1714 in architecture explained

The year 1714 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• St Alfege Church, Greenwich, London, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, is completed.
• Church of St Mary's, Twickenham, London, designed by John James, is consecrated.
• Church of Santissime Stimmate di San Francesco in Rome, designed by Giovanni Battista Contini, is completed.
• Church of Tolentini, Venice, is completed to designs of 1590 by Vincenzo Scamozzi with a portico by Andrea Tirali.
• Altar of the 22-domed wooden summer Church of the Transfiguration at Kizhi Pogost in Karelia is laid.
• Geffrye Almshouses in London built.
• Summer Palace of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg, designed by Domenico Trezzini, is completed.
• Bellevue Palace, Kassel, built as an observatory.
• Sint-Lodewijkscollege (Lokeren) in Belgium built as a private house.
• Wotton House in Buckinghamshire, England, is completed.
• Llanelly House in south Wales is built.^[1]

Births

• April 1 – Jean-François de Neufforge, Flemish architect and engraver (died 1791)
• Robert Taylor, English architect (died 1788)

Deaths

• May – Andreas Schlüter, German baroque sculptor and architect (born 1664)
• Pietro Perti, Swiss-Italian baroque sculptor and architect working in Lithuania (born 1648)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Inside Llanelly House . BBC . 31 March 2019 . 15 September 2010.