John Brown (architect) explained

John Brown (1805–1876)^[1] was a 19th-century architect working in Norwich, in the county of Norfolk, England. His buildings include churches and workhouses.

Life

He was the pupil of the architect William Brown of Ipswich, a close relative.^[1] He was, along with his two sons, the surveyor for Norwich Cathedral, where his work there included a restoration of the crossing tower, undertaken during the 1830s.^[2] He was appointed county surveyor for Norfolk in 1835.^[3]

Works

Brown's works include:^[4]

• St Peter: Lowestoft, Suffolk; built 1833; white brick with no tower, Carpenter's Gothic style; demolished circa 1974
• St Michael's (St Michael the Greater)

Stamford, Lincolnshire; built 1835 - 36; Early English style; by 2002 no longer used as a church

• Sudbury workhouse: Sudbury, Suffolk; built 1836( - 37?) after enactment of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834.
• The Norwich Yarn Factory (St James Mill)

Norwich; built 1836 - 37.

• Workhouse at Lingwood, Norfolk; built 1837. Later called "Homelea".^[5] and since demolished.^[6]
• Workhouse at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk; built 1838. Later the Northgate Hospital. Described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "Red brick and still classical in its proportions and its details".^[7]
• All Saints, Hainford, Norfolk; 1838 - 40. Flint with red brick dressings; lancet windows.^[8]
• Christ Church: East Greenwich in south-east London; built 1847 - 49; Robert Kerr, co-architect^[9]
• St Margaret

Lee, London; built 1839 - 41^[9]

• Christchurch: New Catton, Norwich; built 1841.
• St Mark: New Lakenham, Norwich; built 1844; modified perpendicular style.
• St Matthew: Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich; built 1851; Neo-Norman style; Robert Kerr, co-architect; by 2002 offices.
• Corn Exchange, Fakenham, Norfolk; built 1855.
• St Peter & St Paul Bergh Apton, Norfolk; 1838. Major internal re-ordering for Revd John Thomas Pelham.^[10]
• Swaffham, Norfolk: The Shirehall; built 1839.

Sources

Book: Pevsner, Nikolaus. North-East Norfolk and Norwich. The Buildings of England. 1962 . Harmondsworth. Penguin Books.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Basic Biographical Details. Dictionary of Scottish Architects. 15 September 2013.
2. Pevsner 1962, p.211.
3. Book: Pevsner, Nikolaus . Nikolaus Pevsner

   . Nikolaus Pevsner . Norfolk 2: North West and South. 2002 . The Buildings of England . Yale University Press. New Haven. 9780300096576. 2nd . 1999 . Wilson . Bill.

4. List from Book: Howard Colvin. Howard Colvin. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840. 1978. John Murray. 0-7195-3328-7. 145. registration. except where otherwise cited.
5. Pevsner 1962, p.184.
6. Web site: East Anglian Workhouses. Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse. 1 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192902/http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/view/NCC124394. 2 January 2014. dead.
7. Pevsner 1962, p.149.
8. Pevsner 1962, p.158.
9. Book: Homan, Roger. The Victorian Churches of Kent. 1984. Phillimore & Co. Ltd. Chichester. 0-85033-466-7. 106.
10. Geoffrey Kelly, Book of Bergh Apton (Halsgrove 2005)