Anthony Salvin

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Anthony Salvin (1799, Worthing, England - 1881, Worthing, England) was an eminent Victorian architect, renowned for his restoration of Medieval buildings, including parts of Windsor Castle. His ebullient masterpiece, Harlaxton Manor, is in a rich mix of Jacobean detailing with Baroque massing and symmetry.

He did much restoration work on the Jewel House at The Tower of London. When building a new structure, such as Peckforton Castle in Cheshire, he created something as dramatic and powerful as a medieval castle might have been. He carried out some major modifications on Dunster Castle, Somerset and, at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, his work includes a massive vaulted entrance-way and the inner court to which it leads. Earlier in his career he designed All Saints parish church in Runcorn, Cheshire.

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described Anthony Salvin as 'the most successful restorer and purveyor of castles in the 2nd half of the 19th Century.' He came from a Durham family and was educated at Durham School before going to London where he became a pupil of John Nash. He then started his own practice which lasted for some 60 years, where he became an expert in medieval fortifications, building and altering over 73 country houses.

Salvin was elected a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1836, became vice-president in 1839 and in 1863 the Institute conferred its gold medal on him.

[edit] References

• Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7676-3
• Johnson, Paul, Castles of England, Scotland and Wales, Weidenfield and Nicolson, 1989. ISBN 0-297-83162-3

[edit] See also

• Durham Castle Keep
• Whewell's Court, Trinity College