John Nash (architect)
John Nash (born January 18, 1752 in Lambeth, London Borough of Lambeth , † May 13, 1835 in Cowes , England ) was an English architect who contributed a lot to the design of Regency London.
Life
John Nash received his training from the architect Sir Robert Taylor . Professionally, he was unsuccessful at the beginning. After inheriting a substantial fortune, he chose to live in Wales. After his bankruptcy in 1783, Nash was forced to resume work as an architect. First he designed country houses and worked successfully with the landscape architect and botanist Humphry Repton . In 1792 he finally went back to London.
Works
The works of John Nash caught the attention of Prince Regent and later King George IV , who commissioned him in 1811 to redesign an urban area now known as Marylebone Park . With the support of the regent, Nash drafted a plan that was implemented from 1818. The area in question stretched north of St. James's Park and included Regent Street and Regent's Park with the neighboring streets, patios and surrounding elegant townhouses and country houses.
Nash was also director of Regent's Canal Company, founded in 1812 to build a canal link from West London to the Thames. Other London orders included the transformation of Buckingham House into Buckingham Palace (1825–1835), the Royal Mews and the Marble Arch, originally designed as a triumphal arch for the entrance to Buckingham Palace . Other London projects included: Trafalgar Square , St. James's Park , Haymarket Theater (1820), Church of All Souls, Langham Place (1822-25), Chester Terrace (1825), Carlton House Terrace (1827-1833), Cumberland Terrace ( 1827). Outside London it was the rebuilding of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton (1815-1822), East Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight, Blaise Hamlet in Bristol, Grovelands Park in Enfield / Middlesex, Llanerchaeron Ciliau Aeron in Ceredigion, Foley House in Haverfordwest / Pembrokeshire , Cronkhill near Shrewsbury / Shropshire (first Italian style villa in Great Britain), Caerhays Castle in Cornwall (1808).
literature
- John Summerson : The Life and Work of John Nash, Architect . MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 1980.
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| SURNAME | Nash, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English Regency architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1752 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lambeth, London Borough of Lambeth |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1835 |
| Place of death | Cowes , England |