Benjamin Broomhead Taylor
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Benjamin Broomhead Taylor (25 March 1806 – July 1848) was an architect based in Sheffield, England.[1]
Life[edit]
He was born on 25 March 1806, the son of Edward Taylor (1779–1835) and Elizabeth Broomhead (1775–1838), and christened on 30 March in St Mary's Church, Barnsley.
He married Mary Ann Fretwell (1804–1870) on 25 September 1825 in St. George's Church, Doncaster. They had the following children:
- Mary Ann Taylor (b. 1827)
- Lucy Henrietta Taylor (1832–1837)
- Charles Henry Fretwell Taylor (1835–1847)[2]
- Alice Taylor (b. 1836)
- Frederick Taylor (1837–1837)
- Ellen Taylor (b. 1840)
- James Herbert Taylor (1842–1842)
- Louis Philippe Taylor (1845–1929)
He died in Broughton, Lincolnshire and was buried on 13 July 1848.
Works[edit]
- Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield 1832–33 (with Samuel Worth)[3]
- Public Baths, Glossop Road, Sheffield 1836–37[4]
- Three Glasshouses, Sheffield Botanical Gardens 1837–38[5][6][7]
- St John the Baptist Parish Church, Dodworth, Yorkshire 1844[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: Vol 2 (L–Z). Royal Institute of British Architects. p. 765. ISBN 082645514X.
- ^ "Deaths". Sheffield Independent. England. 26 June 1847. Retrieved 8 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Harman, Ruth; Minnis, John (2004). Pevsner Architectural Guides Sheffield. Yale University Press. p. 109. ISBN 9780300105858.
- ^ "Public Baths". Sheffield Iris. England. 24 November 1835. Retrieved 8 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Historic England, "Central Glasshouse on north west side of Botanical Gardens (1247258)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 July 2023
- ^ Historic England, "Right Hand Glasshouse on north west side of Botanical Gardens (1270952)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 July 2023
- ^ Historic England, "Left Hand Glasshouse on north west side of Botanical Gardens (1247278)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 July 2023
- ^ Colvin, Howard (1995) [1954]. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 (3rd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 939. ISBN 9780300060911.