Henry Hake Seward (c.1778 - 19 January 1848)[1][2] was an English architect who practised in the early 19th century.
Seward was a pupil of Sir John Soane from May 1794 to September 1808.[3] He was house architect (and later, c. 1823, Surveyor)[4] to the Greenwich Hospital Commissioners, working with John Yenn on extensions to the hospital's infirmary (later the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital) in 1808[5] and rebuilding the west façade of the King Charles block (1811–14), and designing four regency gothic churches to serve the former Derwentwater estates in Simonburn, Northumberland.[6][7]
One of Seward's most notable buildings was Bristol's New Gaol, in Cumberland Road, which opened in 1820 at a cost of £60,000 (c. £2 million at 2017 prices). It held 197 men and women in single cells, and at the time was regarded as a model prison. It was attacked by rioters and set on fire in 1831, but was eventually rebuilt and continued in use until 1883.[8]
His pupils included the father of George Aitchison,[4] and Henry Jones Underwood.
In 1832, having previously been Assistant Surveyor of Works in the Office of Works, Seward was appointed Surveyor of Works and Buildings when the Office of Works merged with the Department of Woods and Forests.[9] In this role, his duties included supervision of payments relating to a building to house Charles Babbage's Difference engine.[10]
He died in January 1848 and was buried in the churchyard at St John the Baptist in West Wickham, Kent.[2]
Principal works edit
- extensions to Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital (1808)
- St John's Church, East Witton, Yorkshire (1809)
- New Court manor house, Lugwardine, Herefordshire (1809-1810)[11][12]
- rebuilding west façade of King Charles block, Greenwich Hospital (1811–14)
- New Gaol, Bristol (1816-1820)[8]
- almshouses in Bayham Street, London, for the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields (1817–18)[13]
- church of St Luke, Greystead[1][7][14]
- St Peter's church, Humshaugh (1818)[6][7]
- church at Thorneyburn[7][14]
- St Michael's church and rectory at Wark on Tyne (1818)[7][15][16]
- extensions to house at Ledbury Park, Herefordshire (1818-1820)[17]
- Hotwell House, Royal Clifton Spa, Bristol (1822)[18]
References edit
- ^ a b "Greystead, and Greystead Old Church". Greystead Holiday Cottages. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ a b "The contents of field notebook containing the continuation of St Johns the Baptist West Wickham Taken on 1st August 1891 - Leland L. Duncan Transcribed by Frank Bamping 5 March 2001". Kent Archaeological Society - West Wickham. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Palace of Westminster, House of Lords. Designs, 1794-1795: Drawn by H H Seward". Sir John Soane's Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ a b "George Aitchison". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ Historic England. "Dreadnought Seamens Hospital (1150391)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ a b "St. Peter's Church, Humshaugh". Humshaugh Benefice. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Pevsner, Nikolaus (1992). Buildings of England: Northumberland. Yale University Press. p. 107. ISBN 9780300096385.
- ^ a b "Bristol New Gaol". Bristol Museums. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ Roberts, Jane (1997). Royal Landscape: The Gardens and Parks of Windsor. Yale University Press. p. 515. ISBN 9780300070798.
- ^ "Documents in the Public Record Office, Kew". Charles Babbage's First Difference Engine. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ Churchill, Penny (4 July 2015). "Dream country houses for sales". Country Life. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "New Court". A Thousand Years of Building with Stone. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ Historic England. "ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS ALMSHOUSES, NUMBERS 1-9 (1272268)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Hexham, Northumberland". VisitorUK.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "St Michael's Church". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Wark-on-Tyne Northumberland Extensive Urban Survey (p.20)" (PDF). Northumberland County Council. Retrieved 30 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ledbury Park (New House)". A Thousand Years of Building with Stone. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "The Clifton Spa Pumproom". Spas Directory. Retrieved 30 May 2017.