Benjamin Broomhead Taylor
{{Short description|Architect based in Sheffield, England}}
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Benjamin Broomhead Taylor (25 March 1806 – July 1848) was an architect based in Sheffield, England.{{cite book |last=Brodie |first=Antonia |date=20 December 2001 |title=Directory of British Architects 1834–1914: Vol 2 (L–Z) |publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects |page=765 |isbn=082645514X }}
Life
He was born on 25 March 1806, the son of Edward Taylor (1779–1835) and Elizabeth Broomhead (1775–1838), and christened on 30 March in St Mary's Church, Barnsley.
He married Mary Ann Fretwell (1804–1870) on 25 September 1825 in St. George's Church, Doncaster. They had the following children:
- Mary Ann Taylor (b. 1827)
- Lucy Henrietta Taylor (1832–1837)
- Charles Henry Fretwell Taylor (1835–1847){{cite news |author= |title=Deaths |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000181/18470626/018/0005 |newspaper=Sheffield Independent |location=England |date=26 June 1847 |access-date=8 July 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
- Alice Taylor (b. 1836)
- Frederick Taylor (1837–1837)
- Ellen Taylor (b. 1840)
- James Herbert Taylor (1842–1842)
- Louis Philippe Taylor (1845–1929)
He died in Broughton, Lincolnshire and was buried on 13 July 1848.
Works
- Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield 1832–33 (with Samuel Worth){{cite book |last1=Harman |first1=Ruth |last2=Minnis |first2=John |date=2004 |title=Pevsner Architectural Guides Sheffield |publisher=Yale University Press |page=109 |isbn=9780300105858 }}
- Public Baths, Glossop Road, Sheffield 1836–37{{cite news |author= |title=Public Baths |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001137/18351124/044/0004 |newspaper=Sheffield Iris |location=England |date=24 November 1835 |access-date=8 July 2023 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
- Three Glasshouses, Sheffield Botanical Gardens 1837–38{{NHLE |num= 1247258 |desc=Central Glasshouse on north west side of Botanical Gardens |access-date=8 July 2023 |mode=cs2}}{{NHLE |num= 1270952 |desc=Right Hand Glasshouse on north west side of Botanical Gardens |access-date=8 July 2023 |mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}{{NHLE |num= 1247278 |desc=Left Hand Glasshouse on north west side of Botanical Gardens |access-date=8 July 2023 |mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}
- St John the Baptist Parish Church, Dodworth, Yorkshire 1844{{cite book |last=Colvin |first=Howard |title=A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 |year=1995 |orig-year=1954 |edition=3rd |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |page=939|isbn=9780300060911|url=}}
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