Roger Pratt (architect)

Roger Pratt (* 1620, † February 20, 1684 ) was an English architect of the Palladian.

Pratt was born into the gentry of Norfolk. On extended trips and during a stay in Rome he met the then European architecture know and worked after the Restoration as a minor architect. He is considered one of the pioneers of Palladianism in England, even if only a few buildings are known by him, which have been preserved or only changed significantly.

In 1666 he was appointed by Charles II to one of the three royal commissioners, who should implement rules for the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire. In 1668 he was raised to the first English architect to the peerage and retired to his family estate Ryston Hall.

Works

  • Clarendon House (Piccadilly, London ), built in 1664 for the Earl of Clarendon, already demolished about 1680
  • Coleshill House, built 1650-1652, destroyed by fire in 1952 and demolished
  • Kingston Hall, Dorset, built 1663-1665, rebuilt in the 19th century
  • Horse Heath Hall, Cambridgeshire, 1663-1665, demolished 1792
  • Ryston Hall, Norfolk, 1669-1672, 1786-1788 rebuilt by John Soane
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