John Plowman Explained

John Plowman
Nationality:	British
Significant Buildings:	Oxford County Hall

John Plowman (c.1773–1843) was an English architect based in Oxford. His younger son John Plowman (1807–1871) also worked on buildings on Oxford, leading to issues with attribution.^[1]

From 1812 until 1837 Plowman worked in partnership with the builder, civil engineer and architect Daniel Harris, whose foreman he had been.^[1]

John Plowman the younger was in partnership with Isaac Luck, until 1850; Luck emigrated to Christchurch in New Zealand in 1851.^[2]

Work

• Saint Martin's parish church, Oxford: rebuilt church (except bell tower)^[3] (demolished 1896, except bell tower)^[4]
• Saint Mary's parish church, Adderbury, Oxfordshire: font, 1831^[5]
• Saint Michael's parish church, Oxford: rebuilt north aisle and transept, 1833^[6]
• Floating chapel, Castle Mill Stream, Oxford, 1839 (sank 1868)^[7]
• County Hall, New Road, Oxford, 1839-41^{[8] [9]}
• Saint Peter's parish church, Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1842^[10]
• Saint John the Baptist parish church, Bodicote, Oxfordshire: rebuilt church (with H.J. Underwood), 1844^[11]

Sources

• Book: Davies . Mark . Robinson . Catherine . A Towpath Walk in Oxford . Oxford . Oxford Towpath Press . 2001 . 2003 . 0-9535593-1-9 . 52–54.
• Book: Sherwood . Jennifer . Pevsner . Nikolaus . Nikolaus Pevsner . . Oxfordshire . 1974 . . Harmondsworth . 0-14-071045-0 .
• Book: Tyack, Geoffrey . Oxford An Architectural Guide . 1998 . . Oxford & New York . 0-19-817423-3 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Howard Colvin. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840. 1978. John Murray. 0-7195-3328-7. 466.
2. Web site: Isaac Luck - builder, architect . Early Canterbury Photography . 7 March 2013.
3. Tyack, 1998, page 201
4. Tyack, 1998, page 262
5. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 415
6. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 295
7. Davies & Robinson, 2003, pages 52-54
8. Tyack, 1998, page 203
9. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 301
10. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 786
11. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 483