John Taylor (architect)

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Inner wall and Lanthorn Tower in the Tower of London built by Taylor
Facade of the old Public Record Office, now King's College

John Taylor (born November 13, 1833 in Warkworth , Northumberland , † April 30, 1912 in Surbiton Hill , Surrey ) was an English architect. The proponent of neo-Gothic had a significant influence on the architecture of London . Architectural criticism classifies him as a reliable but uninspired architect. In particular, his occasional demolition of real medieval buildings to build neo-Gothic new buildings came under criticism.

Taylor works at Bow Street Magistrates' Court , the Tower of London , Marlborough House , the Thames Embankment , the British Museum and the National Gallery , where he planned major extensions and conversions. So he redesigned the south side of the tower and had new walls and towers built. In the British Museum he was responsible for the White Wing .

Taylor was a judge in the competitions for the Admiralty House and the War Office Building in Whitehall .

Taylor designed the facade of the Public Record Office on Chancery Lane and built the Police Station on Bow Street .

He had been a surveyor at the Office of Works in London from 1866 and worked there as a consulting architect from 1898.

Remarks

  1. ^ British Museum: Architecture
  2. ↑ John Tribe: HOBS - Sir John Taylor (1833-1912) - "being on Carey Street" , Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Corporate Rescue July 21, 2009

literature

  • Taylor, John. In: Alison Felstead, Jonathan Franklin: Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z) Continuum International Publishing Group, 2001 ISBN 082645514X p. 770
personal data
SURNAME Taylor, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Warkworth (Northumberland)
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1912
Place of death Surbiton Hill