Clandon Park (Surrey), designed by Giacomo Leoni, completed.
Trafalgar House (Wiltshire) completed.
St John Horsleydown and St Luke Old Street in London, both designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and John James, are completed for the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches.
Wade's Bridge, Aberfeldy, Scotland, designed by William Adam, built.
Births
January 4 - Robert Mylne, Scottish architect (died 1811)
Deaths
December 7 - Edward Lovett Pearce, Irish palladian architect (born 1699)