David Mocatta
| David Mocatta | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1806 |
| Died |
1 May 1882 South Kensington, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Buildings | Montefiore Synagogue, Brighton Regency Synagogue |
| Projects | Stations for the London and Brighton Railway |
David Mocatta (1806–1882) was a British architect and a member of the Anglo-Jewish Mocatta family.
Biography
Mocatta studied in London from 1821 to 1827 under Sir John Soane[1][2] and then travelled in Italy.[1]
Mocatta was the architect of the London and Brighton Railway,[3] designing seven italianate railway stations. Mocatta also designed balustrades and a set of eight Italianate pavilions to ornament John Urpeth Rastrick's Ouse Valley Viaduct for the L&BR.
His synagogue in Ramsgate for Moses Montefiore (1833) was possibly the first in England to be designed by a Jewish architect.[4] The West London Synagogue of British Jews commissioned Mocatta to design both their temporary premises in Burton Street (1841) and their building in Margaret Street (1851). The latter was a substantial structure, seating 400 and costing more than £4,000.[4]
He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of British Architects (later the RIBA) in 1836,[1] and was an early member of its council.[4] In later years he became Senior Trustee of the Soane Museum. He was a founder member of the West London Synagogue eventually becoming chairman of its council.[4] He retired from architecture early, having inherited the family fortunes.[4]
Mocatta House, a modern office development in Trafalgar Place, Brighton is named after him.
Works
- Montefiore Synagogue, Ramsgate, Kent, 1833
- Brighton Regency Synagogue, Sussex, 1836–38
- Brighton railway station, Sussex, 1840
- Croydon railway station, Surrey, 1841 (rebuilt 1894-95)
- Red Hill and Reigate Road railway station, Surrey, 1841 (closed 1844)
- Horley railway station, Surrey (1841, enlarged 1862, demolished 1960's)
- Three Bridges railway station, Sussex, 1841 (enlarged 1855 and 1906–09)
- Haywards Heath railway station, Sussex, 1841, (rebuilt 1933)
- Hassocks or Ditchling Gate railway station, Sussex, 1841, (demolished 1880)
- Pavilions & balustrade on the Ouse Valley Viaduct, Sussex, 1841–42
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brodie, 2001, page 194
- ↑ Kadish, 2002
- ↑ Brighton & Hove Museums, The Royal Pavilion, Libraries & Museums Collections
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Jamilly, Edward. "Anglo-Jewish Architects and Architecture in the 18th and 19th Centuries" (Paper read before the Jewish Historical Society of England on 8th March, 1954).
Sources and further reading
- Brodie, Antonia (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914, L-Z. London & New York: Continuum. p. 194. ISBN 0-8264-5514-X.
- Colvin, H.M. (1997). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07207-4.
- Kadish, Sharman (2002). "Construction Identity; Anglo Jewry and Synagogue Architecture". Architectural History 45: 386–408.
- Journal of Transport History 3: 149–157. 1958.
- Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of England 18: 134. 1954.
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