William Donthorne

William John Donthorn (1799 – 18 May 1859) was a notable early 19th-century English architect, and one of the founders of what became the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

He was born in

country houses, most of which have been demolished.

In 1834 he was one of several prominent architects to form the Institute of British Architects in London (later RIBA).^[1]

A large number of his drawings are in the RIBA drawings collection, now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Works

Upper Dicker

in 1843

• Cromer Hall, Cromer, Norfolk, 1829
• Heronden Hall, Tenterden, Kent, 1846
• Elmham Hall, Norfolk (Demolished)
• Hillington Hall, Norfolk (Demolished)
• Watlington Hall, Norfolk (Demolished)
• Pickenham Hall,
  Arts and Crafts style
  .
• improvements to Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk
• Upton Hall, near Southwell, Nottinghamshire
• Highcliffe Castle near Christchurch, Dorset (from 1830)
• workhouses in Ely (1837) and Wisbech (1838) (Cambridgeshire), Aylsham (1848-9) and Downham Market (Norfolk) and Oakham and Uppingham (Rutland)
• Sessions House, Peterborough (completed 1842)^[3]
• Holy Trinity Church,
  Upper Dicker, East Sussex (1843)^[4]
• the Leicester Monument at Holkham Hall, erected in 1845–1848 in honour of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester^[5]
• The Old Rectory, Dummer, near Basingstoke, Hampshire (1850)^[6]
• Home Farm, Marham, Norfolk (completed 1860). Gothic house with classical stables, all Grade II listed.

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