John Palmer (Bath architect)

John Palmer
John Palmer
Born	1738
Died	19 July 1817
Nationality	British
Occupation	Architect

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

"Discovery of 18th century Architectural drawings". Bath and North East Somerset. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
"6-18 St James's Parade". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"46 St James's Parade". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"Stonar School (formerly listed as Cottles House)". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
"Church of St Swithin". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"1 to 20 Lansdown Crescent". Images of England. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2006.
"1-16, Lansdown Place East". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"1-9, Lansdown Place West". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"Cross Bath". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"Grand Pump Room". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
"7-10 St George's Place". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 1 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 2 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 3 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 4 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 5 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 6 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 7 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 8 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 9 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 10 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 11 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 12 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 13 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 14 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 15 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 16 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 36 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 22 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 18 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 34 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 26 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 23 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"1-8, Bath Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"23-37 St James's Square". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 1 St James's Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"No 3 St James's Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"6-9, Abbey Church Yard". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases". Images of England. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2006.
"Former Chapel, Kensington Place". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"11-21 Kensington Place". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"10, Abbey Church Yard". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
"Christ Church". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
"Garrick's Head Public House &Theatre Royal". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2008.

H.M. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 (1997). ISBN 0-300-07207-4.
Michael Forsyth, Bath, Pevsner Architectural Guides (2003). ISBN 0-300-10177-5.
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.

Preceded by Thomas Baldwin (architect)	Bath City Architect 1793–1817	Succeeded by ?

Preceded by Thomas Baldwin (architect)	Bath City Surveyor 1793–1817	Succeeded by John Lowder

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[1] "Discovery of 18th century Architectural drawings". Bath and North East Somerset. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2008.

[2] "6-18 St James's Parade". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[3] "46 St James's Parade". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[4] "Stonar School (formerly listed as Cottles House)". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 7 August 2008.

[5] "Church of St Swithin". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[6] "1 to 20 Lansdown Crescent". Images of England. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2006.

[7] "1-16, Lansdown Place East". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[8] "1-9, Lansdown Place West". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[9] "Cross Bath". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[10] "Grand Pump Room". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2008.

[11] "7-10 St George's Place". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[12] "No 1 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[13] "No 2 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[14] "No 3 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[15] "No 4 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[16] "No 5 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[17] "No 6 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[18] "No 7 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[19] "No 8 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[20] "No 9 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[21] "No 10 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[22] "No 11 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[23] "No 12 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[24] "No 13 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[25] "No 14 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[26] "No 15 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[27] "No 16 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[28] "No 36 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[29] "No 22 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[30] "No 18 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[31] "No 34 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[32] "No 26 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[33] "No 23 Park Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[34] "1-8, Bath Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[35] "23-37 St James's Square". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[36] "No 1 St James's Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[37] "No 3 St James's Street". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[38] "6-9, Abbey Church Yard". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[39] "Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases". Images of England. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2006.

[40] "Former Chapel, Kensington Place". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[41] "11-21 Kensington Place". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[42] "10, Abbey Church Yard". Historic England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[43] "Christ Church". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2008.

[44] "Garrick's Head Public House &Theatre Royal". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2008.