1777 in architecture
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The year 1777 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- April 21 â The foundation stone of Wesley's Chapel in London is laid.
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed
- Corselitze, Falster, Denmark, designed by Andreas Kirkerup.
- Drumcar House, Ireland.[1]
- Reformed Church, Lompirt, Romania.[2]
- Rococo-Classicist Roman Catholic Church in Malý Kiar, The Glorification of the Saint Cross.
- Wenvoe Castle, Vale of Glamorgan, the only building in Wales designed by Robert Adam.[3]
- Home House, Portman Square, London, completed to the design of Robert Adam.
- Richmond Bridge, London (across the River Thames), designed by James Paine and Kenton Couse.
Births
- February 13 â James Trubshaw, English builder, architect and civil engineer.[4] (died 1853)
- September 9 â John Holden Greene, American architect based in Providence, Rhode Island (died 1850)
- October 11 â Fop Smit, Dutch architect, shipbuilder, and shipowner (died 1866)
Deaths
- March 3 â Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet, English nobleman and amateur architect (born c.1703)
- December 23 â Thomas Farnolls Pritchard, British architect and interior designer (born 1723)