F. H. Pownall
Frederick Hyde Pownall (22 August 1831 – 1907)[1] was a British architect. He was County Surveyor for Middlesex for about 45 years, and designed both Anglican and Roman Catholic churches.
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Life
He was the son of John George Henry Pownall (1792–1880), a magistrate, landed proprietor and philanthropist, and his wife Amelia Sophia Pownall (née Waterhouse).[2] He was educated at Stanmore and Rugby, before being articled to the architect Samuel Daukes.[3]
He was the County Surveyor for Middlesex, for about 45 years, first under the Justices of the Peace and then, from 1888, under the newly established County Council.[3] He designed the neo-Tudor Middlesex Guildhall built in Parliament Square in 1893,[4] This was later demolished to make way for the present building of 1912–13 by J. S. Gibson, now housing the Supreme Court.[5]
Pownall was also responsible for alterations to the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, the rebuilding of Coldbath Fields Prison, and the erection of Banstead Lunatic Asylum.[3] Amongst the churches he designed were St Peter's, London Docks, Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden and Sacred Heart Church and School, Holloway, all in London, and St Dunstan's at Cheam.[2]
He retired from his appointments and private practice in 1898, and moved to Twickenham, where he lived until his death.[3]
Pownall is recorded as having converted to Roman Catholicism at some time before 1885.[6]
He exhibited six works the Royal Academy between 1852 and 1867.[7]
Family
His eldest son was the Very Rev. Canon Arthur Hyde Pownall (1857–1935); his other son Gilbert Pownall, designed much of the mosaic work in Westminster Cathedral.[8]
Works
- St Mary, Carleton-in-Craven, Yorkshire (Anglican), 1858–59.[9]
- Alterations to the Sessions House, Clerkenwell,[3] 1860. Pownall refaced three sides of the building, previously bare brick, with Portland Stone.[10]
- St Philip and St James, Whitton, Twickenham (Anglican), 1862.[11]
- Expansion of Coldbath Fields Prison, in two phases between 1863 and 1870. Closed in 1885 and demolished.[12]
- St John Evangelist, Cononley, Yorkshire (Anglican) 1864.[13]
- St Peter's, London Docks (Anglican), consecrated 1866.[14]
- Sacred Heart Convent, Hove, 1870–72; now Cardinal Newman Catholic School.[15]
- Sacred Heart Church and School, Holloway, London (Roman Catholic) 1870.[16]
- Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden (Roman Catholic), 1873–74.[17]
- Church and school of St Thomas of Canterbury at Grays, Essex (Roman Catholic), 1886.[18]
- Middlesex Guildhall, Parliament Square, London, 1893; demolished.
- Banstead Lunatic Asylum.[3]
References
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