John Brown (architect)

John Brown (1805–1876)^[1] was a 19th-century architect working in Norwich, England. His buildings include churches and workhouses.

Life

All Saints, Hainford, Norfolk (1838–40).

He was the pupil of the architect William Brown of Ipswich, a close relative.^[1] He was, along with his two sons, the surveyor for Norwich Cathedral, where his work there included a restoration of the crossing tower, undertaken during the 1830s.^[2] He was appointed county surveyor for Norfolk in 1835.^[3]

List of Works

• Christ Church, Greenwich, Greater London (built 1847-49)^{[citation needed]}
• St Margaret's Church, Lee, Greater London (built 1839–41)^[4]
• St Michael's Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire (built 1835–36)^[5]
• Church of St Peter & St Paul, Bergh Apton, Norfolk (built 1838)^[6]
• Corn Exchange, Fakenham, Norfolk (built 1855)^[7]
• Workhouse, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (built 1838, later used as a hospital)
• All Saints' Church, Hainford, Norfolk (built 1838-40)^[8]
• St Mark's Church, Lakenham, Norwich, (built 1844)^[9]
• Workhouse, Lingwood, Norfolk (built 1837)
• Christ Church, New Catton, Norwich, (built 1841)^[10]
• St James Mill, Norwich, (built 1836-37)
• Shirehall, Swaffham, Norfolk (built 1839)^[11]
• St Matthew's Church, Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk (built 1851)^[12]
• St Peter's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk (built 1833, demolished 1974)
• Workhouse, Sudbury, Suffolk (built 1836)