1699 in architecture explained

The year 1699 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• English architect and dramatist John Vanbrugh is commissioned to begin Castle Howard in Yorkshire.^[1]
• Craigiehall, Scotland, designed by Sir William Bruce and James Smith,^[2] is completed for William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale
• St Werburgh's Church, Derby, England
• Thomas Lambert House, Rowley, Massachusetts completed
• Trinity Cathedral in Pskov, Russia completed^[3]

Births

• February 10 – Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo, Spanish Baroque architect (died 1725)
• February 17 – Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Prussian painter and architect (died 1753)
• date unknown
  • Matthew Brettingham, English Palladian country and town house architect (died 1769)
  • Edward Lovett Pearce, Irish Palladian architect (died 1733)

Deaths

• November – Stephen Manwaring, North Carolina architect (born c.1640)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sir John Vanbrugh. National Trust. 2 April 2018. en.
2. Lowrey, John (1988) "Sir William Bruce and his circle at Craigiehall 1694-1708". in Frew, John & Jones, David (eds.) Aspects of Scottish Classicism. St Andrews Studies in the history of Scottish Architecture and Design., p.6
3. Okulich-Kazarin, Sputnik po drevnemu Pskovy.
4. http://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/people/P000165 North Carolina Architects & Builders: a Biographical Dictionary