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Kempster's County Hall in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, built 1678–82, now a museum

Christopher Kempster (1627 – 1715) was an English master stonemason and architect who trained with Sir Christopher Wren, working on St Paul's Cathedral.[1]

Biography

Kempster was from Burford in Oxfordshire, England. He sold Cotswold stone from his quarry at Upton, near Burford, to rebuild London after the Great Fire of London in 1666.[2] He was also Christopher Wren's master mason during the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral in London. His County Hall, built 1678–82 in Abingdon, is now the Abingdon County Hall Museum.[3]

The Kempster family quarry supplied stone for Blenheim Palace, Oxford colleges, and Windsor Castle.

His buildings, many with Sir Christopher Wren, include:

John Perrott, Lord of the Manor, engaged Kempster to refit St Mary's Church, North Leigh, and to build a burial chapel for the Perrott family to the north of the north aisle.[5] Kempster linked the Perrott chapel and the north aisle by an arcade of Tuscan columns.[7]

St John the Baptist's Church in Burford has a memorial to Christopher Kempster.[2][8]

References

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  1. P.D. Mundy, Chistopher Kempster, Wren's Master-Mason. Notes and Queries, CCII, page 297. Oxford University Press, July 1957. Шаблон:Doi
  2. 2,0 2,1 My Family Tree: Jordan, Elizabeth, Rick Bull, 14 November 2007.
  3. David Nash Ford, Abingdon: Ancient Abbey shaped a Town, Royal Berkshire History.
  4. Abingdon County Hall: Information for Teachers, English Heritage. Palladian Press, 2004.
  5. 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite book
  6. Seven letters of Wren to John Fell, Bishop of Oxford, and other documents. Published in Wren Society 5 (1928).
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  8. Burford, The Cotswold Gateway.