Henry William Inwood

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Henry William Inwood (* 1794 in London; † 1843 ) was an English architect, archaeologist, scholar and author.

Inwood is considered to be one of the main representatives of the Greek Revival - classicism in forms of classical Greek architecture, especially in the Anglo-Saxon countries. In 1818 and 1819 he traveled to Italy and Greece to study ancient architecture, as a result of which he published in 1827 The Erechtheion at Athens: Fragments of Athenian Architecture and a few remains in Attica, Megara, and Epirus . He designed and carried out several church building projects with his father, the architect William Inwood . Other churches were created in collaboration with EN Clifton.

In a short text, Of the Resources of Design in the Architecture of Greece, Egypt, and other Countries, obtained by the Studies of the Architects of those Countries, from Nature , published in 1834 , Inwood presented the idea that essential form details of Greek and Egyptian architecture and sculpture was transferred from natural forms to art, for example the fluting of Doric columns from bundles of reeds, certain crystalline rock forms or the surface of cockles.

Inwood died in a shipwreck on a trip to Spain.

buildings

In collaboration with William Inwood, his father

  • St Pancras New Church (1819-1822). In view of the reception of Athenian buildings, John Summerson sees Henry William Inwood as the main contributor to the design.
  • All Saints, Camden Town (1822-1824)
  • St Peter's, Regent Square (1822–1825, not preserved)
  • St Mary's Church, Somers Town , London (1824–1827)

In collaboration with EN Clifton:

  • St. Pancras Parish New Church from the north-west

  • St. Pancras Parish New Church, west front

  • St. Pancras Parish New Church, interior looking east

  • St Pancras, London, from the north-east

  • All Saints', Camden Town, from the northwest

Fonts

  • The Erechtheion at Athens. Fragments of Athenian architecture and a few remains in Attica, Megara and Epirus . London 1827 ( uni-heidelberg.de ).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Inwood's Resources of Design . In: Loudon's Architectural Magazine . tape 2 , Jan. 1835, p. 36–40 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed August 13, 2014]).
  2. ^ John Summerson: Georgian London . In: Pelican books . revised. Edition. tape 574 . Penguin Books, Harmondsworth 1962, OCLC 174386189 (English, 348 pp., Limited preview in Google Book Search).
  3. ^ Walter H. Godfrey and W. McB. Marcham (Ed.): St. Pancras Church. In: Survey of London: volume 24: The parish of St Pancras part 4: King's Cross Neighborhood. Institute of Historical Research, 1952, accessed December 16, 2011 .
  4. ^ TFT Baker, CR Elrington (Editors), AP Baggs, Diane K Bolton, Patricia EC Croot: Islington: Churches. In: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes. Institute of Historical Research, 1985, accessed December 16, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Inwood, Henry William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English architect, archaeologist, scholar and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 1843