Sydney SmirkeRAFGSFSA(20 December 1797 – 8 December 1877) was a British architect.
Sydney Smirke | |
|---|---|
 Sydney Smirke, 1860s | |
| Born | 20 December 1797[1] London,England |
| Died | 8 December 1877 (aged 79) Tunbridge Wells,Kent |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | RIBARoyal Gold Medal |
| Buildings | Thecircular reading roomat theBritish Museum |
Smirke who was born inLondon,England as the fifth son of painterRobert Smirkeand his wife, Elizabeth Russell.[2]He was the younger brother of SirRobert Smirkeand SirEdward Smirke,who was also an architect. Their sisterMary Smirkewas a noted painter and translator.[2]
He received theRIBARoyal Gold Medalin 1860. He became an associate of the Royal Academy in 1847 and was elected a full Academician in 1859. He served as RA Treasurer from 1861 to 1874, and was professor of Architecture from 1860 to 1865.
Personal life
editHe married Isabella Dobson, daughter ofNewcastle upon TynearchitectJohn Dobsonon 8 December 1840 at Newcastle upon Tyne.[3]
Among Smirke's numerous apprentices was the successful York architectGeorge Fowler Jones.
Smirke's works
editSydney Smirke's works include:
- Customs House,High Street,Shoreham-by-Sea(1830)[4]
- Customs House(refronting),Quayside,Newcastle upon Tyne,(1833)[5]
- The Custom House,Queen Square, Bristol(1835–57)[6]
- Wellington Pit Surface Buildings (Whitehaven) (1840)
- The nave roof ofYork Minster(1840–44)[7]
- Holy Trinity Church,Bickerstaffe,Lancashire (1843)
- TheCarlton ClubinPall Mall, London(1845)[8]
- The Custom House, Commercial Road,Gloucester(1845)
- The dome chapel of theBethlem Royal Hospital,St George's Fields,Southwark(now housing theImperial War Museum) (1846)[9]
- The Frewen Mausoleum at St Mary's Church,Northiam,East Sussex(1846)
- St. James' Church,Westhead,Lancashire (1850)
- St Mary the Virgin's Church,Theydon Bois(1850)[10]
- TheDerby Hall,Derby Hotel and Athenaeum inBury(1849–52; the latter two now demolished)
- Thecircular reading roomat theBritish Museum(1857)[11]
- King Edward's School,Witley, Surrey(1865)
- Exhibition galleries at Burlington House, home of theRoyal Academy(1868)[8]
- Hall ofInner Temple(1870)
- St John's Church,Loughton
- Landscaping ofBrookwood Cemetery,nearWoking,Surrey(withWilliam Tite)
- Toll House, Lower Sandgate Road,Folkestone[12]
- Barkham Street,Wainfleet All Saints
References
edit- ^England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- ^ab"Smirke, Sydney (1798–1877), architect".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25764.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^Burke, Edmund (1842)."The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year".
- ^Historic England."Old Town Hall (1027866)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved15 March2021.
- ^Historic England."Customs House (1325530)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved9 July2020.
- ^"CUSTOM HOUSE AND ATTACHED REAR AREA WALL AND PIERS, Non Civil Parish - 1282153 | Historic England".
- ^Historic England."York Minster (1257222)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved9 July2020.
- ^ab"Sir Robert Smirke and Sydney Smirke in Cumbria - Visit Cumbria".
- ^Darlington, Ida (1955)."'Bethlem Hospital (Imperial War Museum)', in Survey of London: Volume 25, St George's Fields (The Parishes of St. George the Martyr Southwark and St. Mary Newington) ".London: British History Online. pp. 76–80.Retrieved9 July2020.
- ^Historic England."Parish Church of St Mary (1337290)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved1 February2016.
- ^"British Museum - Reading Room".britishmuseum.org.
- ^"Toll House – Lower Sandgate Road – Folkestone, Kent UK".waymarking.4 January 2012.Retrieved22 December2013.
Further reading
edit- Fawcett, Jane (Editor),Seven Victorian Architects,Thames and Hudson, 1976.ISBN0-500-34070-6
- Gentleman's Magazine,1841, Part 1, p91
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography