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Charles Fowler (17 May 1792 – 26 September 1867) was an English architect, born and baptised at Cullompton, Devon. He is especially noted for his design of market buildings, including Covent Garden Market in London.
Life
Education and early work
Fowler was born at Cullompton, Devon on 17 May 1792, and baptised on 26 December 1800, also at Cullompton. He was educated at Taunton Grammar School[1] After serving an apprenticeship of seven years with John Powning of Exeter,[2][3] he moved to London in 1814, and entered the office of David Laing, where he assisted him on the designs for the Custom House.[2] He then set up his own practice, working from an address in Great Ormond Street, and later, from 1830, at 1, Gordon Square.[4]
Fowler generally worked in a classical style, often freely interpreted. Thomas Leverton Donaldson described him as "gifted with a practical rather than an imaginative turn of mind.".[2] An important early work was the Court of Bankruptcy in Basinghall Street, completed in 1821.[2] This was a substantial brick building, raised over a granite basement and stuccoed in imitation of rusticated stonework.[5] It had a courtyard, two sides of which had open arcades, supported on square granite columns.[5]
In 1822 Fowler entered the competition to design the new London Bridge, and won first prize, with a proposal for five-arched bridge. However, the scheme was rejected by a committee of the House of Commons, and the commission awarded to John Rennie. Four years later he rebuilt the bridge across the River Dart at Totnes in his native Devon.[2]
Markets
In 1818 Fowler began work on the new market at Gravesend in Kent, with a pair of colonnades, 80 feet long, connected by a covered building at one end.[6]
In around 1826, the Duke of Bedford commissioned him to construct buildings to house the market in the Piazza at Covent Garden, which until then had been accommodated in sheds and hovels. There, as in many other of his buildings, he used Haytor granite mined in Dartmoor, partly for its strength and partly out of a desire to encourage an industry in his native Devon.[2] Just across the Strand, on a site sloping down towards the Thames, he later built Hungerford Market.[2] His involvement with the project predated his designs for Covent Garden, as he had been asked to survey the site as early as 1824, but the act allowing the work and incorporating the company was not enacted until May 1830.[7] Fowler's building was finally opened in 1833.[8] Donaldson praised the way in which Fowler exploited the complex, multi-level site, describing the "playful picturesqueness of the group, where court rose above court, galleries above galleries, and where the series of roofs outtopped each other." In this building, Fowler demonstrated his preference for lightweight construction. He later added an iron roof over the main courtyard. Later in the 19th century the building was demolished to make way for Charing Cross Station.[2]
He later designed the Corn Market at Tavistock (1835) for the Duke of Bedford[9] and the Lower Market at Exeter, where he also supervised the construction of the Higher Market, following the death of its architect.[2]
Conservatory at Syon House
In 1827 he designed and built a Conservatory at Syon House for the Duke of Northumberland. This ambitious building, which still exists, is composed of several glasshouses of varying width and height, with a total frontage of Шаблон:Convert; the central tropical house is in the form of a Greek cross, with a glass dome Шаблон:Convert wide.[2]
Churches
At Honiton, Devon, Fowler built the church of St Paul (1837–8) in what Nikolaus Pevsner described as "the Norman style, or at least with plenty of Norman motifs".[10] Fowler's roof there was of an experimental design, incorporating cast-iron ribs supporting a cement and tile covering; this, however, had to be replaced due to the excessive amount of condensation it collected. His other ecclesiastical work included a chapel at Kilburn[2] and several churches in the Gothic style,[2] including:
- Church at Teffont Evias, Wiltshire, later dedicated to St Michael (rebuilding and enlargement, 1824–26)[11]
- St John the Evangelist, Hyde Park, London (1829–32)[12]
- St Andrew's church at Charmouth, Dorset (1836)[13]
- St Mary's church, Bickleigh, Devon (rebuilding and enlargement, 1839)[14]
Hospitals
In around 1842, after winning a competition, Fowler built the Devon County Lunatic Asylum, designed on a radial plan of the panopticon type pioneered at Millbank Prison. He was also responsible for the London Fever Hospital[2] in Liverpool Road, Islington, a commission he received due to the influence of the Earl of Devon. The circumstances caused some controversy as a competition had already had been held to choose a design, and one by David Mocatta had been formally decided upon by the committee. This however, was set aside and Fowler brought in to carry out the work.[15]
Other works
He entered many architectural competitions,[2] coming third in the contest for the Nelson monument in Trafalgar Square with a proposal submitted jointly with the sculptor R.W. Sievier.[16] He was architect and surveyor to the Amicable Society, and to the West of England Fire and Life Insurance Office.[17] He was employed by Sir Ralph Lopes, the Bishop of Exeter, and the Courtenay family for whom he executed considerable alterations and additions to Powderham Castle.[2]
One of his last buildings, constructed in 1852 was the hall of the Wax Chandlers' Company, of which he was a member, and eventually its Master.[2]
Institute of British Architects
Fowler was a founder-member of the Institute of British Architects, and served as its honorary treasury and later vice-president.[2]
Exhibited work
He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1825 and 1847.[4]
Later life
He retired from architecture in 1853, and died at Great Marlow, Bucks, on 26 September 1867.
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The conservatory, Syon House
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The conservatory, Syon House
Notes and references
- Jeremy Taylor, "Charles Fowler (1792–1867): A Centenary Memoir", Architectural History, 11 (1968), pp. 57–74+108-112 Шаблон:Doi
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- ↑ 2,00 2,01 2,02 2,03 2,04 2,05 2,06 2,07 2,08 2,09 2,10 2,11 2,12 2,13 2,14 2,15 2,16 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Powning, who died in Exeter on 16 July 1832, aged 69, was described in his death notice as "Member of the Corporation of the Poor for many years, and from 1808 surveyor to the Chamber of Exeter." See Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite book
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- ↑ Шаблон:National Heritage List for England
- ↑ originally intended to be called Connaught Chapel: see Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:National Heritage List for England
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ The West of England Fire and Life Insurance Company was acquired in 1894 by Commercial Union Assurance Company, which in 1998 merged with General Accident to form CGU. In 2000 Norwich Union merged with CGU.
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