Robert Lugar
Robert Lugar (1773 – 23 June 1855), was a British architect and engineer in the Industrial Revolution. Although born in Colchester, England, Lugar carried out much of his most important work in Scotland and Wales, where he was employed by several leading industrialists to design grand houses such as Balloch Castle (1808), Cyfarthfa Castle (1824). The house was recognised by Nikolaus Pevsner during his survey of Essex.
Robert Lugar
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- Born
- 1773
- Died
- 1855
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- Cyfarthfa Castle
- Languages
- English
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Robert Lugar (1773 – 23 June 1855), was a British architect and engineer in the Industrial Revolution. Although born in Colchester, England, Lugar carried out much of his most important work in Scotland and Wales, where he was employed by several leading industrialists to design grand houses such as Balloch Castle (1808), Cyfarthfa Castle (1824). The house was recognised by Nikolaus Pevsner during his survey of Essex.
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The Rectory in Yaxham, Norfolk, which is now known as Yaxham House, was designed for Rev John Johnson (1817), with its mirror image later used for Ffrwdgrech House in Brecon (1828). He designed Denham Mount in south Buckinghamshire for Nathaniel Snell, a London merchant and partner in George Baillie and Company and Wyelands in Monmouthshire, Wales, now owned by Sanjeev Gupta. Lugar also designed Bardon Hall (1837) in Leicestershire. Lugar published a pattern book in 1815 of cottages, rural dwellings and villas. Archibald Simpson worked for Lugar in his Holburn office from 1810. He died aged 82 at his London home in Kensington on 23 June 1855.
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Robert Lugar, CS p1.174 - Glanusk Park, Brecknockshire - Morris's County Seats, 1867
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- 30.1 Robert Lugar, Architectural Sketches for Cottages, Rural Dwellings and Villas (1805), British Architecture 1760–1914, 2023
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- Robert Lugar, ‘Preface’, In Plans and Views of Buildings (1811), British Architecture 1760–1914, 2023
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5562539: Robert Lugar
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- “Robert Lugar”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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30.1 Robert Lugar, Architectural Sketches for Cottages, Rural Dwellings and Villas (1805), British Architecture 1760–1914, 2023Crossref registry
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Robert Lugar, ‘Preface’, In Plans and Views of Buildings (1811), British Architecture 1760–1914, 2023Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q5562539: Robert LugarWikimedia Foundation
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