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William Richard Lethaby (18 January 1857 – 17 July 1931) was an English architect and architectural historian [1] whose ideas were highly influential on the late Arts and Crafts and early Modern movements in architecture, and in the fields of conservation and art education.
Barnstaple (/ ˈ b ɑːr n s t ə b əl / ⓘ or / ˈ b ɑːr n s t ə p əl / [3]) is a river-port town and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England.The town lies at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel.
Barnstaple Castle was founded in the 11th or 12th century; it was first mentioned in a 12th-century document. It is uncertain who founded the castle: if it was early it could have been built on the instruction of William the Conqueror as he subdued south-west England or if it was a later construction it could have been built for Juhel (Joel) of Totnes, who held the castle in the early 12th ...
Thomas Lee (Jnr) (1794 – 5 September 1834), the son of Thomas Lee of Barnstaple, Devon, [1] was an English architect. He was educated at Barnstaple Grammar School and left to train briefly in 1810 at Sir John Soane 's office, where his father no doubt placed him, but left for the office of David Laing.
John Penrose (1575–1624) was a dealer in woollen goods and was Mayor of Barnstaple in 1620. [3] The courtyard with its listed pump. During the English Civil War Barnstaple changed hands four times, and signs of the skirmishes can still be seen at Penrose's Almshouses, where bullet holes can be found in the door to the far left of the entrance ...
Old Vicarage, Barnstaple, built originally in 1311 "at the entrance of the Priory". The surviving building, entirely re-built "at his own great charge" by Rev Martin Blake (d.1673), Vicar of Barnstaple, (with 19th c. additions and restorations) today occupies the same site [1] Arms of Barnstaple Priory: Gules, a bend or in chief a label of three points argent [2]
The Guildhall in Barnstaple in Devon in the United Kingdom is the Guildhall for the town and was completed in 1828, replacing an earlier Guildhall. Beneath and behind the Guildhall is the Pannier Market; completed in 1855, the building has been a Grade II* listed building since 19 January 1951.
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Barnstaple" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.