List of Welsh architects

This page lists Welsh architects. People have also been included who were born outside Wales but who are primarily known for their practice within Wales.

18th century[edit]

Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh (1788–1861), attributed with the design of Gwrych Castle.^[1]
William Edwards (1719–1789), stonemason, architect and bridge designer.^[2]
George Maddox (1760–1843), born in Monmouth.^[3]^{[better source needed]}
John Nash (1752–1835), family connection to Wales, lived and worked in Wales from 1784.^[4]

19th century[edit]

Benjamin Gummow^[5] (1766–1840)
Lloyd Williams and Underwood,^[6] a firm of architects based in Denbigh
George Vaughan Maddox^[7] (1802–1864)
Jacob Owen^[8] (1778–1870)
Richard Owens^[9] (1831–1891)
Richard Kyrke Penson^[10] (1815–1885)
Thomas Penson^[11] (c. 1790–1859)
John Prichard^[12] (1817–1886)
Edwin Seward^[13] (1853–1924)
William Henry Skinner^[14] (1838–1915)
John Jones^[15] (1810–1869) later known by his bardic name, Talhaiarn
Thomas Thomas^[16] (1817–1888)
E. M. Bruce Vaughan^[17] (1856–1919)
Edward Welch^[18] (1806–1868)
George Wightwick^[19] (1802–1872)
Stephen W. Williams^[20] (1837–1899)

20th century[edit]

Jonathan Adams^[21]
Ianto Evans^[22]
Sidney Colwyn Foulkes (1884-1971)^[23]
Alex Gordon (1917-1999)^[24]
George Francis Grimwood (1874–1938), Cardiff and Monmouth architect.
Harold Hughes (1864-1940)^[25]
Thomas Alwyn Lloyd (1881-1960)^[26]
Ernest Morgan (1881-1954)^[27]
Dale Owen (1924-1997)^[28]
Malcolm Parry^[29]
Gwynne Pugh, born in Cardiff, though largely active in California, USA
Beddoe Rees (1877-1931)^[30]^[31]
Giuseppe Rinvolucri (1894-1963)^[32]
David Wyn Roberts (1911-1982)^[33]
Edwin Seward (1853-1924)^[13]
Alwyn Sheppard Fidler (1909-1990)^[34]
Dewi-Prys Thomas (1916-1985)^[35]
Percy Thomas (1883-1969)^[36]
E. M. Bruce Vaughan (1856-1919)^[17]
James Grey West (1885-1951)^[37]
Clough Williams-Ellis (1883-1978)^[38]
Reginald Wynn Owen (1876-1950)^[39]

