Philip Hardwick

Philip Hardwick (1792-1870) was an eminent English architect (son of architect Thomas Hardwick (junior) (1752-1829), and grandson of Thomas Hardwick Senior (1725-1798)). He is particularly associated with transport-related buildings (eg: railway stations, warehouses) in London and elsewhere.

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1792 - 1870 - English - Architect - Thomas Hardwick (junior) - 1752 - 1829 - 1725 - 1798 - London

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Hardwick was born at 9 Rathbone Place in London and trained as an architect under his father (Thomas Hardwick junior). The Hardwick name is one of the most famous in architecture, spanning over 150 years of work - in 1760 Thomas Senior became a master mason at Syon House for the brothers Robert and John Adam.

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London - Architecture - 1760 - Syon House - Robert - John Adam

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Like Inigo Jones some 200 years earlier, Hardwick was inspired by Italian architecture, following a trip to Italy in 1818-19. These influences manifested themselves particularly in his famous 'Propylaeum' or Doric Euston Arch at the old Euston station (1837), designed for the London and Birmingham Railway (the Arch was demolished in the early 1960s to make way for construction of the current Euston Station building). At the Birmingham terminus, Hardwick also designed Birmingham Curzon Street Station (1838).

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Inigo Jones - Italian - Doric - Euston Arch - Euston station - London and Birmingham Railway - Birmingham - Birmingham Curzon Street Station

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His other credits include:

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• Kneller Hall in Twickenham (c.1820)
• St Katharine Docks (1827-28)
• Goldsmiths' Hall (1829-35)
• the City of London Club (1833-34) - another building notable for its Italian Palladian style
• Seaford House, Belgravia (1842)
• the Great Hall at Lincoln's Inn (1843-45)
• restoration of St Anne's Limehouse (1851-54)
• obelisk memorial to Joseph René Bellot, Greenwich (1855)

Philip married a daughter of the architect John Shaw Senior (1776-1832) and his brother-in-law was the architect John Shaw Junior (1803-1870) The two families are sometimes regarded as perhaps the finest architectual family London has ever produced (rivalled by the Charles Barry dynasty, among others) and they lay buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. Hardwick's son Philip Charles Hardwick (1822-1892) was the last architect in the family line.

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1776 - 1832 - 1803 - 1870 - Charles Barry - Kensal Green Cemetery - Philip Charles Hardwick - 1822 - 1892

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