Basic Biographical Details Name: | Anthony Salvin | Designation: | | Born: | 17 October 1799 | Died: | 12 1881 | Bio Notes: | Anthony Salvin was born at Worthing on 17 October 1799, the son of Captain Anthony Salvin of the 33rd Regiment of Foot and his second wife Eliza Mills. When his father was recalled for military service in 1802, Anthony was placed first with his grandfather at Willington, Durham and with a Mills aunt, Marianne, who married as his second wife the Rev William Nesfield who became Rector of Brancepeth. This introduced Salvin to the Rector's son by his first marriage the future gardener William Andrews Nesfield. Although Captain Salvin, now a Lieutanant Colonel, had intended his son to join the army, Anthony became a pupil of the Edinburgh architect John Paterson who had commenced the repair and remodelling of Brancepeth Castle in 1818. Thereafter his architectural career progressed rapidly. He moved with William Andrews Nesfield to London where they took lodgings and Salvin, after an unsuccessful introduction to Soane, found some employment with John Nash, became acquainted with Augustus Charles Pugin, and was influenced by George Stanley Repton. He began exhibiting at the RA in 1823 and was admitted FSA in March 1824. He obtained his first major commission, Mamhead in 1826 enabling him to marry W A Nesfield's sister Anne. He was elected FIBA on 25 April 1836 his proposers being Peter Frederick Robinson, Henry Edward Kendall, Charles Fowler and Ambrose Poynter.
Mamhead quickly led to a long series of major country house commissions including extensive alterations in the Outer Ward of Windsor Castle in 1857-1866. He also had an extensive university practice in Durham and Cambridge, and to a much lesser degree Oxford. He received the Royal Gold Medal in 1862, mainly for his restoration work and new buildings at the Tower of London which was completed after his death by Sir John Taylor.
In his later years Salvin was assisted by his son Anthony Salvin, Junior, born 23 July 1827. By the late 1870s ill health had forced him to retire, and infirmity compelled his father to retire and close the practice in 1879. Anthony Junior died on 25 July 1881 and Anthony Senior on 17 December, both at Worthing. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 20, Argyll Street, London, England | Business | Before 1851 | After 1853 | |
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | John Paterson | c. 1820 | | | |
Employees or Pupils
RIBARIBA Proposers
Buildings and DesignsThis was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): | | Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes | | 1831 | Harlaxton Manor | | | Lincolnshire | England | | | 1856 | Holy Trinity Church | Darlington | | County Durham | England | Original church | | 1877 | Inveraray Castle | Inveraray | | Argyll | Scotland | Proposed remodelling; scheme reduced to bedrooms in the attics and conical roofs at the towers |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Allibone, Jill | | Anthony Salvin: pioneer of Gothic Revival Architecture | | | | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 31 December 1881 | | | | | Building News | 23 December 1881 | | | | | Building News | 30 December 1881 | | | | | Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries | 1882 | | | p121 | | RIBA Journal | 1881 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p59 |
|