John Wood the Elder Buildings
Buildings designed and built by John Wood the Elder. Georgian Bath Architect (1704-1754).
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Buildings designed and built by John Wood the Elder. Georgian Bath Architect (1704-1754).
The Exchange, Bristol is commonly referred to as the Bristol Corn Exchange. It was designed by John Wood the Elder and built in in 1741-43.
The Circus, originally called King's Circus, was designed by John Wood the Elder. Less than three months after the first stone was laid in 1754 …
Gay Street, Bath was designed by John Wood the Elder and completed by his son John Wood the Younger. The photo above is of Number 8 which is also known as 'The Carved House' it is a delightful Georgian house with Corinthian pilasters which was completed in 1753.
Originally designed in 1729 by John Wood the Elder as part of his Queen Square development. The shopfronts were added at a later date.
Old King Street, Bath was built circa 1729 as part of a development by John Wood the Elder.
Whilst no record has been found it is widely believed that Shockerwick House, Bathford was designed by John Wood the Elder around 1750.
Ralph Allen’s Town House in Bath was built in 1727 some people have this attributed to John Wood the Elder but…
In 1728 John Wood the Elder designed the carved oak reredos for the Church of St Mary, Tyberton, Herefordshire.
Liverpool Town Hall was built between 1749 and 1754 to a design by John Wood the Elder replacing an earlier town hall nearby.
Pierrepont Street was built by John Wood the Elder between 1732 and 1748. It was built on land …
De Montalt Place (now known as Church Road) was designed by John Wood the Elder in 1729…
Ralph Allen Cottages were built in 1740 by John Wood the Elder by Ralph Allen to provide homes for his workers…
Lime Kiln Spaw portico no longer remains. Thorpe’s 1742 map of Bath shows the location of Lime Kiln House just outside the then city on the road to Bristol.
St. Mary’s Chapel stood at the south-west of Queen Square in Chapel Row. It was demolished in 1875…
Titanbarrow Logia (Titan Barrow) was built for Southwell Pigott in 1748 by John Wood the Elder.
In 1734 Francis Yerbury commissioned John Wood the Elder to design him a new house. Belcomb Brook (Known today as Belcombe Court, Bradford Upon Avon) …
In 1737 John Wood the Elder designed a ‘Duodecastyle Edifice’ to be built to protect the spring.
The Royal Mineral Water Hospital was founded in 1738. The original building was designed by John Wood the Elder and built with Bath stone donated by Ralph Allen and was completed in 1742.
Dr William Oliver, a Bath physician began construction of a pavilion in 1746 using a design by John Wood the Elder. This was more for his own use than for the public.