Anthony Keck

• Name — Anthony Keck • Born — 1726 • Birthplace — Randwick, Gloucestershire, England • Died — 1797 • Place of death — King's Stanley, Gloucestershire, England • Significant Buildings — * Margam Park • Highgrove House • Moccas Court

Keck was born at Randwick, Gloucestershire in 1726. He designed in the "austere Neoclassical style of the late eighteenth century – a provincial follower of Robert Adam." He died on 4 October 1797 at the age of seventy, at Beech House, the home he partly designed for himself, in the village of King's Stanley, Gloucestershire, where he had his workshop and studio for most of his life. He is buried in St George's Church in the village.

Keck is credited with designing some fifty country houses in the South-West of England and South Wales. His works include: • Longworth Hall, Herefordshire • Barnsley Park, Cirencester, Gloucestershire • Burghill Court, Herefordshire • Flaxley Abbey, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire • Forthampton Court, Gloucestershire • Ham Court, Upton-upon-Severn, Gloucestershire, demolished 1926 • Highgrove House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire • Iscoed, Carmarthenshire • Margam Park, Glamorgan • Moccas Court, Herefordshire • Newton Court, Dixton, Monmouthshire • Penrice Castle, Glamorgan • Slebech Park, Pembrokeshire • Stratford Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire • Whitfield House, Wormbridge, Herefordshire • Wormington Grange, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire • Underdown, Ledbury, Herefordshire Keck's work was not confined to country houses, including churches, such as Old St Martin's, Worcester and St Peter and St Paul's, Upton-upon-Severn, including its famed lantern and cupola; public buildings, such as the Worcester Royal Infirmary and contributions to the Stroudwater canal.

• Illustration — Burghill Court • Illustration — Canon Frome Court • Illustration — Flaxley Abbey • Illustration — Forthampton Court • Illustration — Penrice Castle • Illustration — Slebech Park • Illustration — Stratford Park • Illustration — Wormington Grange • Illustration — The tower of St Peter and St Paul, Upton-upon-Severn • Illustration — Old St Martin's Church, Worcester