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1777 in architecture

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1777 in architecture

The year 1777 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Events

  • April 21 - The foundation stone of Wesley's Chapel in London is laid.

    • Buildings completed

  • Corselitze, Falster, Denmark, designed by Andreas Kirkerup.
  • Drumcar House, Ireland.
  • Reformed Church, Lompirt, Romania.
  • Rococo-Classicist Roman Catholic Church in Malý Kiar, The Glorification of the Saint Cross.
  • Wenvoe Castle, Vale of Glamorgan, the only building in Wales designed by Robert Adam.
  • Home House, Portman Square, London, completed to the design of Robert Adam.
  • Richmond Bridge, London (across the River Thames), designed by James Paine and Kenton Couse.

    • Births

  • February 13 - James Trubshaw, English builder, architect and civil engineer. (died 1853)
  • October 11 - Fop Smit, Dutch architect, shipbuilder, and shipowner (died 1866)

    • Deaths

  • March 3 - Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet, English nobleman and amateur architect (born c.1703)
  • December 23 - Thomas Farnolls Pritchard, British architect and interior designer (born 1723)

    • References

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