John Webb (architect)
John Webb | |
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Born | 1611 |
Died | Butleigh Court, Butleigh, Somerset | 24 October 1672
Nationality | English |
Occupation | Architect |
Buildings | Wilton House |
John Webb (1611 – 24 October 1672) was an English architect and scholar, who collaborated on some works with Inigo Jones.
Life
He was born in
Webb's earliest known drawings were made for the Barber Surgeons' Hall in London in 1636–7, and in 1638 he designed a lodge for John Penruddock at Hale in Hampshire and stables for a Mr Featherstone, but it is unclear if these were built.[2]
At the beginning of the
In 1649 Webb made a number of drawings for Durham House, an unrealised project for a townhouse for the Earl of Pembroke on the Strand. In one drawing the emphasised keystones of the entrance and ground floor windows recall an early design by Jones for the Queen's House.[5]
Upon Jones' death in 1652, Webb inherited a substantial fortune as well as a library of drawings and designs, many of which dated back to Jones' influential travels to Italy.[4]
In 1654 Webb designed the first classical portico on an English country house, at The Vyne in Hampshire.[6] In the Corinthian style, this portico stamps this older house as Palladian,[7] 50 years before the birth of Lord Burlington.
In the early 1660s Charles II commissioned Webb to rebuild
Further afield they also share a connection with Kingston Lacy, a stately home in Dorset where Webb supervised early works (c. 1660) on the building, following designs originally prepared by Jones.[10]
Webb also designed the rebuild of Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire between 1654 and 1668,[11] and made alterations to Northumberland House, a large London townhouse. He also designed Gunnersbury House in Ealing.[8] His buildings and architectural drawings differ from those of Inigo Jones particularly in the use of rustication, a contrast in texture which is less frequently seen in Jones' work.[12]
Legacy
Webb's surviving drawings, more than 200 in number, are held by
Scholarship
Webb was an amateur scholar who collaborated with Inigo Jones and
Gallery of architectural works
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Wilton House
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The portico, The Vyne
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King Charles Building, Greenwich Hospital
References
- ^ Bold, John (1989). John Webb: Architectural Theory and Practice in the Seventeenth Century. Oxford University Press. p. 2.
- ^ a b c Giles Worsley, Inigo Jones and the European Classical Tradition (Yale, 2007), p. 177.
- ^ Historic England. "Wilton House (1023762)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ a b "The Chamber of Demonstrations". University of Bristol. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ Giles Worsley, Inigo Jones and the European Classical Tradition (Yale, 2007), pp. 178-181.
- ^ "The Vyne, Hampshire". Heritage Trail. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ "Palladio and English-American Palladianism". Center for Palladian Studies in America. Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ ISBN 9781136429583.
- ISBN 978-0140710472.
- ^ "Kingston Lacy". Open Buildings. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Belvior Castle (1000957)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ Giles Worsley, Inigo Jones and the European Classical Tradition (Yale, 2007), p. 178.
- ISBN 9789004221468.
External links
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- The National Trust's history of The Vyne