1777 in architecture

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The year 1777 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• April 21 – The foundation stone of Wesley's Chapel in London is laid.

Buildings and structures

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1777

Buildings completed

Corselitze

• Corselitze, Falster, Denmark, designed by Andreas Kirkerup.
• Drumcar House, Ireland.[1]
• Reformed Church, Lompirt, Romania.[2]
• Rococo-Classicist Roman Catholic Church in Malý Kiar, The Glorification of the Saint Cross.
• Wenvoe Castle, Vale of Glamorgan, the only building in Wales designed by Robert Adam.[3]
• Home House, Portman Square, London, completed to the design of Robert Adam.
• Richmond Bridge, London (across the River Thames), designed by James Paine and Kenton Couse.

Births

• February 13 – James Trubshaw, English builder, architect and civil engineer.[4] (died 1853)
• September 9 — John Holden Greene, American architect based in Providence, Rhode Island (died 1850)
• October 11 – Fop Smit, Dutch architect, shipbuilder, and shipowner (died 1866)

Deaths

• March 3 – Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet, English nobleman and amateur architect (born c.1703)
• December 23 – Thomas Farnolls Pritchard, British architect and interior designer (born 1723)

References

1. Casey, Christine; Rowan, Alistair John (1993). North Leinster: the counties of Longford, Louth, Meath and Westmeath. Yale University Press. pp. 250–. ISBN 978-0-14-071085-4. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
2. "Lompirt, Reformed church". Welcome to Romania. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
3. "About us". Wenvoe Castle Golf Club. Archived from the original on 2012-04-28. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
4. Anon. (1854) Obituary.—Mr. James Trubshaw, C.E. The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. XLI, 97–100 (accessed 16 October 2007)