Anthony Keck

Canon Frome Court

Anthony Keck (* 1726 , † 4. October 1797 ) was a British architect of classicism .

Life

Keck was believed to have come from Randwick in Gloucestershire . He came from a Yeoman family in the Cheltenham area , where he is believed to have trained as a builder. After his marriage to Mary Palmer he moved to King's Stanley near Stroud in Gloucestershire in 1761 , where he lived until his death. From 1768 he called himself an architect and was involved in the conversion or expansion of numerous mansions and other buildings in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire , Herefordshire and South Wales .

He was buried in St Georges Church in King's Stanley.

Orangery of Margam Castle

Works

Keck built on the model of Robert Adam in the strict style of Georgian architecture . In addition to the manor house of Penrice Castle on the Gower peninsula, his main work is the orangery of Margam Castle , which he built for Thomas Mansel Talbot between 1787 and 1790 . There are more buildings by him

Moccas Court
Canon Frome Court
Flaxley Abbey (south wing)
Iscoed House
St Martin's Church, Worcester

Moccas Court at Hereford

It is likely that Highgrove House was also designed by Keck for John Paul Paul, but was not built until after his death.

Web links

Parks & Gardens UK: Anthony Keck - Summary

Individual evidence

↑ ANTHONY KECK Architect. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 14, 2011 ; accessed on February 13, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ John Newman; Stephen Hughes; Anthony Ward: Glamorgan: (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan) (Buildings of Wales). Penguin Books, London, 2005. ISBN 978-0-300-09629-3 , p. 64
^ Nigel R. Jones: Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales. Greenwood, Westport, Conn., 2005. ISBN 978-0-313-31850-4 , p. 137

personal data
SURNAME	Cheeky, Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British architect
DATE OF BIRTH	1726
PLACE OF BIRTH	Randwick
DATE OF DEATH	October 4, 1797

[1] ANTHONY KECK Architect. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 14, 2011 ; accessed on February 13, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] John Newman; Stephen Hughes; Anthony Ward: Glamorgan: (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan) (Buildings of Wales). Penguin Books, London, 2005. ISBN 978-0-300-09629-3 , p. 64

[3] Nigel R. Jones: Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales. Greenwood, Westport, Conn., 2005. ISBN 978-0-313-31850-4 , p. 137