1777 in architecture explained

The year 1777 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• April 21 – The foundation stone of Wesley's Chapel in London is laid.

Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

• Corselitze, Falster, Denmark, designed by Andreas Kirkerup.
• Drumcar House, Ireland.^[1]
• Reformed Church, Lompirt, Romania.^[2]
• Rococo-Classicist Roman Catholic Church in Malý Kiar, The Glorification of the Saint Cross.
• Wenvoe Castle, Vale of Glamorgan, the only building in Wales designed by Robert Adam.^[3]
• Home House, Portman Square, London, completed to the design of Robert Adam.
• Richmond Bridge, London (across the River Thames), designed by James Paine and Kenton Couse.

Births

• February 13 – James Trubshaw, English builder, architect and civil engineer.^[4] (died 1853)
• September 9 — John Holden Greene, American architect based in Providence, Rhode Island (died 1850)
• October 11 – Fop Smit, Dutch architect, shipbuilder, and shipowner (died 1866)

Deaths

• March 3 – Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet, English nobleman and amateur architect (born c.1703)
• December 23 – Thomas Farnolls Pritchard, British architect and interior designer (born 1723)

Notes and References

1. Book: Casey. Christine. Rowan. Alistair John. North Leinster: the counties of Longford, Louth, Meath and Westmeath. 2011-05-23. 1993. Yale University Press. 978-0-14-071085-4. 250–.
2. Web site: Lompirt, Reformed church. Welcome to Romania. 2015-03-15.
3. Web site: About us. Wenvoe Castle Golf Club. 17 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120428022407/http://www.wenvoecastlegolfclub.co.uk/about.php. 2012-04-28. dead.
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=v_8IAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22james+trubshaw%22&pg=PA97 Anon. (1854) Obituary.—Mr. James Trubshaw, C.E. The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. XLI, 97–100