John Clacy

John Berry Clacy (1810–80) was a Victorian architect whose practice was centred on Berkshire, England.[1]

John Berry Clacy
Born	1810[1]
Died	1880[1]
Nationality	British
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Reading, Berkshire (1868)[1]

Career

Most of Clacy's significant works are Gothic Revival buildings, but the Corn Exchange in Reading that he designed with F. Hawkes is in a style that Nikolaus Pevsner described as "free, debased Renaissance".[2] Clacy's son had joined him in his practice by 1862.[3] In 1868 Clacy and Son's practice was recorded as being in Reading.[1]

Work

• St. Mary's parish church, Burghfield, Berkshire, 1843[4]
• King Alfred's Grammar School, Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), 1849–50[5]
• Corn Exchange, Reading, 1854 (with F. Hawkes)[2]
• St. Helen's parish church, Dry Sandford, Oxfordshire, 1855[6]
• Holy Trinity and All Saints parish church, Hawley, Hampshire: extensions, 1857[7]
• St. Andrew's parish church, South Stoke, Oxfordshire: restoration and extensions, 1857[8]
• St. James' parish church, Barkham, Berkshire, 1860–62 (with his son)[3]

References

1. Brodie, Felstead, Franklin & Pinfield, 2001, page 375
2. Pevsner, 1966, page 204
3. Pevsner, 1966, page 75
4. Pevsner, 1966, page 107
5. Pevsner, 1966, page 254
6. Pevsner, 1966, page 130
7. Pevsner & Lloyd, 1967, page 280
8. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 773

Sources

• Brodie, Antonia; Felstead, Alison; Franklin, Jonathan; Pinfield, Leslie; Oldfield, Jane, eds. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914, A–K. London & New York: Continuum. p. 375. ISBN 0-8264-5513-1.
• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 75, 107, 130, 204, 254.
• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David (1967). Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 280.
• Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 773. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.