective invasion by France. [1] In 1805, Parkinson designed a castellated house for Burton's personal residence, which Burton named Mabledon House, [1] [2] near Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent. [3] [4] Parkinson's design of Mabledon was described in 1810 by the local authority as 'an elegant imitation of an ancient castellated mansion'. [1]

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House of Rotherfield Park

He converted his father's Blackfriars Rotunda building, adding a new chemical laboratory and library for its use by the Surrey Institution from 1808. In 1811 he laid out London's Bryanston Square [5] and designed houses in nearby Montagu Square. [6] He was subsequently commissioned to design a new mansion at Rotherfield Park, near Winchester from 1815. [7] Between 1822 and 1830 he supervised the reconstruction of parts of Magdalen College, Oxford, [8] and in 1831, he directed the rebuilding of the body of Streatham's St Leonard's Parish Church. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Williams, Guy (1990). Augustus Pugin Versus Decimus Burton: A Victorian Architectural Duel. London: Cassell Publishers Ltd. pp. 19–20. ISBN   0-304-31561-3.
  2. ↑ "James Burton [Haliburton]", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography".
  3. ↑ Williams, Guy (1990). Augustus Pugin Versus Decimus Burton: A Victorian Architectural Duel. London: Cassell Publishers Ltd. p. 135. ISBN   0-304-31561-3.
  4. ↑ "Mabledon Park, Royal Tunbridge Wells, England". Parks and Gardens UK. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Bryanston Square". London Gardens Online. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "34 Montagu Square". This Day in Music. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Rotherfield Park, Winchester, England". Parks and Gardens UK. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Joseph Parkinson - Summary". Parks and Gardens UK. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Saint Leonard, Streatham: Streatham High Road, Lambeth". AIM25. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Thomas Hayter Lewis". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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