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Architect & Designer
Born John Buonarotti PAPWORTH
British architect, artist and a founder member of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Born on January 24, 1775 in Marylebone, London, England , United Kingdom
Died on June 16, 1847 in Little Paxton, Huntingdonshire, England
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At the recommendation of Sir William Chambers he spent two years as a pupil of the architect John Plaw and was then apprenticed to the builder Thomas Wapshott, whose daughter Jane he then married.
... Papworth was born in Marylebone, London, in 1775 to John Papworth and his wife Charlotte (née Searle). He was one of twelve children and the second of six sons. His father described himself as an "architect, plasterer and builder". His background was in decorative plasterwork, and he dominated the trade in London, employing more than 500 men.
At the recommendation of Sir William Chambers he spent two years as a pupil of the architect John Plaw and was then apprenticed to the builder Thomas Wapshott, whose daughter Jane he then married.
St Mary of the Visitation church in Killybegs, designed by Papworth in an early pointed Gothic Revival style between 1834 and 1839.
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