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Edward Lapidge

January 01, 1970

Edward Lapidge (1779–1860) was an English architect, who held the post of county surveyor of Surrey and designed Kingston Bridge.

Life and career edit

 
Kingston Bridge, completed 1828.
 
St Mary's, Hampton (1829–31).

Edward Lapidge was the eldest son of Samuel Lapidge, the head gardener at Hampton Court Palace and one-time assistant of Capability Brown. The Lapidge family lived in a house called The Grove, which still exists, in Lower Teddington Road.[1]

In Surrey Lapidge built Esher Place, a brick house, stuccoed in imitation of stone, with an Ionic portico on each side, for John Spicer.[2] He showed a view of the garden front of the house at the Royal Academy in 1808. At Norbiton Place he carried out considerable additions and alterations for its owner, Charles Nicholas Pallmer, including a dairy in the style of an Indian temple.[3]

In 1807 he built Hildersham Hall in Cambridgeshire for Thomas Fassett (formerly of Surbiton Hall, Surrey).[3] He showed a drawing for the house, a stuccoed villa incorporating a former farmhouse in one wing, at the Royal Academy in 1814.[4] In 1811 he was engaged by the Rev. John Kirby of Mayfield, Sussex, to rebuild the vicarage there.[5]

Lapidge was appointed surveyor to the County of Surrey in 1824.[6] The next year he was given the job of replacing the bridge at Kingston upon Thames, after the Kingston corporation dropped its plan to build a cast iron structure due to a rise in cost of the metal. Lapidge designed a five-arched stone bridge in a Classical style,[7] which was opened in 1828.

He designed a number of churches: St John, Hampton Wick (1829–30),[8] St Mary, Hampton (1829–31),[9] and St Andrew's Church, Ham (1830–31)[10] all of brick, in the Gothic style, and St Peter's, Hammersmith in a Greek Ionic style, in brick finished with Bath stone dressings. The Gentleman's Magazine described St Peter's as "a very fair specimen of modern Grecian architecture", adding that "the tower has considerable merit. The design is novel and pleasing, and the proportions are harmonious. The interior is however chaste and formal, displaying even a presbyterian nakedness".[11][12] Lapidge himself donated the site of the church at Hampton Wick.[13] As well as these buildings on the west side of London he built St James, Ratcliffe (1837–38), in the East End,[14] in the Early English style, in brick with stone dressings.[15] Further afield he built the church of St John in the park of Doddington Hall, Cheshire (1837).[16][17]

He entered designs for the competitions for a new range of buildings for King's College, Cambridge in 1824, in which he came third;[18] for the new Houses of Parliament in 1836; and for the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge in 1837, proposing a domed building, ornamented with sculpture.[19] In 1830, he was invited by the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, William Chafy, to design a new botanic garden for the university. The expense of acquiring the necessary land caused the plan to be shelved, and Lapidge waited for more than ten years for his bill to be paid. The gardens were eventually laid out in the mid-1840s, but not under his supervision.[20]

In 1836–37 he made considerable alterations to St. Mary's Church, Putney, repairing the tower and rebuilding the body of the church in yellow brick with stone dressings and Perpendicular windows,[21] and in 1839–40 restored All Saints' Church at Fulham.

In around 1838-41 he oversaw the construction of the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum (now Springfield Hospital), a grand Tudor-style composition designed by William Moseley (then County Architect for Middlesex) making minor changes to the original design.[22][23][24]

Lapidge was elected a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1838.[25]

Pupils edit

George Wightwick, articled to Lapidge in 1817, later became a leading architect in Plymouth.[26] In 1846 Lapidge paid for the patenting of a new type of suspension bridge, invented by another pupil, Henry Heathcote Russell.[27]

Death edit

He died on 19 February 1860 at Hampton Wick.[6] He is buried at St Mary's Parish Church, Hampton.

