John Billing Explained
| John Billing |
| Nationality: | British |
| Birth Date: | 1816[1] or 17[2] |
| Death Date: | 1863 |
| Significant Buildings: | St. Giles' parish church, Tetsworth |
John Billing, FRIBA was an English architect from Reading, Berkshire. His grandfather Richard Billing (circa 1747–1826),[3] father Richard Billing (1784–1853), brothers Richard (1814–84) and Arthur (1824–96) and nephew Arthur Ernest (died 1920) were also architects.[2]
Career
Until at least 1854, Billing practiced in Reading, Berkshire, where he was Borough Surveyor.[4] Billing addressed a meeting of the 1849–50 session of the Oxford Architectural Society on the subject of "Parsonage Houses".[5]
Billing had moved his practice to London by 1856, in which year he was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[1] Philip Webb (1831–1915) was a pupil of his.
Works
repairs, 1853–56[6] [7]
- St. Giles' parish church, Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, 1855[8]
- St. Mary's parish church, Sydenham, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1856[9]
- St. Leonard's parish church, Seaford, East Sussex: transepts and apse, 1861–62[10]
- St. Katherine & St. Leonard's Rectory, Drayton St. Leonard, Oxfordshire, 1862[11]
Sources
- Book: Brodie . Antonia . Felstead . Alison . Franklin . Jonathan . Pinfield . Leslie . Oldfield. Jane. Directory of British Architects 1834–1914, A–K . 2001 . . London & New York . 0-8264-5513-1 . 180.
- Book: Colvin, H.M. . Howard Colvin
. Howard Colvin . A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 . 1997 . . New Haven . 0-300-07207-4 . 123–124.
- Book: Nairn . Ian . Pevsner . Nikolaus . Nikolaus Pevsner . . Sussex . 1965 . . Harmondsworth . 0-14-071028-0 . 603.
- Book: Sherwood . Jennifer . Pevsner . Nikolaus . Nikolaus Pevsner . . Oxfordshire . 1974 . . Harmondsworth . 0-14-071045-0 . 115, 588, 801, 805.
- Book: Tyack, Geoffrey . Oxford An Architectural Guide . 1998 . . Oxford & New York . 0-19-817423-3 . 225.
Notes and References
- Brodie, 2001, page 180
- Colvin, 1997, page 124
- Colvin, 1997, page 123
- Dils . Joan A . 1999 . From Village to Suburb: Caversham 1840 to 1911 . . . LXIV . 92.
- Prout . David . 1989 . 'The Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture' and 'The Oxford Architectural Society', 1839-1860 . . . LIV . 387.
- Sherwood & Pevsner, page 115
- Tyack, 1998, page 225
- Sherwood & Pevsner, page 805
- Sherwood & Pevsner, page 801
- Nairn & Pevsner, 1965, page 603
- Sherwood & Pevsner, page 588
