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[[File:DerbyMuseumAndLibraryin1900.jpg|thumb|Richard Knill Freeman's [[Derby Museum and Art Gallery]] and [[Derby Central Library|Central Library]], 1876]] |
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'''Richard Knill Freeman''' (born in [[Stepney]], [[London]], 1840; died 1904) was a 19th-century British architect who lived in [[Bolton]], [[Lancashire]]. Freeman was a fellow of the [[Manchester Society of Architects]] and president of the Society from 1890-91. His work, in [[Victorian Gothic]] style and typically recalling the [[Decorated Period]] of later medieval architecture, can be seen in several cities and towns of the north-west of [[England]] and throughout the [[British Isles]]; he worked in total on about 140 buildings, of which about half survive in some form.<ref name=French>David French, "[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/davidfrench/knill_freeman.htm Richard Knill Freeman]"</ref> |
'''Richard Knill Freeman''' (born in [[Stepney]], [[London]], 1840; died 1904) was a 19th-century British architect who lived in [[Bolton]], [[Lancashire]]. Freeman was a fellow of the [[Manchester Society of Architects]] and president of the Society from 1890-91. His work, in [[Victorian Gothic]] style and typically recalling the [[Decorated Period]] of later medieval architecture, can be seen in several cities and towns of the north-west of [[England]] and throughout the [[British Isles]]{{fact|February 2011}}; he worked in total on about 140 buildings, of which about half survive in some form.<ref name=French>David French, "[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/davidfrench/knill_freeman.htm Richard Knill Freeman]"</ref> |
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Freeman's work included new churches, restorations, vicarages, houses, schools, municipal buildings and hospitals. He designed additions to [[Southport Pier]] and an "Indian Pavilion" for [[North Pier, Blackpool|Blackpool's North Pier]] in 1874.<ref>[http://www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk/information/6/266/Blackpool-Theatres.htm Blackpoot Theatres], blackpoolgrand.co.uk, retrieved February 2011</ref> His [[Derby Museum and Art Gallery|Derby Museum, Library and Art Gallery]], a gift to [[Derby, England|Derby]] by [[Michael Thomas Bass]], was completed in 1876. In 1882 he won the first competition for the [[Museum of Science and Art, Dublin]] with a design for "a building quadrangular in form, with mansard roofs" which made provision for the collection of the [[Royal Irish Academy]];<ref>"[http://www.dia.ie/architects/view/3141/FREEMAN,+RICHARD+KNILL+%23 Richard Knill Freeman]" in ''Dictionary of Irish Architects''</ref> but because no Irish architect had been shortlisted there was controversy leading to a second competition in 1883, which was won by [[Thomas Newenham Deane]] & Son. He designed [[St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow|St. Andrew's]] in Moscow, Russia in 1883.<ref name=French/> His [[Holy Trinity Church, Blackpool]] was completed in 1895 as was his church of St Lawrence in [[Barton, Preston]].<ref>[http://archiseek.com/2009/1895-church-of-st-lawrence-barton-preston-lancashire/ Church of St Lawrence, Barton], Archiseek, retrieved February 2011</ref> |
Freeman's work included new churches, restorations, vicarages, houses, schools, municipal buildings and hospitals. He designed additions to [[Southport Pier]] and an "Indian Pavilion" for [[North Pier, Blackpool|Blackpool's North Pier]] in 1874.<ref>[http://www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk/information/6/266/Blackpool-Theatres.htm Blackpoot Theatres], blackpoolgrand.co.uk, retrieved February 2011</ref> His [[Derby Museum and Art Gallery|Derby Museum, Library and Art Gallery]], a gift to [[Derby, England|Derby]] by [[Michael Thomas Bass]], was completed in 1876. In 1882 he won the first competition for the [[Museum of Science and Art, Dublin]] with a design for "a building quadrangular in form, with mansard roofs" which made provision for the collection of the [[Royal Irish Academy]];<ref>"[http://www.dia.ie/architects/view/3141/FREEMAN,+RICHARD+KNILL+%23 Richard Knill Freeman]" in ''Dictionary of Irish Architects''</ref> but because no Irish architect had been shortlisted there was controversy leading to a second competition in 1883, which was won by [[Thomas Newenham Deane]] & Son. He designed [[St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow|St. Andrew's]] in Moscow, Russia in 1883.<ref name=French/> His [[Holy Trinity Church, Blackpool]] was completed in 1895 as was his church of St Lawrence in [[Barton, Preston]].<ref>[http://archiseek.com/2009/1895-church-of-st-lawrence-barton-preston-lancashire/ Church of St Lawrence, Barton], Archiseek, retrieved February 2011</ref> |
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Richard Knill Freeman | |
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| Born | 1840 |
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Richard Knill Freeman (born in Stepney, London, 1840; died 1904) was a 19th-century British architect who lived in Bolton, Lancashire. Freeman was a fellow of the Manchester Society of Architects and president of the Society from 1890-91. His work, in Victorian Gothic style and typically recalling the Decorated Period of later medieval architecture, can be seen in several cities and towns of the north-west of England and throughout the British Isles[citation needed]; he worked in total on about 140 buildings, of which about half survive in some form.[1]
Freeman's work included new churches, restorations, vicarages, houses, schools, municipal buildings and hospitals. He designed additions to Southport Pier and an "Indian Pavilion" for Blackpool's North Pier in 1874.[2] His Derby Museum, Library and Art Gallery, a gift to Derby by Michael Thomas Bass, was completed in 1876. In 1882 he won the first competition for the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin with a design for "a building quadrangular in form, with mansard roofs" which made provision for the collection of the Royal Irish Academy;[3] but because no Irish architect had been shortlisted there was controversy leading to a second competition in 1883, which was won by Thomas Newenham Deane & Son. He designed St. Andrew's in Moscow, Russia in 1883.[1] His Holy Trinity Church, Blackpool was completed in 1895 as was his church of St Lawrence in Barton, Preston.[4]
References
- ^ a b David French, "Richard Knill Freeman"
- ^ Blackpoot Theatres, blackpoolgrand.co.uk, retrieved February 2011
- ^ "Richard Knill Freeman" in Dictionary of Irish Architects
- ^ Church of St Lawrence, Barton, Archiseek, retrieved February 2011
External links
- "Richard Knill Freeman" by David French: biography and information on his work
- "Richard Knill Freeman" at scottisharchitects.org.uk