21st century[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Gwrych castle". May 6, 2015.
^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) p.106 ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
^ The Churches and Chapels of Wales. University of Wales Press. 2011-04-01. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-7083-2414-1.
^ Hilling, John B. (2018-08-15). The Architecture of Wales: From the First to the Twenty-First Century. University of Wales Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-78683-285-6.
^ Colvin, H. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840. Yale University Press, 3rd ed. London, 1995 435–6.
^ Brodie, Antonia, ed. (2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z). A. & C. Black. p. 1004. ISBN 978-0-82645-514-7.
^ Brodie, Antonia; Library, British Architectural; Architects, Royal Institute of British (2001-12-20). Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z). A&C Black. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-8264-5514-7.
^ "OWEN, JACOB - Dictionary of Irish Architects". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
^ "Richard Owens – Architect, Architects of Greater Manchester". manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk. The Victorian Society. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
^ Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
^ "Thomas Penson". www.thomaspenson.org. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) p.710. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
^ ^a ^b Haigh, Morgan (2021-08-07). "Edwin Seward: The Man Who Built Cardiff". Perspective. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
^ "St Paul's Church (Anglican)". New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
^ "JONES, JOHN (Talhaiarn; 1810 - 1869), architect and poet | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
^ "Thomas Thomas (1817–1888)". Stained Glass in Wales (University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies). Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Brevities". Hull Daily Mail. 14 June 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Harris, Penelope, The Architectural Achievement of Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803-1882), Designer of the Hansom Cab, Birmingham Town Hall, and Churches of the Catholic Revival, (The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010), p.11
^ "Opening Address of the President". Papers Read at the Royal Institute of British Architects. 1873. p. 11.
^ Williams, David Henry (1992). " An Appreciation of Stephen William Williams, Montgomeryshire Collections, Vol 80, 55–94
^ ^a ^b "Millennium Centre architect Jonathan Adams on the new Cardiff". WalesOnline. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b Pickerill, Doctor Jenny (2016-01-15). Eco-Homes: People, Place and Politics. Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78032-533-0.
^ "Famous Local People". Colwyn Town Council. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
^ Foyle, Andrew (22 September 2011). "Gordon, Sir Alexander John [Alex]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/72504. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Hughes, H. Harold (Henry Harold), 1864-1940 - National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts". archives.library.wales. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
^ "LLOYD, THOMAS ALWYN (1881 - 1960), architect and town planner | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
^ "The Development of the Town Hill Estate, Swansea, by ERNEST MORGAN, A.R.I.B.A., Borough Architect, Swansea. (Member.)". Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute. 51 (10): 578–580. October 1930. doi:10.1177/146642403005101005. ISSN 0370-7334. S2CID 221043568.
^ Powell, Kenneth (28 November 1997). "Obituary: Dale Owen". The Independent. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
^ The Times Higher Education Star Turn: Malcolm Parry 29 June 2001 (viewed 2011-10-07)
^ Wales, National Library of (2003). National Library of Wales Journal. Council of the National Library of Wales.
^ Who was Who, OUP 2007
^ Haslam, Richard; Orbach, Julian; Voelcker, Adam (2009). Gwynedd. The Buildings of Wales. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 8, 82, 93, 322, 499. ISBN 978-0-300-14169-6.
^ "The Welsh men and women who built the world... | GlobalWelsh". globalwelsh.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
^ Larkham, Peter J. (14 February 2019). Fidler, Alwyn Gwilym Sheppard (1909–1990). doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.109736. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 31 March 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ "The Dewi-Prys Thomas Trust".
^ Thomas, Norman Percy (2001). "THOMAS, Sir PERCY EDWARD (1883 - 1969), architect and planning consultant". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
^ "H M Office of Works (later Ministry of Works and Property Services Agency)". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
^ Haslam, Richard; Williams-Ellis, Clough (1996). Clough Williams-Ellis - RIBA Drawings Monographs No. 2. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-85490-430-0.
^ King, David (2006-06-22). The Medieval Stained Glass of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich. OUP/British Academy. ISBN 978-0-19-726264-1.
^ "Star Turn: Malcolm Parry". Times Higher Education (THE). 2001-06-29. Retrieved 2022-10-10.

[1] "Gwrych castle". May 6, 2015.

[encyclopedia-2] The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) p.106 ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6

[3] The Churches and Chapels of Wales. University of Wales Press. 2011-04-01. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-7083-2414-1.

[:022-4] Hilling, John B. (2018-08-15). The Architecture of Wales: From the First to the Twenty-First Century. University of Wales Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-78683-285-6.

[5] Colvin, H. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840. Yale University Press, 3rd ed. London, 1995 435–6.

[6] Brodie, Antonia, ed. (2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z). A. & C. Black. p. 1004. ISBN 978-0-82645-514-7.

[7] Brodie, Antonia; Library, British Architectural; Architects, Royal Institute of British (2001-12-20). Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z). A&C Black. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-8264-5514-7.

[8] "OWEN, JACOB - Dictionary of Irish Architects". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 2022-10-10.

[auto-9] "Richard Owens – Architect, Architects of Greater Manchester". manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk. The Victorian Society. Retrieved 16 April 2020.

