Somers Clarke
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| George Somers Clarke | |
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| Born | 1841 Brighton |
| Died | 1926 Egypt |
| Nationality | British |
George Somers Clarke (1841–1926[1]) was an architect and English Egyptologist who worked at a number of sites throughout Egypt, notably in El Kab, where he built a house. He was born in Brighton and died in Egypt.
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As an architect he worked in partnership with J.T. Micklethwaite from offices at 15 Dean's Yard, Westminster.
[edit] Works
- 1872–78 Wyfold Court, Rotherfield Peppard, Oxfordshire[2]
- 1874–75 St Martin's parish church, Lewes Road, Brighton (Wagner Memorial Church}, the largest church in Brighton, complete except proposed saddle-back tower. Spectacular pulpit based on the Sacrament House in St. Lorenz, Nuremberg.[3][4]
- 1875 scheme for remodelling and extending St Peter's Church, Brighton (only partly achieved)[5]
- 1879 St Nicholas parish church, Kiddington, Oxfordshire: vestry and organ loft[6]
- 1885 Parish church of St John The Divine, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire[7]
- 1885 Church at Wimbledon (proposed)[8]
- 1890 St Peter's parish church, Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire: restoration (with Micklethwaite)[9]
- 1892 St Saviour's parish church, Folkestone, Kent[10]
- 1892 designs for wall paintings by C.E. Kempe in St Nicholas' Church, Brighton[11]
- 1900–06 (with Micklethwaite) St Peter's parish church, Brighton: new chancel with eleven-light east window[12]
- 1910 Chichester Cathedral: reredos[13]
- SS Philip & James parish church, Oxford: reredos[14]
[edit] References
- ^ Somers Clarke at the archINFORM database, accessed 2007-08-10
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1965, p. 738.
- ^ Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 433.
- ^ Church Guide Book. St Martin's, Brighton. 1975.
- ^ Building News. 1 January 1875.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1965, p. 669.
- ^ The Builder 46: 932. 1884.
- ^ The Builder: 792. 5 December 1885.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1965, p. 698.
- ^ The Builder. 6 October 1892.
- ^ Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 428.
- ^ Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 436.
- ^ Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 155.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1965, p. 298.
[edit] Sources
- Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 69–71, 155, 427, 438, 433, 436. ISBN 0 14 071028 0.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 403, 669, 698 738. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
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