Decimus Burton
Decimus Burton ( September 30, 1800 , † December 14, 1881 ) was an English architect and landscape architect . His influence can be seen in parks in London, such as the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew or the London Zoo . He has worked as a town planner in Fleetwood , St. Leonards on Sea and Tunbridge Wells . He was the tenth child of his parents, hence his first name Decimus ( Latin for 'the tenth').
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Beginnings
Burton learned from his father James Burton (1761-1837) building trade and architecture. He later worked for John Nash , for whom he expanded the design of Cornwall Terrace (adjacent to Regent's Park ) and completed projects in the park. His first major project of his own was the Coliseum in 1823 , an enormous domed exhibition hall that was demolished in 1875. The Royal College of Physicians is now located there .
He was then commissioned to design the gardens and buildings of the new London Zoo. His lama enclosure from 1828 no longer serves as an animal shelter, but as a sales point and is a listed building , as is the giraffe house from 1834.
He was responsible for the planning of Hyde Park (1825) and designed the Wellington or Constitution Arch on its south-eastern corner, which forms the main entrance to St. James's Park and Green Park . The arch is dedicated to the Duke of Wellington and was intended as a grandiose entrance gate to London, as the north gate to the grounds of Buckingham Palace . Originally there was an equestrian statue of the Duke on the arch, but this was replaced in 1912 by a Quadriga by Adrian Jones .
Kew
Burton worked on the gardens in the London suburb of Kew for over 30 years , starting with the layout of the gardens and pathways, then the main buildings. With the iron foundry Richard Turner he planned the glass and palm house in Kew (1848–1848), which was the largest in the world at the time (110 meters long, 30 meters wide and 20 meters high). Then he designed the even larger Tempered House, but he did not live to see its completion. One part opened in 1863, but a lack of funds meant that it was not completed until 1898. Other projects in Kew were the Victoria Gate (1848) and the Water Lily House (1852).
Fleetwood
The seaside resort of Fleetwood on the Lancashire coast is Burton's second major project . The work of father and son Burton in St Leonards on Sea in East Sussex (1827–1837) impressed the wealthy landowner Peter Hesketh . He commissioned Decimus to create the new port city. Burton's buildings in Fleetwood include the North Euston Hotel, Pharos Lighthouse , Queen's Terrace, St. Peter's Church, City Hall, and his own house on Dock Street, where he lived until 1844.
death
Decimus Burton retired from the world of work in 1869 and died in December 1881. He was buried next to his father in the family grave decorated with a pyramid-shaped memorial in St. Leonards.
Web links
- Entry to Burton; Decimus (1800–1881) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
Individual evidence
- ^ Heyde Park , Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, January 7, 1882, p. 8, accessed December 7, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burton, Decimus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1800 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1881 |