Jesse Gibson
Jesse Gibson (c. 1748–1828) [1] was a British architect.
Life
Gibson was District Surveyor of the Eastern Division of the City of London (1774–1828), and Surveyor to the Saddlers' Company (from 1774), the Drapers' Company (from 1797)[1] and the Trustees of the Sir John Cass Foundation.[2]
In 1788–92 he rebuilt the church of St Peter le Poer in Broad Street in the City of London,[3] with an unusual circular nave and a Classical facade. The interior was described in Britton's Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London as having "more the air of a lecture room than a church".[4]
Between 1818 and 1823 Gibson designed many buildings at Moneymore on the Drapers' Company's Irish estate in County Londonderry, including the Lancasterian Schools,[1] an inn called The Drapers' Arms and the Market House, the upper storey of which originally served as an assembly room but later housed a court. The last two buildings, along with a doctor's house, were designed as a single symmetrical composition.[5]
In 1779 he leased an old mansion on the west side of Grove Road in Hackney from the Trustees of the Sir John Cass Foundation. By 1807 he had replaced he existing building – once Cass' own residence – with two new houses, one of which later became Grove House School.[2] He lived in Grove Road until his death there in 1828.[6]
Works
- Claybury House, Essex (now London Borough of Redbridge) for James Hatch. Later formed part of Claybury Hospital.[7]
- West Hill House, Wandsworth, Surrey, for John Anthony Rucker.[8]
- St Peter le Poer, Broad Street, London (1788–92).[4] Demolished.
- Vintners' Company almshouses, Mile End Road, London (1802).[1]
- Buildings at Moneymore on the Drapers' Company estate in County Londonderry between 1818 and 1823, including the Lancasterian Schools, The Drapers' Arms [1] and Market House.[5]
- Saddlers Hall, Cheapside, London (1822), built following the destruction of the previous building by fire.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Gibson, Jesse". Oxford Reference; citing Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|website=(help) - ^ a b Baker, T F T, ed. (1995). "Hackney: Manors". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10, Hackney. London. pp. 75–91. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Bradley, Simon; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1998). London : the city churches. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 28. ISBN 9780300096552.
- ^ a b Britton, John; Pugin, A. (1828). Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London: With Historical and Descriptive Accounts of each Edifice. Vol. 2. London. pp. 72–6.
- ^ a b "Historic Building Details HB Ref No:HB09/06/008 B". Northern Ireland Environment Agency. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Incidents Ecclesiastical Preferments, Appointments, Marriages and Deaths". Colburn's New Monthly Magazine: 370. 1 August 1828.
- ^ "Claybury Hall". Pastscape. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ Prosser, George Frederick (1828). Select illustrations of the county of Surrey. London: C. and J. Rivington. p. 226.
- ^ Sherwell, John W. (1889). Descriptive and Historical Account of the Guild of Saddlers of the City of London. London: Printed for private circulation. p. 142.
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