William Inwood
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William Inwood was an English architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

, surveyor
Surveying
See Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...

 and writer on architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

.His father was bailiff to the Kenwood
Kenwood
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 estate. He was the author of the Tables for the Purchasing of Estates, Freehold, Copyhold, or Leasehold, Annuities, &c. first published in 1811 and frequently revised and reprinted. He was steward to Lord Colchester
Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester
Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester PC, FRS was a British barrister and statesman. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1802 and 1817.-Background and education:...

, and clerk of the works to the scheme of improvements around the Palace of Westminster.

His most notable works are the churches done in collaboration with his eldest son, Henry William Inwood
Henry William Inwood
Henry William Inwood was an English architect, archaeologist, classical scholar and writer. He collaborated with his father William Inwood, on a number of churches...

 (1794–1843). They include the neo-classical St Pancras New Church
St Pancras New Church
St Pancras Parish Church, sometimes referred to as St Pancras New Church to distinguish it from St Pancras Old Church, is a 19th century Greek Revival church in London, England.-Location:...

 (1819), All Saints, Camden Town
All Saints, Camden Town
All Saints, Camden Town is a church in the Camden Town area of London, England. It was built for the Church of England, but it is now a Greek Orthodox church known as the Greek Orthodox Church of All Saints...

 (1822–4), and St Peter's, Regent Square (1822–5, demolished), and the Gothic St Mary's Chapel, Somers Town
Somers Town, London
Somers Town, was named for Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers. The area in St Pancras, London, was originally granted by William III to John Somers, Lord Chancellor and Baron Somers of Evesham. It was to be strongly influenced by the three mainline north London railway termini: Euston , St...

 (1824–7). All are in the parish of St Pancras. With a younger son, Charles Frederick (1799–1840), he designed the Westminster Hospital
Westminster Hospital
Westminster Hospital was a hospital in London, England, founded in 1719. In 1834 a medical school attached to the hospital was formally founded....

(1832-33) in Broad Sanctuary.

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