John Lowder Explained

John Lowder
Nationality:	British
Known For:	Architect

John Lowder was an architect and surveyor working in Bath, Somerset, England. He was the Bath City Surveyor for a short time.

In Bath, he designed the Commissioners' church of Holy Trinity, James Street, (1819–1822) in the classical style but it was constructed in a Gothic style.^[1] Declared redundant after being severely damaged by bombing in 1942, the structure was demolished in 1957 and its congregation moved to a neighbouring church, which has subsequently been renamed Holy Trinity, Queens Square.

List of works

• Rectory, now Bishopstone House, Bishopstone near Salisbury, 1812–1819^[2]
• The National School, Bath, 1816–1818 (demolished in the late 1960s)
• Holy Trinity, James Street, 1819–1822 (demolished in the late 1950s)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Annals of Bath, from...1800 to the passing of the new municipal act - Rowland Mainwaring - Google Books . 2016-04-25. Mainwaring . Rowland . 1838 .
2. Book: Orbach. Julian. Wiltshire. Pevsner. Nikolaus. Cherry. Bridget. Yale University Press. 2021. 978-0-300-25120-3. The Buildings Of England. New Haven, US and London. 141–145. 1201298091. Nikolaus Pevsner. Bridget Cherry.