References edit

  1. ^ "Edward Lapidge". Twickenham Museum. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. ^ Brayley, Edward Wedlake (1850). A Topographical History of Surrey. Vol. 2. London: G. Willis. p. 437.
  3. ^ a b Prosser, G.F. (1828). Select Illustrations of the County of Surrey. London: Rivington. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  4. ^ . Parks and Gardens UK. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Archive of the Baker and Kirby Families of Battle, Withyham and of Lower and Middle House, Mayfield Place and the Vicarage, Mayfield". National Archives. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  6. ^ a b Cust, L.H. (2004). "Lapidge, Edward (1779–1860)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. rev. Jane Harding. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  7. ^ "New Bridge, Kingston-upon-Thames". The Times. 9 November 1825. p. 2.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Church of St John (Grade II) (1080843)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (Grade II) (1252976)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Andrew (Grade II) (1080847)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Saint Peter, Hammersmith". AIM25. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  12. ^ "NEW CHURCHES.—No. XXIX. St. Peter's Church, Hammersmith". The Gentleman's Magazine. 101: 105. 1831. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  13. ^ "Chapel of St John the Baptist at Hampton Wick". The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. 19: 376. 1832. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  14. ^ Cherry, Bridget; O'Brien, Charles; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2005). London 5: East. The Buildings of England. Yale University Press. p. 519. ISBN 0-300-10701-3.
  15. ^ "New Churches and Public Buildings". Civil Engineer's and Architects Journal. 1: 87–88. August 1837. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  16. ^ Historic England. "Church of St John (Grade II) (1312517)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  17. ^ Historic England. "Doddington Hall (Grade II) (1000640)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  18. ^ "Varieties". New Monthly Magazine. 9: 209. 1824.
  19. ^ Loudon, John Claudius (1837). "The Architectural Début at the New Apartments of the Royal Academy". The Architectural Magazine. 4: 305. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  20. ^ Walters, Stuart Max; Walters, Max; Elizabeth Anne Stow (2001). Darwin's Mentor: John Stevens Henslow, 1796–1861. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 138–48. ISBN 0-521-59146-5. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  21. ^ Brayley, Edward Wedlake (1850). A Topographical History of Surrey. Vol. 3. p. 478. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  22. ^ Historic England. "Springfield Hospital (main Building) (Grade II) (1065553)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  23. ^ Historic England. "Springfield Hospital (Grade II) (1001601)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  24. ^ "The Surrey County Lunatic Asylum". The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. 37: 99. 1841.
  25. ^ "Royal Institute of British Architects". Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal. 1: 171. 1838. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  26. ^ "Opening Address of the President". Papers Read at the Royal Institute of British Architects. 1873. p. 11.
  27. ^ "The Railway Suspension Bridge". The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal. 9: 10–12. 1846. Retrieved 30 July 2011.

