David Mocatta

David Mocatta
Born	1806
Died	1 May 1882(1882-05-01) South Kensington, London
Nationality	British
Work
Buildings	Montefiore Synagogue, Brighton Regency Synagogue
Projects	Stations for the London and Brighton Railway

David Mocatta (1806–1882) was a British architect and a member of the Anglo-Jewish Mocatta family.

Biography

Mocatta studied in London from 1821 to 1827 under Sir John Soane^[1][2] and travelled in Italy.^[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of British Architects (later the RIBA) in 1836.^[1]

Mocatta was the architect of the London and Brighton Railway,^[3] designing seven italianate railway stations. Mocatta also designed balustrades and a set of eight Italianate pavilions to ornament John Urpeth Rastrick's Ouse Valley Viaduct for the L&BR.

Synagogue and tomb of Moses Montefiore in Ramsgate, England

Mocatta House, a modern office development in Trafalgar Place, Brighton is named after David Mocatta.

Works

• Montefiore Synagogue, Ramsgate, Kent, 1833
• Brighton Regency Synagogue, Sussex, 1836–38
• Brighton railway station, Sussex, 1840
• Croydon railway station, Surrey, 1841 (rebuilt 1894-95)
• Red Hill and Reigate Road railway station, Surrey, 1841 (closed 1844)
• Horley railway station, Surrey (1841, enlarged 1862, demolished 1960's)
• Three Bridges railway station, Sussex, 1841 (enlarged 1855 and 1906–09)
• Haywards Heath railway station, Sussex, 1841, (rebuilt 1933)
• Hassocks or Ditchling Gate railway station, Sussex, 1841, (demolished 1973)
• Pavilions & balustrade on the Ouse Valley Viaduct, Sussex, 1841–42

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Brodie, 2001, page 194
2. ^ Kadish, 2002
3. ^ Brighton & Hove Museums, The Royal Pavilion, Libraries & Museums Collections

Sources and further reading

• Brodie, Antonia (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914, L-Z. London & New York: Continuum. pp. 194. ISBN 082645514X. 
• Colvin, H.M. (1997). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07207-4. 
• Kadish, Sharman (2002). "Construction Identity; Anglo Jewry and Synagogue Architecture". Architectural History 45: 386–408. 
• Journal of Transport History 3: 149–157. 1958. 
• Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of England 18: 134. 1954. 

Persondata
Name	Mocatta, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1806
Place of birth
Date of death	1 May 1882
Place of death	South Kensington, London