Christopher Horsnaile
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Christopher Horsnaile is the name of two British sculptors, who were father and son: Horsnaile the Elder ({{circa|1658}} – 1742) and Horsnaile the Younger ({{circa|1695}} – 1760).
Horsnaile the Elder
File:Memorial to Bishop William Fleetwood in Ely Cathedral.jpg in Ely Cathedral]]
He seems to be part of the Horsnaile family from Warfield.{{Cite web|url=https://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/wills-index/32/?letter=H|title=Wills index | The Berkshire Record Office|website=www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk}}
He served his apprenticeship as a stonemason in London and left the Masons Company in 1700 through service with Herbert Paine. He was then living at the Bell (Tavern) in Glasshouse Yard in the Blackfriars district.National Archives: Minutes of the Hon Company of Master Masons 1700
From around 1705 he worked in partnership with Edward Stanton and together they worked on Westminster Abbey from 1720 to 1734.{{Cite web|url=https://apr.org.uk/aRecord.php?ARID=GB/NNAF/P600309|title=Stanton, Edward (1681-1734)|website=apr.org.uk}} After Stanton's death Horsnaile worked on the Abbey alone until 1737.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis
Known works
- Internal work at Royal College of Physicians in Warwick Lane
- Memorial to Bishop William Fleetwood (1724) in Ely Cathedral
- Fireplaces, door surrounds and statues at Ditchley Park (1725) (with Stanton){{Cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1251422|title=DITCHLEY HOUSE INCLUDING FLANKING PAVILIONS, Spelsbury - 1251422 | Historic England|website=historicengland.org.uk}}
- Hoare's Bank (1726 - 1738)
- Chimneypieces at Lord Folkestone's London House (1727)
- Coat of Arms and dragon heads on the Bishopsgate (1733) heads survive{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/results|title=Results, Maker: "Christopher Horsnaile the elder (London c.1658 - London 1742)"|first=National|last=Trust|website=www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk}}
- Fireplace in dormitory of Westminster School (1733)
- Mason to the Inner Temple (1737 to 1742)
- St Olave's Church, Southwark (1737) with John Deval (now demolished)
Horsnaile the Younger
Probably born around 1695 he was apprenticed to his father on 24 January 1708. He served this apprenticeship with William Stanton son of his father's business partner. They both became Freemen of the Masons Company in January 1719.
He lived in St Andrew's Parish in Holborn, London. From 1734 he served as the City Mason.
In 1749 he moved to Weston House on the Arden estate in Bulkington, the house of Richard Hayward.{{Cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/d1d15b57-afdb-4146-939e-889b754a2c92|title=Catalogue description Deeds of lease and release to lead the uses of a recovery between Mary Hayward of St...|date=September 21, 1748|via=National Archive of the UK}}
He died on 31 January 1760.London Magazine 1760 107 He left over £10,000 in his will (over £2 million in current terms).{{Cite web|url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator|title=Inflation calculator|website=www.bankofengland.co.uk}}
Known works
- Mansion House, London (1738 to 1752) both interior including the Egyptian Hall and exterior under George Dance the Elder.
- House in Red Lion Square (1748) for John Nicholl, father of Lady Carnarvon.Middlesex Records Office: Chandos Archives
- Ornamentation of 4 houses (including the Rainbow Tavern) in Cornhill, London for Earl Cowper (1748)
Family
His wife outlived him.
He had a daughter Ann and son Christopher.
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