John Palmer (Bath architect) explained

John Palmer
Nationality:	British
Birth Date:	1738
Death Date:	19 July 1817

John Palmer (c. 1738 – 19 July 1817) was an English architect who worked on some of the notable buildings in the city of Bath, Somerset, UK.^[1] He succeeded Thomas Baldwin as City Architect in 1792. He died in Bath.

Some works

• St James' Church, Bath, on Stall Street (1768–1769, demolished for the Marks & Spencer building)
• St James's Parade (1768)^{[2] [3]}
• Cottles House, now Stonar School, Atworth, Wiltshire (1775)^[4]
• Church of St Swithin, Bath, The Paragon, Bath (1777–1780)^[5]
• Shockerwick House, Bathford, Somerset (1785)
• Lansdown Crescent, Bath,^[6] and the adjacent Lansdown Place West and Lansdown Place East (1789-1793)^{[7] [8]}
• Cross Bath remodelled by Palmer after work by Thomas Baldwin (1789)^[9]
• Grand Pump Room, Bath, begun in 1789 by Thomas Baldwin who resigned in 1791; Palmer continued the scheme^[10]
• St George's Place (c.1790)^[11]
• Cumberland House, Norfolk Crescent, Bath (c. 1790–1800, continued by John Pinch after 1810)
• Park Street (1790-1793)^{[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]}
• 1-8, Bath Street (1791-1794)^[34]
• Nelson Place West, Bath (c. 1800–1820, continued by John Pinch after 1810)
• Stall Street, Bath (c. 1790–1800)
• St James's Square, Bath (1791–1794)^[35]
• St James's Street (1791)^{[36] [37]}
• 6-9, Abbey Church Yard (1790s)^[38]
• Royal Mineral Water Hospital additions, Bath (1793)^[39]
• Kensington Chapel, London Road, Walcot, Bath (1794)^[40]
• Kensington Place, Bath, London Road, Walcot, Bath (1795)^[41]
• 10, Abbey Church Yard (c.1795)^[42]
• Christ Church, Bath (1798)^[43]
• Theatre Royal, Bath (1804–1805), designed by George Dance the Younger and erected by Palmer^[44]
• New Bond Street, Bath (1805–1807)

References

• H.M. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 (1997). .
• Michael Forsyth, Bath, Pevsner Architectural Guides (2003). .
• Jane Root, "Thomas Baldwin: His Public Career in Bath, 1775–1793" (in, ed. Trevor Fawcett, Bath History, Volume V Bath: Millstream Books Publishing Limited, 1994), pages 80–103.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Discovery of 18th century Architectural drawings. Bath and North East Somerset. 7 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080524073430/http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/press_releases/a-f-releases/discovery_of_18th_century_archit.htm . 24 May 2008.
2. Web site: 6-18 St James's Parade. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
3. Web site: 46 St James's Parade. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
4. Web site: Stonar School (formerly listed as Cottles House). historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. 7 August 2008.
5. Web site: Church of St Swithin. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
6. Web site: 1 to 20 Lansdown Crescent . Images of England . 14 November 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150502233639/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=442760 . 2 May 2015 .
7. Web site: 1-16, Lansdown Place East. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
8. Web site: 1-9, Lansdown Place West. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
9. Web site: Cross Bath. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
10. Web site: Grand Pump Room. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012015742/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=442110. dead. 12 October 2012. Images of England. English Heritage. 7 August 2008.
11. Web site: 7-10 St George's Place. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
12. Web site: No 1 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
13. Web site: No 2 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
14. Web site: No 3 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
15. Web site: No 4 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
16. Web site: No 5 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
17. Web site: No 6 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
18. Web site: No 7 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
19. Web site: No 8 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
20. Web site: No 9 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
21. Web site: No 10 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
22. Web site: No 11 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
23. Web site: No 12 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
24. Web site: No 13 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
25. Web site: No 14 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
26. Web site: No 15 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
27. Web site: No 16 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
28. Web site: No 36 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
29. Web site: No 22 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
30. Web site: No 18 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
31. Web site: No 34 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
32. Web site: No 26 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
33. Web site: No 23 Park Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
34. Web site: 1-8, Bath Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
35. Web site: 23-37 St James's Square. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
36. Web site: No 1 St James's Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
37. Web site: No 3 St James's Street. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
38. Web site: 6-9, Abbey Church Yard. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
39. Web site: Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases . Images of England . https://web.archive.org/web/20071117184203/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=443857 . dead . 17 November 2007 . 24 June 2006.
40. Web site: Former Chapel, Kensington Place. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
41. Web site: 11-21 Kensington Place. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
42. Web site: 10, Abbey Church Yard. Historic England. 25 November 2015.
43. Web site: Christ Church. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012015601/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=442705. dead. 12 October 2012. Images of England. English Heritage. 7 August 2008.
44. Web site: Garrick's Head Public House &Theatre Royal. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012015638/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=443496. dead. 12 October 2012. Images of England. English Heritage. 7 August 2008.