1699 in architecture
Overview of the events of 1699 in architecture
The year 1699 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
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Buildings and structures
Buildings
- English architect and dramatist John Vanbrugh is commissioned to begin Castle Howard in Yorkshire.[1]
- Craigiehall, Scotland, designed by Sir William Bruce and James Smith,[2] is completed for William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale
- St Werburgh's Church, Derby, England[3]
- Thomas Lambert House, Rowley, Massachusetts completed[4]
- Trinity Cathedral in Pskov, Russia completed[5]
Births
- February 10 – Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo, Spanish Baroque architect (died 1725)
- February 17 – Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Prussian painter and architect (died 1753)
- date unknown
- Matthew Brettingham, English Palladian country and town house architect (died 1769)
- Edward Lovett Pearce, Irish Palladian architect (died 1733)
Deaths
- November – Stephen Manwaring, North Carolina architect (born c.1640)[6]
References
- ^ "Sir John Vanbrugh". National Trust. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Lowrey, John (1988) "Sir William Bruce and his circle at Craigiehall 1694-1708". in Frew, John & Jones, David (eds.) Aspects of Scottish Classicism. St Andrews Studies in the history of Scottish Architecture and Design. ISBN 0-9514518-0-4, p.6
- ^ "Church of St Werburgh, Derby", Heritage Gateway website, Heritage Gateway (English Heritage, Institute of Historic Building Conservation and ALGAO:England), 2006, retrieved 26 November 2010
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Okulich-Kazarin, Sputnik po drevnemu Pskovy.
- ^ North Carolina Architects & Builders: a Biographical Dictionary. Accessed 18 April 2013