Henry Hakewill
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Henry Hakewill was an English architect.
He designed two distinguished Greek Revival buildings:
Henry Hakewell was a pupil of John Yenn
, R.A., and also studied at the Royal Academy
, where in 1790 he was awarded a silver medal for a drawing of an aspect of Somerset House
. He began work on a country mansion and eventually had a large and flourishing practice, mostly concerned with country houses.
In 1809 Henry was appointed architect to Rugby School
, where the gothic buildings and chapel are his designs. He also did work for the Radcliffe trustees at Oxford and the Middle Temple
.
In his private life, on 14 November 1804 Henry Hakewell married Anne Sarah Frith, daughter of Rev. Edward Frith of North Cray, Kent. They had seven children including two sons who were also architects: John Henry Hakewill (1811-1880), and Edward Charles Hakewill(1812-1872).
He designed two distinguished Greek Revival buildings:
- Coed Coch, Denbighshire, Wales (1804), a country-house with a diagonally placed portico (demolished) and stair
- St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, London (1824–7, but rebuilt after a fire in 1987).
Henry Hakewell was a pupil of John Yenn
John Yenn
John Yenn was a notable 18th century English architect. He was a pupil of Sir William Chambers, and was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 1791....
, R.A., and also studied at the Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
, where in 1790 he was awarded a silver medal for a drawing of an aspect of Somerset House
Somerset House
Somerset House is a large building situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, England, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. The central block of the Neoclassical building, the outstanding project of the architect Sir William Chambers, dates from 1776–96. It...
. He began work on a country mansion and eventually had a large and flourishing practice, mostly concerned with country houses.
In 1809 Henry was appointed architect to Rugby School
Rugby School
Rugby School is a co-educational day and boarding school located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain.-History:...
, where the gothic buildings and chapel are his designs. He also did work for the Radcliffe trustees at Oxford and the Middle Temple
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...
.
In his private life, on 14 November 1804 Henry Hakewell married Anne Sarah Frith, daughter of Rev. Edward Frith of North Cray, Kent. They had seven children including two sons who were also architects: John Henry Hakewill (1811-1880), and Edward Charles Hakewill(1812-1872).
Publications
- An account of the Roman villa discovered at NorthleighNorth Leigh Roman VillaNorth Leigh Roman Villa was a Roman courtyard villa in the Evenlode Valley about north of the hamlet of East End in North Leigh civil parish in Oxfordshire. It is in the care of English Heritage and is open to the public.-Excavations:...
Oxfordshire in the years 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816 (1823)