Peter Frederick Robinson

For other people named Peter Robinson, see Peter Robinson (disambiguation).

Peter Frederick Robinson (1776–1858) was an English architect.

Life

Peter Frederick Robinson began his career in Henry Holland's office and worked under William Porden at the Brighton Pavilion in 1801–2. He was the architect of the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly ( 1811–12), and of a number of "Swiss Cottages", including one at the Colosseum in Regent's Park,^[1] and another, built as a public house in north-west London, that gave its name to the surrounding area.^[2]

The facade of the Egyptian Hall in 1815.

He published a number of books of designs, including Designs for Farm Buildings : with a view to prove that the simplest forms may be rendered pleasing and ornamental by a proper disposition of the rudest materials, Designs for Gate Cottages, Lodges, and Park Entrances, in various styles, from the humblest to the castellated, Designs for Ornamental Villas and Domestic Architecture in the Tudor Style.^[3]

Works

• Egyptian Hall, London
• Sketty Hall
• The Swiss cottage in Singleton Park
• Singleton Abbey
• The original Swiss Cottage, London
• A terrace in Clarendon Square, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, which later featured in the TV Series Upstairs, Downstairs, masquerading as another square by Robinson, in London^[4]

References

1. ^ "Swiss Cottage, at the Colossseum, in the Regent's Park". The Mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction 19. 1832. 
2. ^ F. H. W. Sheppard (General Editor) (1960). "Piccadilly, South Side". Survey of London: volumes 29 and 30: St James Westminster, Part 1. Institute of Historical Research. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40571. Retrieved 03 June 2011. 
3. ^ "COPAC Brief Record Display". http://copac.ac.uk/search?&au=peter+frederick+robinson&sort-order=ti%2C-date. Retrieved 1 June 2011. 
4. ^ Hardcastle, Ephraim (2010-12-10). Daily Mail: pp. 17. 

External links

• Answers.com Peter Frederick Robinson

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Name	Robinson, Peter Frederick
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Date of birth	1776
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Date of death	1858
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