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English architect (1804–1852)
Not to be confused with
Henry Underwood (1787-1868), an architect based in Bath.
Henry Jones Underwood
Born 1804 Died 1852 Occupation Architect Buildings
Henry Jones Underwood (1804–1852) was an English architect who spent most of his career in
Oxford . He was the brother of the architects Charles Underwood (circa 1791–1883)
[1] and George Allen Underwood (dates unknown).
[2]
Underwood trained in London as a pupil of
Henry Hake Seward and then joined the office of Sir
Robert Smirke .
[3]
[4] In 1830 he moved to Oxford where much of his work involved designing churches or schools.
[5] He built Saint Paul's parish church, Walton Street, and the library of the
Oxford Botanic Garden in the
Greek Revival style but is best known for his
Gothic Revival architecture . His
church at Littlemore for
Newman became a model for other churches.[
citation needed ]
Underwood designed an extension to
Oxford Prison . In 1852 he committed suicide at the White Hart Hotel,
Bath, Somerset
[3] so
J. C. Buckler completed the extension in his stead.
[6]
Works
Saint John the Baptist parish church, Summertown, Oxford , 1831 (demolished 1924)
[7]
Exeter College, Oxford : buildings on
Turl Street and
Broad Street , 1833-34
[8]
Pembroke College, Oxford : rebuilding of Wolsey's Almshouses, 1834
[9]
Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas parish church ,
Littlemore , Oxfordshire, 1835
[10]
Botanic Garden, Oxford : library, 1835
[11]
Saint Paul's parish church,
Walton Street, Oxford , 1836 (now
Freud's bar)
[12]
Saint Peter's parish church,
Bushey Heath , Hertfordshire, 1836-37
[5]
Parish church of the Ascension,
Littleworth, Vale of White Horse , 1839
[13]
All Saints' parish church,
Llangorwen , 1839
[14]
Holy Trinity parish church,
Lower Beeding , West Sussex, 1840
[5]
[15]
Holy Trinity,
Burdrop (
Sibford Gower ), Oxfordshire, 1840
[16]
Saint Giles' parish church,
Horspath , Oxfordshire: rebuilt chancel, 1840
[17]
Saint Mary's parish,
Broughton, Oxfordshire : extension of Rectory, 1842
[18]
Saint John the Baptist parish church,
Bodicote , Oxfordshire: rebuilt church, 1844
[19]
Saint Mary's parish church,
Swerford , Oxfordshire: north aisle, 1846
[20]
Saint Leonard's parish church,
Woodcote , Oxfordshire: rebuilt church, 1846
[21]
Littlemore Hospital , Littlemore, Oxfordshire: extension, 1847
[22]
Saint Sepulchre's Cemetery, Oxford: chapel, 1848 (demolished circa 1970)
[23]
Oxford Prison extension, 1848-56
[24]
Christ Church Unitarian chapel,
Banbury , 1850 (demolished circa 1972)
[25]
Saint Giles' parish church,
Horspath : north aisle and north transept, 1852
[17]
His work also includes Holy Trinity Church, Oxford[
clarification needed ] and the north aisle of Saint Thomas's parish church, Oxford.
[26] (date uncertain).
References
^ Brodie, 2001, p. 855.
^ Brodie, 2001, pp. 855-856.
^
a
b Brodie, 2001, p. 856.
^ Tyack, 1998, p. 195.
^
a
b
c Colvin, 1997, p. 1066.
^ Tyack, 1998, p. 202.
^ Crossley & Elrington, 1979, pp. 369-412.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, pp. 134, 135, 137.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, pp. 181-182.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, p. 688.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, pp. 267-268.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, p. 295.
^ Pevsner, 1966, p. 169.
^ Lloyd, Orbach & Scourfield, p. 42.
^ Nairn & Pevsner, 1965, p. 265.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, p. 767.
^
a
b Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, p. 655.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, p. 498.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, p. 483.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, p. 798.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, p. 852.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, p. 689.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, p. 325.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, p. 300.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, p. 437.
^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, p. 298.
Sources
Brodie, Antonia; Felstead, Alison; Franklin, Jonathan; Pinfield, Leslie; Oldfield, Jane, eds. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914, L-Z . London & New York: Continuum. pp. 855–856.
ISBN
0-8264-5514-X .
Colvin, H.M. (1997). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840 . New Haven:
Yale University Press . pp. 1065–1067.
ISBN
0-300-07207-4 . (in
Google Books )
Crossley, Alan;
Elrington, C.R. (eds.) ; Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C.J.; Hassall, T.G.; Selwyn, Nesta (1979). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 4 .
Victoria County History . pp. 369–412.
Lloyd, Thomas; Orbach, Julian; Scourfield, Robert (January 2006). Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion .
The Buildings of Wales . Yale University Press. p. 42.
ISBN
0-300-10179-1 .
Nairn, Ian ;
Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex .
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Penguin Books . p. 265.
ISBN
0-14-071028-0 .
Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire .
The Buildings of England . Harmondsworth:
Penguin Books . p. 169.
Sherwood, Jennifer;
Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire .
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ISBN
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