1699 in architecture

The year 1699 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Buildings and structures

Buildings

Trinity Cathedral in Pskov

• English architect and dramatist John Vanbrugh is commissioned to begin Castle Howard in Yorkshire.[1]
• Craigiehall, Scotland, designed by Sir William Bruce and James Smith,[2] is completed for William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale
• St Werburgh's Church, Derby, England[3]
• Thomas Lambert House, Rowley, Massachusetts completed[4]
• Trinity Cathedral in Pskov, Russia completed[5]

Births

• February 10 – Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo, Spanish Baroque architect (died 1725)
• February 17 – Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Prussian painter and architect (died 1753)
• date unknown
  • Matthew Brettingham, English Palladian country and town house architect (died 1769)
  • Edward Lovett Pearce, Irish Palladian architect (died 1733)

Deaths

• November – Stephen Manwaring, North Carolina architect (born c.1640)[6]

References

1. "Sir John Vanbrugh". National Trust. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
2. Lowrey, John (1988) "Sir William Bruce and his circle at Craigiehall 1694-1708". in Frew, John & Jones, David (eds.) Aspects of Scottish Classicism. St Andrews Studies in the history of Scottish Architecture and Design. ISBN 0-9514518-0-4, p.6
3. "Church of St Werburgh, Derby", Heritage Gateway website, Heritage Gateway (English Heritage, Institute of Historic Building Conservation and ALGAO:England), 2006, retrieved 26 November 2010
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
5. Okulich-Kazarin, Sputnik po drevnemu Pskovy.
6. North Carolina Architects & Builders: a Biographical Dictionary. Accessed 18 April 2013