1699 in architecture

The year 1699 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1699

Buildings

Trinity Cathedral in Pskov

• English architect and dramatist John Vanbrugh is commissioned to begin Castle Howard in Yorkshire.^[1]
• Craigiehall, Scotland, designed by Sir William Bruce and James Smith,^[2] is completed for William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale
• St Werburgh's Church, Derby, England^[3]
• Thomas Lambert House, Rowley, Massachusetts completed^[4]
• Trinity Cathedral in Pskov, Russia completed^[5]

Births

• February 10 – Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo, Spanish Baroque architect (died 1725)
• February 17 – Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Prussian painter and architect (died 1753)
• date unknown
  • Matthew Brettingham, English Palladian country and town house architect (died 1769)
  • Edward Lovett Pearce, Irish Palladian architect (died 1733)

Deaths

• November – Stephen Manwaring, North Carolina architect (born c.1640)^[6]