Joseph Page (architect)

Joseph Page (c. 1718 – 23 April 1776) was an architect based in Kingston upon Hull, England.^[1][2]

Maisters House, High Street, Hull 1743–44

Blaydes House, High Street, Hull 1759

Prince Street, Hull, 1771

Life

He was born in Barton-on-Humber, the son of a bricklayer Francis Page and his wife Elizabeth. He was baptised in St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber on 26 February 1718.

He was apprenticed to a Hull bricklayer in 1733 and completed his apprenticeship in 1740. He became one of the leading architects and master builders of Georgian Hull.^[2]

He died on 23 April 1776 and was buried in St Peter's Churchyard, Barton-upon-Humber. On his gravestone is the epitaph architect and master builder, of an extensive genius in the liberal arts superior to many and excell’d by few.^[3]

Works

• Maisters House, 160 High Street, Hull 1743–44^[4]
• Etherington House 1750 (demolished 1947)
• Blaydes House, Hugh Street, Hull 1759
• 9–12 King Street, Hull 1771
• 3, 6–12 Prince Street, Hull 1771^[5]
• Trinity House Guild Room, Hull 1775^[6]