Английская Википедия:Anthony Keck

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Шаблон:Other people Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox architect Anthony Keck (1726–1797) was an 18th-century English architect with an extensive practice in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and South Wales.[1]

Life

Keck was born at Randwick, Gloucestershire in 1726.[2] He designed in the "austere Neoclassical style of the late eighteenth century – a provincial follower of Robert Adam."[3]

He died on 4 October 1797 at the age of seventy, at Beech House, the home he partly designed for himself,[4] in the village of Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire, where he had his workshop and studio for most of his life.[1] He is buried in St. George's Church.Шаблон:Fact

Works

Keck is credited with designing some fifty[3] country houses in the South-West of England and South Wales. His works include:

Keck's work was not confined to country houses, including churches, such as Old St. Martin's, Worcestershire[5] and St. Peter and St. Paul's, Upton-Upon-Severn, including its famed lantern and cupola;[6] public buildings, such as the Worcester Royal Infirmary[7] and contributions to the Stroudwater canal.[8]

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Gallery of architectural work

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