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Edward Lapidge 1779 1860 was an English architect who held the post of county surveyor of Surrey and designed Kingston Bridge Contents 1 Life and career 2 Pupils 3 Death 4 References 5 SourcesLife and career edit nbsp Kingston Bridge completed 1828 nbsp St Mary s Hampton 1829 31 Edward Lapidge was the eldest son of Samuel Lapidge the head gardener at Hampton Court Palace and one time assistant of Capability Brown The Lapidge family lived in a house called The Grove which still exists in Lower Teddington Road 1 In Surrey Lapidge built Esher Place a brick house stuccoed in imitation of stone with an Ionic portico on each side for John Spicer 2 He showed a view of the garden front of the house at the Royal Academy in 1808 At Norbiton Place he carried out considerable additions and alterations for its owner Charles Nicholas Pallmer including a dairy in the style of an Indian temple 3 In 1807 he built Hildersham Hall in Cambridgeshire for Thomas Fassett formerly of Surbiton Hall Surrey 3 He showed a drawing for the house a stuccoed villa incorporating a former farmhouse in one wing at the Royal Academy in 1814 4 In 1811 he was engaged by the Rev John Kirby of Mayfield Sussex to rebuild the vicarage there 5 Lapidge was appointed surveyor to the County of Surrey in 1824 6 The next year he was given the job of replacing the bridge at Kingston upon Thames after the Kingston corporation dropped its plan to build a cast iron structure due to a rise in cost of the metal Lapidge designed a five arched stone bridge in a Classical style 7 which was opened in 1828 He designed a number of churches St John Hampton Wick 1829 30 8 St Mary Hampton 1829 31 9 and St Andrew s Church Ham 1830 31 10 all of brick in the Gothic style and St Peter s Hammersmith in a Greek Ionic style in brick finished with Bath stone dressings The Gentleman s Magazine described St Peter s as a very fair specimen of modern Grecian architecture adding that the tower has considerable merit The design is novel and pleasing and the proportions are harmonious The interior is however chaste and formal displaying even a presbyterian nakedness 11 12 Lapidge himself donated the site of the church at Hampton Wick 13 As well as these buildings on the west side of London he built St James Ratcliffe 1837 38 in the East End 14 in the Early English style in brick with stone dressings 15 Further afield he built the church of St John in the park of Doddington Hall Cheshire 1837 16 17 He entered designs for the competitions for a new range of buildings for King s College Cambridge in 1824 in which he came third 18 for the new Houses of Parliament in 1836 and for the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge in 1837 proposing a domed building ornamented with sculpture 19 In 1830 he was invited by the Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University William Chafy to design a new botanic garden for the university The expense of acquiring the necessary land caused the plan to be shelved and Lapidge waited for more than ten years for his bill to be paid The gardens were eventually laid out in the mid 1840s but not under his supervision 20 In 1836 37 he made considerable alterations to St Mary s Church Putney repairing the tower and rebuilding the body of the church in yellow brick with stone dressings and Perpendicular windows 21 and in 1839 40 restored All Saints Church at Fulham In around 1838 41 he oversaw the construction of the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum now Springfield Hospital a grand Tudor style composition designed by William Moseley then County Architect for Middlesex making minor changes to the original design 22 23 24 Lapidge was elected a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1838 25 Pupils editGeorge Wightwick articled to Lapidge in 1817 later became a leading architect in Plymouth 26 In 1846 Lapidge paid for the patenting of a new type of suspension bridge invented by another pupil Henry Heathcote Russell 27 Death editHe died on 19 February 1860 at Hampton Wick 6 He is buried at St Mary s Parish Church Hampton References edit Edward Lapidge Twickenham Museum Retrieved 21 July 2011 Brayley Edward Wedlake 1850 A Topographical History of Surrey Vol 2 London G Willis p 437 a b Prosser G F 1828 Select Illustrations of the County of Surrey London Rivington Retrieved 24 July 2011 Hildersham Hall Hildersham England Parks and Gardens UK Archived from the original on 6 September 2012 Retrieved 23 July 2011 Archive of the Baker and Kirby Families of Battle Withyham and of Lower and Middle House Mayfield Place and the Vicarage Mayfield National Archives Retrieved 24 July 2011 a b Cust L H 2004 Lapidge Edward 1779 1860 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography rev Jane Harding Oxford University Press Retrieved 25 July 2011 New Bridge Kingston upon Thames The Times 9 November 1825 p 2 Historic England Church of St John Grade II 1080843 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 11 March 2022 Historic England Church of St Mary Grade II 1252976 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 11 March 2022 Historic England Church of St Andrew Grade II 1080847 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 11 March 2022 Saint Peter Hammersmith AIM25 Retrieved 21 July 2011 NEW CHURCHES No XXIX St Peter s Church Hammersmith The Gentleman s Magazine 101 105 1831 Retrieved 25 July 2011 Chapel of St John the Baptist at Hampton Wick The Mirror of Literature Amusement and Instruction 19 376 1832 Retrieved 25 July 2011 Cherry Bridget O Brien Charles Pevsner Nikolaus 2005 London 5 East The Buildings of England Yale University Press p 519 ISBN 0 300 10701 3 New Churches and Public Buildings Civil Engineer s and Architects Journal 1 87 88 August 1837 Retrieved 10 December 2011 Historic England Church of St John Grade II 1312517 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 11 March 2022 Historic England Doddington Hall Grade II 1000640 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 7 April 2015 Varieties New Monthly Magazine 9 209 1824 Loudon John Claudius 1837 The Architectural Debut at the New Apartments of the Royal Academy The Architectural Magazine 4 305 Retrieved 1 August 2011 Walters Stuart Max Walters Max Elizabeth Anne Stow 2001 Darwin s Mentor John Stevens Henslow 1796 1861 Cambridge Cambridge University Press pp 138 48 ISBN 0 521 59146 5 Retrieved 30 July 2011 Brayley Edward Wedlake 1850 A Topographical History of Surrey Vol 3 p 478 Retrieved 25 July 2011 Historic England Springfield Hospital main Building Grade II 1065553 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 11 March 2022 Historic England Springfield Hospital Grade II 1001601 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 11 March 2022 The Surrey County Lunatic Asylum The Mirror of Literature Amusement and Instruction 37 99 1841 Royal Institute of British Architects Civil Engineer and Architect s Journal 1 171 1838 Retrieved 1 August 2011 Opening Address of the President Papers Read at the Royal Institute of British Architects 1873 p 11 The Railway Suspension Bridge The Civil Engineer and Architect s Journal 9 10 12 1846 Retrieved 30 July 2011 Sources editCust Lionel Henry 1892 Lapidge Edward In Lee Sidney ed Dictionary of National Biography Vol 32 London Smith Elder amp Co Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Lapidge amp oldid 1076513088, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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