John Loughborough Pearson

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John Loughborough Pearson (around 1880)

John Loughborough Pearson (born July 5, 1817 in Brussels , † December 11, 1897 in London ) was an English architect . In addition to Augustus Pugin († 1852), Charles Barry († 1860) and George Gilbert Scott († 1878), he was one of the main protagonists of the revival of Gothic architectural forms (Gothic Revival) .

Life

John Loughborough Pearson was born in Brussels, the son of an engraver . At the age of 14 he went to Durham , where he received an education at the local cathedral under the direction of Ignatius Bonomi . He later settled in London. He married in 1862; his wife Jemima Christian gave birth to their son Frank in 1864, but she died of typhus the following year . He himself was appointed as a candidate (associate) at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1874; six years later he became a full member. In the years 1879-1897 he was director of the Westminster Abbey site .

rating

John Loughborough Pearson's work was and is not without controversy, as he paid little or no attention to the preservation of older parts of the building, but instead had them torn down repeatedly in order to create his new creations. His masterpiece is the three-towered cathedral of Truro in Cornwall, built in the years 1880-1910 , after which the cathedral of Brisbane was modeled .

plant

JL Pearson was only partly involved in many church restorations; his later plans were in many cases completed by his son Frank .

Churches (selection)
Friern Barnet St John's Church
Daybrook, St Paul's Church
  • Ellerker, Yorkshire, St Anne's Church (1843/4)
  • North Ferriby, Yorkshire, All Saints Church (1846)
  • Weybridge , Surrey, St James' Church (1853)
  • Landscove, Devon, St Matthew's Church (1854)
  • Vauxhall, London, St Peter's Church (1863/4)
  • Appleton-le-Moors, North Yorkshire, Christ church (ca.1865)
  • Freeland, Oxfordshire, St Mary's Church (1869/71)
  • Wentworth, Yorkshire, Church of the Holy Trinity (1872)
  • Braddan, Isle of Man, New Kirk (1873)
  • Horsforth , West Yorkshire, St Margaret's Church (1874)
  • Lastingham, North Yorkshire, St Mary's Church (1879)
  • Cullercoats, Northumbria, St George's Church (1882)
  • Hove , East Sussex, St Barnabas' Church (1882/3)
  • Liverpool , St Agnes' Church (1883)
  • Silverhill, East Sussex, St Matthew's Church (1884)
  • Headingley , West Yorkshire, St Michael's Church (1884)
  • Torquay , Devon, All Saints' church (1884)
  • Ayr , Scotland, Holy Trinity's Church (1886)
  • Thurstaston, Wirral Peninsula , St Bartholomew's Church (1886)
  • Cheswardine, Shropshire, St Swithun's Church (1889)
  • Friern Barnet, London, St John's Church (1890)
  • Port Talbot , Wales, St Theodore's Church (1895)
  • Merthyr Tydfil , Wales, St Tydfil's Church (1895)
  • Daybrook, Nottinghamshire, St Paul's Church (1896)
Cathedrals and other major churches
Brisbane Cathedral
  • Kilburn, London, St Augustine's Church (1871-1897)
  • Upper Norwood , London, St John the Evangelist's Church (1878–1887)
  • Truro , Cornwall, Cathedral (1879-1910)
  • Toxteth, Liverpool, St Agnes' and St Pancras's Church (1883–1885)
  • Bristol , Cathedral (west facade and towers, around 1885)
  • Wakefield , Cathedral (eastern parts around 1890)
  • Brisbane , Australia, cathedral (designed around 1890)
Mansions
  • Treberfydd House, Wales (1847-50)
  • Quarwood House, Gloucestershire (1856-59)
  • Lechlade Manor, Gloucestershire, (around 1873)
  • Astor Estate Office , London (1892-95)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. John Loughborough Pearson - Article in Apollo Art Magazine November 16, 2017