Ignatius Bonomi
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Ignatius Bonomi (1787–1870) was an English
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He was the son of an architect and draughtsman, Joseph Bonomi (1739–1808), who had worked with Robert and James Adam, while his brother Joseph Bonomi the Younger was a noted artist, sculptor and Egyptologist.
Bonomi was
He was also responsible for a number of church buildings (including commissions at
In 1817 Bonomi was contracted to design a mansion, Normanby Hall, in Normanby.
Other works included the remodelling of Crossbeck House (Normanby) (1824) the design of Marton House near Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria (1822), Blagdon Hall (1830) in Stannington near Morpeth, St Mary's Church, Sunderland (1830), the church of St John the Baptist in Leeming, North Yorkshire (1839) and the restoration of St Nicholas House, Richmond, North Yorkshire. For his brother Joseph, he also designed a house, "The Camels", at Wimbledon in south-west London. He also designed houses at Masterman Place in Middleton-in-Teesdale.
In 1831, Bonomi took on
Until 1850 he lived in his modest stone villa in Durham City, now the Oriental Museum.[3]
References
- ^ A.F. Sealey, D. Walters (May 1964). "The First Railway Architect". Architectural Review.
- ^ British Listed Buildings - Burn Hall, Durham
- ^ Ignatius, Bonomi (2016). "Dictionary of Scottish Architects". scottisharchitects.org.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
Bibliography
- Peter Meadows, Ignatius Bonomi: An Architect in Cleveland, Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society's Bulletin, 50 (1986).
- Peter Meadows, Bonomi, Ignatius Richard Frederick Nemesius (1787–1870), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 accessed 31 October 2010
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