Joseph Page (architect)

Maisters House, High Street, Hull 1743–44
Blaydes House, High Street, Hull 1759
Prince Street, Hull, 1771

Joseph Page (c. 1718 – 23 April 1776) was an architect based in Kingston upon Hull, England.[1][2]

Life

He was born in Barton-on-Humber, the son of a bricklayer Francis Page and his wife Elizabeth. He was baptised in St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber on 26 February 1718.

He was apprenticed to a Hull bricklayer in 1733 and completed his apprenticeship in 1740. He became one of the leading architects and master builders of Georgian Hull.[2]

He died on 23 April 1776 and was buried in St Peter's Churchyard, Barton-upon-Humber. On his gravestone is the epitaph architect and master builder, of an extensive genius in the liberal arts superior to many and excell’d by few.[3]

Works

References

  1. ^ Colvin, Howard (1995) [1954]. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 (3rd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 720. ISBN 9780300060911.
  2. ^ a b Neave, David; Neave, Susan (2010). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Hull. Yale University Press. p. 11. ISBN 9780300141726.
  3. ^ Neave, David; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1995). The Buildings of England. Yorkshire. York and the East Riding. Yale University Press. p. 501. ISBN 9780300095937.
  4. ^ Historic England, "Maisters House (1283090)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 July 2023
  5. ^ Historic England, "No. 3, Prince Street and Nos. 6–12, Prince Street (1197680)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 July 2023
  6. ^ Historic England, "Hull Trinity House (1219563)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 July 2023