John Nash (architect)

John Nash (* January 18, 1752 in Lambeth, London Borough of Lambeth, † May 13, 1835 in Cowes, England ) was an English architect who has done much to shape the Regency London.

Life

John Nash received his training from the architect Sir Robert Taylor. Professionally, he was initially unsuccessful. After he had inherited considerable wealth, he chose to live in Wales. After his bankruptcy in 1783, Nash was forced to return to work as an architect again. First he designed country houses and worked successfully with the landscape architect and botanist Humphry Repton together. In 1792, he finally went back to London.

Works

The works of John Nash drew the attention of the Prince Regent and later King George IV, who commissioned him in 1811 in order to reshape an urban area, which is known as Marylebone Park today. Supported by the regent Nash designed a plan that has been implemented since 1818. The eligible area extended north of St. James 's Park and Regent Street closed and Regent's Park with the neighboring streets, terraces and surrounding elegant townhouses and villas with a.

Nash was also Director of the Regent's Canal Company, founded in 1812 for the construction of a channel connection from West London to the Thames. More jobs in London were the remodeling of Buckingham House Buckingham Palace (1825-1835), also the Royal Mews and the originally designed as a triumphal arch for the entrance of Buckingham Palace Marble Arch London Other projects included: Trafalgar Square, St. James 's Park, Haymarket Theatre ( 1820), Church of All Souls, Langham Place ( 1822-25 ), Chester Terrace (1825), Carlton House Terrace ( 1827-1833 ), Cumberland Terrace ( 1827). Outside London, it was the new direction of the Royal Pavilion Brighton (1815-1822), East Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight, Blaise Hamlet Bristol, Grovelands Park, Enfield / Middlesex, Llanerchaeron Ciliau Aeron in Ceredigion, Foley House, Haverfordwest / Pembrokeshire, Cronkhill near Shrewsbury / Shropshire (first Italianate villa in the UK), Caerhays Castle in Cornwall (1808 ).