James Burrough (architect)
Sir James Burrough (1 September 1691 – 7 August 1764) was an English academic, antiquary, and amateur
Biography
The son of James Burrough, M.D., of
He was a
Architecture
Burrough had a considerable reputation as an architect at the university, where he used his influence to introduce the Classical style which had then become fashionable.[2] Although basically an amateur, he occasionally took a professional fee, as he did for his work at Peterhouse.[3] In 1721 he was added to a syndicate which had been appointed two years before to build the new Senate House. The following year he submitted a "Plan of the Intended Publick Buildings", which, as the minute-book of the syndic's records, the architect James Gibbs, who had been consulted, was requested to "take with him to London, and make what improvements he shall think necessary upon it". Gibbs was undoubtedly the architect of the existing building, the design being engraved in his published work, and Burrough's share in it was probably confined to general suggestions of style and arrangement.[2]
Burrough was unquestionably responsible for the cupola over the combination room at Caius College (1728); the transformation of the hall of Queens' College into an Italian chamber (1732), for which he received 25 guineas; the "beautification" of
Besides these works, he was consulted about most of the changes underway in Cambridge and in 1757 he gave advice about a new bridge at Wisbech.[2]
In 1752 he made a design (later engraved) for a new east room and façade for the library adjoining the Senate House. Two years later it was, however, set aside in favour of one by Stephen Wright.[2]
References
- ^ "Burrough, James (BRH707J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Clark, John Willis (1886). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 07. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Summerson 1970, p. 316
- ^ Pevsner 1954, p. 29.
- ^ Pevsner 1954, p. 152.
- ^ Pevsner 1954, p. 66
- ^ Clark, John Willis (1889). Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 5–7. . In
- ^ "MNF618 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
Sources
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1954). Cambridgeshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
- Summerson, John (1970). Architecture in Britain, 1530 to 1830. Pelican History of Art. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Clark, John Willis (1886). "Burrough, James (1691-1764)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 07. London: Smith, Elder & Co.