Baroque architect. Former pupil and assistant of Sir Christopher Wren. Never left Britain. Designed 6 major London churches using his idiosyncratic, muscular baroque style: St Alfrege’s, Greenwich; St George’s, Bloomsbury; Christ Church, Spitalfields; St George in the East, Wapping; St Mary Woolnoth; St Anne’s Limehouse.
London Historians have a good post on Hawksmoor's 6 London churches.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Nicholas Hawksmoor
The Parish Church of St Georges Bloomsbury Built 1720 - 30. Architect: Nicho...
Architect. Born Church Row, Fulham, to an architect father, also Henry. Laid out sections of Knightsbridge and Chelsea, including Sloane Square. Also built the original Brighton Pavilion, although ...
Royal mason. In 1332 designed the Chapter House and Cloister at St Paul's.
Architect, jeweller and designer. A leading figure in the British Arts & Crafts movement. Born near Liverpool. Trained with and worked in John Sedding's practice. Taught at the Central School ...
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