1774 in architecture explained
The year 1774 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland, designed by William Buckland is begun and largely completed before the architect's death, the only surviving example of American colonial architecture based on a design by Palladio.
- Original construction of Château de Bénouville in Normandy, designed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux is completed.
- Royal Crescent in Bath, England, designed by John Wood, the Younger is completed.
- Dundas House in New Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by William Chambers, is completed.[1]
- Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire, England is completed (much later and after reconstruction the private country home of Anne, Princess Royal).
- Clifton House, Belfast in the north of Ireland, a poorhouse designed by Mr Cooley, is opened.
- Włodawa Synagogue in Poland is completed.
- Basilica church of Santissima Annunziata Maggiore, Naples, designed by Luigi Vanvitelli and completed by his son Carlo, is consecrated.
- Ermita de Santa Ana overlooking Chiclana de la Frontera in the Spanish province of Cádiz, designed by Torcuato Cayón, is completed.
- Monastery of San Francisco, Lima, Peru, consecrated in 1673, is completed.
- Construction of Real Felipe Fortress at Callao near Lima, Peru, begun to the design of Louis Godin in 1747, is concluded.
- Vaults and choir of Vannes Cathedral in Brittany are completed.
- English Bridge over the River Severn in Shrewsbury, England, designed by John Gwynn, is completed.
- Marble Bridge at Tsarskoye Selo in Russia is erected.
- Work ceases on the Palace of Versailles in France.
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Notes and References
- Web site: Dundas House . Dictionary of Scottish Architects . 23 July 2018.
