James Wilson (architect)

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| birth_date = 1816

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| death_date = 1900

| death_place = Bath

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| nationality = English

| known_for = Architect

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James Wilson (1816–1900){{cite web | url=http://llanelli-history.i12.com/people_wilson_James_buckley.htm | title=James Buckley Wilson | publisher=Llanelli History | accessdate=8 August 2009}} was a prominent Victorian architect practising in Bath, Somerset and partner in the firm Wilson & Willcox.

On 12 January 1843 he married Maria Buckley of Llanelli,{{cite web|url=http://www.llanelli-history.co.uk/houses_cilfig.htm |title=Cilfig House |publisher=Llanelli History |accessdate=8 August 2009 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724210559/http://www.llanelli-history.co.uk/houses_cilfig.htm |archivedate=24 July 2011 }} and in 1846 they had a son, James Buckley Wilson, who followed his father to also become an architect.

List of buildings

  • Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bridport, Dorset (1838){{NHLE |num=1227853 |desc=Bridport Arts Centre |accessdate=18 June 2016 }}
  • St. Stephen's Church, Walcot, Bath (1840–1845){{cite web |author=Historic England |author-link=Historic England |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=442817 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022003317/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=442817 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-22 |title=Church of St Stephen (442817) |work=Images of England }}{{cite web|url=http://ststephensbath.org.uk/architecture.php?page=Architecture |title=Architecture & History |publisher=St Stephen's Church, Bath |accessdate=8 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416053811/http://ststephensbath.org.uk/architecture.php?page=Architecture |archivedate=16 April 2009 }}
  • Church of St Leonard, Shipham (1843){{NHLE |num=1173932 |desc=Church of St Leonard |accessdate=30 June 2006}}
  • Kingswood School, Bath (1851)
  • Royal High School, Bath (1858)
  • Church of St Mary, Charlcombe (restoration) (1857–1861){{NHLE |num=1214262 |desc=St. Mary Magdalene's Church |accessdate=16 July 2009}}
  • Holy Trinity Church, Norton Malreward (rebuilding) (1860–1861){{NHLE |num=1312818 |desc=Church of Holy Trinity |access-date=28 August 2011}}
  • National Westminster Bank, 24 Milsom Street, Bath (1865){{cite web |author=Historic England |author-link=Historic England |url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=446686 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024201136/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=446686 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-24 |title=No 24 (National Westminster Bank ) (446686) |work=Images of England }}
  • Carmarthen Public Rooms (Assembly Rooms), King Street, Carmarthen,(1854)The Welshman, 1854
  • Fairfield House, Bath

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