1711 in architecture

The year 1711 in architecture involved some significant events.

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Events

• Commission for Building Fifty New Churches set up in London under terms of the New Churches in London and Westminster Act (1710).[1] Most of the nineteen churches it eventually builds or rebuilds will be designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, with John James, Thomas Archer and James Gibbs also participating.[2]

Buildings and structures

Buildings

Marlborough House

• Marlborough House in London, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.[3]
• Menshikov Palace (Saint Petersburg) is opened.[4]
• Pope Clement XI places an Egyptian obelisk in the fountain in front of the Pantheon, Rome.[5]

Births

• September 22 – Thomas Wright, English astronomer, mathematician and garden designer (died 1786)[6]

Deaths

• Henry Bell, English architect (born 1647)[7]

References

1. 9 Anne cap 17.
2. Port, M. H., ed. (1986). "List of churches built". The Commissions for building fifty new churches: The minute books, 1711-27, a calendar. London: Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
3. Spaltro, Kathleen; Bridge, Noeline (2005). Royals of England: A Guide for Readers, Travelers, and Genealogists. iUniverse. p. 235. ISBN 9780595373123.
4. "Menshikov Palace". Retrieved 15 January 2018.
5. Curl, James Stevens (2013). The Egyptian Revival: Ancient Egypt as the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West. Routledge. p. 28. ISBN 9781134234684.
6. Knight, David (2004). "Wright, Thomas (1711–1786), astronomer and landscape gardener". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30060. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. Bold, John. "Bell, Henry (bap. 1647, d. 1711), architect and merchant". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37174. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)