Anthony Keck

For other people named Anthony Keck, see Anthony Keck (disambiguation).
The Orangery at Margam Park - Keck's most important work

Anthony Keck (1726–1797) was an 18th-century English architect with an extensive practice in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and South Wales.[1]

Life

Keck was born at Randwick, Gloucestershire in 1726[2] He designed in the "austere Neoclassical style of the late eighteenth century - a provincial follower of Robert Adam."[3]

He died at Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire, the village where he had his workshop and studio for most of his life, on 4 October 1797 at the age of seventy.[1] He died at Beech House in the village, the home he partly designed for himself,[4] and is buried in St. George's Church.

Works

Keck is credited with designing some fifty[3] country houses in the South-West of England and South Wales. His works include:

Keck's work was not confined to country houses, including churches, such as Old St. Martin's, Worcestershire[5] and St. Peter and St. Paul's, Upton-Upon-Severn, including its famed lantern and cupola;[6] public buildings, such as the Worcester Royal Infirmary[7] and contributions to the Stroudwater canal.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Parks and Gardens UK". Parksandgardens.ac.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  2. ↑ "ANTHONY KECK Architect". Freespace.virgin.net. 1988-10-27. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales - Nigel R. Jones - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  4. ↑ Good Stuff IT Services (1960-06-28). "Beech House - Kings Stanley - Gloucestershire - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  5. ↑ A Church Near You. "Old St Martin, Worcester - Worcestershire | Diocese of Worcester". Achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  6. ↑ "Upton upon Severn - History of The Old Church". Upton.uk.net. 1921-09-17. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  7. ↑ Good Stuff IT Services (2009-09-25). "Worcester Royal Infirmary Main Building and Chapel, Former Outpatients, Department & King Edward - Worcester - Worcestershire - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  8. ↑ http://www.kspc.org.uk/_documents/30_14%20All%20Change.pdf

Gallery of architectural work