John Wood, the Younger
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This article is about the second English architect of this name. For other people with similar names, see John Wood (disambiguation).
John Wood, the Younger (February 25, 1728, Bath-June 18, 1782, Batheaston) was an English architect, working principally in the city of Bath, Somerset. He began his work as an assistant for his father, the architect John Wood, the Elder. Among his works which survive today is the Royal Crescent,[1] Bath Assembly Rooms[2] and Buckland House in Buckland, Oxfordshire.[3]
He also finished The Circus which was designed by his father and completed in 1764.[4]
There is an off-campus dormitory complex belonging to the University of Bath named John Wood Complex, on Avon Street.
[edit] References
- ^ "Royal Crescent". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=447275. Retrieved 2006-11-14.
- ^ "Assembly Rooms". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=442119. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
- ^ Ford, David Nash (2001). "Buckland Park". Royal Berkshire History. http://www.berkshirehistory.com/castles/buckland_park.html. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
- ^ "The Circus". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=442451. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
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