[dwb-10] Dictionary of Welsh Biography.

[11] "Thomas Penson". www.thomaspenson.org. Retrieved 2022-10-10.

[12] The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) p.710. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6

[:1-13] Haigh, Morgan (2021-08-07). "Edwin Seward: The Man Who Built Cardiff". Perspective. Retrieved 2022-10-10.

[hpt-14] "St Paul's Church (Anglican)". New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Retrieved 27 August 2013.

[15] "JONES, JOHN (Talhaiarn; 1810 - 1869), architect and poet | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 2022-10-10.

[16] "Thomas Thomas (1817–1888)". Stained Glass in Wales (University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies). Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[obit2-17] "Brevities". Hull Daily Mail. 14 June 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[18] Harris, Penelope, The Architectural Achievement of Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803-1882), Designer of the Hansom Cab, Birmingham Town Hall, and Churches of the Catholic Revival, (The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010), p.11

[19] "Opening Address of the President". Papers Read at the Royal Institute of British Architects. 1873. p. 11.

[20] Williams, David Henry (1992). " An Appreciation of Stephen William Williams, Montgomeryshire Collections, Vol 80, 55–94

[Walesonline_Millennium_09-21] "Millennium Centre architect Jonathan Adams on the new Cardiff". WalesOnline. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

[:0-22] Pickerill, Doctor Jenny (2016-01-15). Eco-Homes: People, Place and Politics. Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78032-533-0.

[ctc-23] "Famous Local People". Colwyn Town Council. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

[DNB-24] Foyle, Andrew (22 September 2011). "Gordon, Sir Alexander John [Alex]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/72504. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[25] "Hughes, H. Harold (Henry Harold), 1864-1940 - National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts". archives.library.wales. Retrieved 2022-10-10.

[26] "LLOYD, THOMAS ALWYN (1881 - 1960), architect and town planner | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 2022-10-10.

[27] "The Development of the Town Hill Estate, Swansea, by ERNEST MORGAN, A.R.I.B.A., Borough Architect, Swansea. (Member.)". Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute. 51 (10): 578–580. October 1930. doi:10.1177/146642403005101005. ISSN 0370-7334. S2CID 221043568.

[Independent-28] Powell, Kenneth (28 November 1997). "Obituary: Dale Owen". The Independent. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

[Times_Higher_Ed2-29] The Times Higher Education Star Turn: Malcolm Parry 29 June 2001 (viewed 2011-10-07)

[30] Wales, National Library of (2003). National Library of Wales Journal. Council of the National Library of Wales.

[Who_was_Who,_OUP_2007-31] Who was Who, OUP 2007

[BoW-32] Haslam, Richard; Orbach, Julian; Voelcker, Adam (2009). Gwynedd. The Buildings of Wales. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 8, 82, 93, 322, 499. ISBN 978-0-300-14169-6.

[33] "The Welsh men and women who built the world... | GlobalWelsh". globalwelsh.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.

[ODNB-34] Larkham, Peter J. (14 February 2019). Fidler, Alwyn Gwilym Sheppard (1909–1990). doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.109736. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 31 March 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

[35] "The Dewi-Prys Thomas Trust".

[NLW_Biog-36] Thomas, Norman Percy (2001). "THOMAS, Sir PERCY EDWARD (1883 - 1969), architect and planning consultant". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.

[37] "H M Office of Works (later Ministry of Works and Property Services Agency)". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 17 September 2008.

[38] Haslam, Richard; Williams-Ellis, Clough (1996). Clough Williams-Ellis - RIBA Drawings Monographs No. 2. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-85490-430-0.

[39] King, David (2006-06-22). The Medieval Stained Glass of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich. OUP/British Academy. ISBN 978-0-19-726264-1.

[Times_Higher_Ed-40] "Star Turn: Malcolm Parry". Times Higher Education (THE). 2001-06-29. Retrieved 2022-10-10.

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