1724 in architecture explained

The year 1724 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• Work recommences on the Salon d'Hercule at Versailles under Jacques Gabriel, after a break caused by the death of King Louis XIV of France in 1715.

Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

• Cannons, a house in Edgware, Middlesex, England, built for James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos with façades designed by James Gibbs.
• Maids of Honour Row, terraced houses on Richmond Green, Richmond, Surrey, England.
• Chester Courthouse in Pennsylvania (North America).
• Shire Hall, Monmouth, Great Britain.^[1]
• Church of St. Edmund, Dudley, England.
• St. Stephanus, Bork, Germany.
• Cluj Jesuit Church in Transylvania (Romania).
• Stavropoleos Monastery in Bucharest, Romania.
• Rebuilt Sam Poo Kong temple in Semarang, Java.

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Pierre Le Tailleur de Boncourt.

Births

• June 8 – John Smeaton, English civil engineer (died 1792)
• October – Hans Næss, Danish architect (died 1795)
• date unknown – Julien-David Le Roy, French architect and archaeologist (died 1803)

Deaths

• January 24 – William Dickinson, English architect (born c.1670)
• March 8 – Enrico Zuccalli, Swiss architect working for the Wittelsbach regents of Bavaria and Cologne (born c.1642)^[2]
• date unknown – Pierre Cailleteau, French architect and interior designer (born 1655)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Shire Hall, Monmouth. Listed Buildings Online - British Listed Buildings. 2012-04-12.
2. Sabin Heym: Henrico Zuccalli: der kurbayerische Hofbaumeister. Schnell und Steiner. München/Zürich 1984,