Paul Waterhouse

“ In 1842 Wild joined the expedition which the king of Prussia sent out under Dr. Lepsius to Egypt. From that date until 1848 he was continually abroad, travelling and sketching in Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Italy, and Spain. ”

“ In Plymouth he carried out the town-hall (1839–40) , the congregational chapel, Courtenay Street (1848) , and the Cottonian Library (1850) . He designed the episcopal chapel at Flushing, near Falmouth, in 1841, and St. John's Church, Treslothan, in 1844. Wightwick, whose terms for employment are to be seen in the ‘Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (1891, p. 161; reprinted from the ‘Architect,’ 1850, ii. 28) , retired to Clifton in 1851, and subsequently to Portishead (1855) , where he died on 9 July 1872. He was buried in Portishead churchyard on the 13th. ”

“ James's Palace; a design (1753) for the court of king's bench in St. Margaret's Lane, Westminster; a coloured view of the 'Gothic hall' (Henry VIII's chapel) at Hampton Court (a print signed 'J. Vardy, 1749,' represents the same subject, but the dedication on the plates implies that it is after Kent) ; a design for a nobleman's stable and terrace near Hyde Park; an inside view of a bath for a gentleman in Suffolk ”

“ Returning in 1848, he resumed practice with the above-mentioned church at Alexandria and schools at Endell Street, building at the same time the water tower at Great Grimsby, also in the Byzantine style. In 1851 he was appointed decorative architect to the Great Exhibition, and in 1853 was retained by the South Kensington Museum as an expert on Arabian art. ”

“ James's Place, facing the Park, though the north front and part of the interior are attributed to 'Athenian' Stuart [see Stuart, James, 1713-1788] . It is a dignified palace in the Palladian manner (see Vitruvius Britanniens, ed. Wolfe and Gandon, plates 37-9) , surmounted with statues by Michel Henry Spang. ”

“ These works were followed in 1807 by the spire of Yarmouth church, which cost 1,890l., and was covered with tinned sheet copper, in 1808 by the Doric entrance to the Lower Assembly Rooms at Bath, and by a villa at North Berwick for Sir H. D. Hamilton. ”

“ His subsequent work consisted largely of office premises in the city of London, such as 9 Mincing Lane, 24 Lombard Street, 8 Old Jewry, Mansion House Chambers, the New Zealand Bank and the National Safe Deposit, all in Victoria Street, and Brown Janson & Co.'s bank, Abchurch Lane. ”