Joseph T. Parkinson

Joseph T. Parkinson (1783 - May 1855, London) was an English architect.

He was the son of land agent and museum proprietor James Parkinson. He was articled to William Pilkington. He was a member of James Burton's Loyal British Artificers, a voluntary militia formed in consideration of the prospective invasion by France.[1] In 1805, Parkinson designed a castellated house for Burton's personal residence, which Burton named Mabledon House,[1][2] near Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent.[3][4] Parkinson's design of Mabledon was described in 1810 by the local authority as 'an elegant imitation of an ancient castellated mansion'.[1]

House of Rotherfield Park

He converted his father's Blackfriars Rotunda building, adding a new chemical laboratory and library for its use by the Surrey Institution from 1808. In 1811 he laid out London's Bryanston Square[5] and designed houses in nearby Montagu Square.[6] He was subsequently commissioned to design a new mansion at Rotherfield Park, near Winchester from 1815.[7] Between 1822 and 1830 he supervised the reconstruction of parts of Magdalen College, Oxford,[8] and in 1831, he directed the rebuilding of the body of Streatham's St Leonard's Parish Church.[9]

His pupils included John Raphael Rodrigues Brandon, Thomas Hayter Lewis,[10] and George Ledwell Taylor.

He was later surveyor to the Union Fire Assurance Company and also district surveyor of Westminster. He is buried in Kensal Green cemetery.

References
  1. Williams, Guy (1990). Augustus Pugin Versus Decimus Burton: A Victorian Architectural Duel. London: Cassell Publishers Ltd. pp. 19–20. ISBN 0-304-31561-3.
  2. "James Burton [Haliburton]", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography".
  3. Williams, Guy (1990). Augustus Pugin Versus Decimus Burton: A Victorian Architectural Duel. London: Cassell Publishers Ltd. p. 135. ISBN 0-304-31561-3.
  4. "Mabledon Park, Royal Tunbridge Wells, England". Parks and Gardens UK. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  5. "Bryanston Square". London Gardens Online. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  6. "34 Montagu Square". This Day in Music. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  7. "Rotherfield Park, Winchester, England". Parks and Gardens UK. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  8. "Joseph Parkinson - Summary". Parks and Gardens UK. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  9. "Saint Leonard, Streatham: Streatham High Road, Lambeth". AIM25. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  10. "Thomas Hayter Lewis". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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