John Nash

John Nash

John Nash’s contribution to the Architecture of the Regency England John Nash (1752- 1835) apprenticed with architect Sir Robert Taylor, who was originally a sculptor in the 1740s. His works were very much in the style of the 19th century. He became one of the premier architects of the Regency England. One of his ambitious projects is Marylebone Park in 1811. With a very modern point of view, from a very normal farmland, which is called Marylebone Park und the surroundings areas, is developed to be an extraordinary landscape of a garden city with villas, terraced houses, crescents, a canal, and lakes. The speculative plan included a proposed avenue from Prince Regent’s Park to “Prinnie’s” home at Carlton House in the Mall. The developed area would be covered the present Regent’s Park, Trafalgar Square, St. Jame’s Park, and Regent Street. However, after the death of the Prince Regent, Nash lost his enthusiastic financial support, Nash was unable to finish his project. Besides Marylebone Park, his contributions were remodeling Carlton House as Carlton House Terrace (1827-1833), building Cumberland Terrace (1827), Haymarket Theatre (1829), All Soul’s Church in Langham Palace (1822-1825). Besides them, he was chosen by George IV to transform the Buckingham Palace to an extensive and costly place. The palace today is a working place and centre piece of the Britain’s constitutional monarchy.

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http://www.britainexpress.com/History/nash.htm http://www.jjhc.info/taylorsirrobert1788 http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalResidences/BuckinghamPalace/BuckinghamPalace.aspx