Nathaniel Ireson

Nathaniel Ireson (1685 – 18 April 1769) was a potter, architect and mason best known for his work around Wincanton in Somerset, England.

He was probably born in Ansley, Warwickshire.^[1]

He rebuilt much of the centre of Wincanton following a fire in 1707.^[2]

He was churchwarden at St Peter's in Stourton, Wiltshire during the 1720s and may have done work on the church himself.^[1]

He moved to Wincanton around 1726,^[3] and owned a pottery there from 1738-1750.^[4] There is a monument to him in the Churchyard of St Peter and St Paul, Wincanton,^[5] including a statue which he is believed to have carved himself.^[1]

Works

• Crowcombe Court (completing earlier work by another builder.^[6][7]
• Stourhead 1720-1724.
• Ven House, Milborne Port enlargement around 1725 - 1730.^[8]
• The Church of St Peter in Redlynch, Somerset 1750.^[9]
• Park House, Mells Park, Somerset.^[10]
• Meadow Court, Tockenham, Wiltshire.^[11]
• Shanks House, Cucklington.^[12]
• The Dogs, Wincanton 1740-1750.^[13]
• Church of St Mary, Bruton rebuilt chancel in 1743.^[14]
• Corsham Court remodelling of front 1747.^[15]
• St Peter and St Paul, Wincanton. Modifications in 1747,^[16] including the construction, at his own expense, of the chancel (later removed) and several monuments.^[1]