Richard Hey Sharp
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{{Infobox person
| name = Richard Hey Sharp
| birth_date = 2 June 1793
| birth_place = Gildersome, Yorkshire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1853|02|25|1793|06|02}}
| death_place = Heworth Moor, York, England
| occupation = Architect
}}
Richard Hey Sharp (2 June 1793 – 25 February 1853) was an English architect based in York and responsible for the design, repair and construction of a number of iconic Yorkshire buildings.
Early life
Richard Hey Sharp was born in 1793 to Richard Sharp and Mary (née Turton) and baptised in Batley two days later. Richard was the eldest of five children including the surgeon and promoter of museums William Sharp and Samuel Sharp who followed his brother into a career in architecture. Initially living in Gildersome, the family had moved to Armley by the end of the 18th century where his father was a drysalter. The Sharps were from an ancient Yorkshire family which included the mathematician Abraham Sharp, the Archbishop of York John Sharp, Archdeacon of Northumbria Thomas Sharp, the surgeon William Sharp and the abolitionist Granville Sharp.Cudworth, William. [https://archive.org/details/ramblesroundhort00cudw Rambles round Horton: historical, topographical, and descriptive. 1886], Archive.org Richard's paternal grandmother, Sarah Hey, was the sister of the surgeon and twice mayor of Leeds William Hey, theologian John Hey and academic and essayist Richard Hey.
Career
He travelled on the Continent between 1816 and 1819 and was a pupil of the York architect Peter Atkinson{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkThQYLb3ZUC&q=%22Sharp%2C+Richard+Hey%22&pg=PA586|title=Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z)|first1=Antonia|last1=Brodie|first2=British Architectural|last2=Library|first3=Royal Institute of British|last3=Architects|date=20 December 2001|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=9780826455147 |access-date=7 July 2022|via=Google Books}} with whom he went into partnership on his return. Atkinson and Sharp had an office in Fetter Lane, York Baines, E. [https://archive.org/stream/historydirector01baingoog#page/n93/mode/2up History, Directory & Gazeteer, of the County of York: Vol.2] until the partnership was dissolved in 1826 [http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001476/18260719/019/0004 Partnerships Dissolved.] London Courier and Evening Gazette - Wednesday 19 July 1826. Retrieved 8 February 1927 after which he set up on his own, before going into business with his younger brother Samuel in the early 1830s, until that partnership was dissolved in 1845.[http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000498/18450125/009/0003 Partnerships Dissolved.] York Herald - Saturday 25 January 1845. Retrieved 8 February 2017 Following that, he worked with Thomas Spence Hardy, who returned to Lincoln, after Sharp's death.
Works
The following is a list of some of Sharp's works:
- 1821: Gothic canopy over the font in the Parish Church Wakefield (Wakefield Cathedral){{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MQEIAAAAQAAJ&dq=gothic+canopy+sharp+wakefield+font&pg=PA110|title=Historic Sketch of the Parish Church, Wakefield|first=Joseph Lawson|last=Sisson|date=7 July 1824|publisher=Richard Nichols|access-date=7 July 2022|via=Google Books}}
- 1823–1826: Church of St. Mark, Leeds (with Peter Atkinson){{Cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-465219-church-of-st-mark-#.WJwyP_ImDwE|title = Church of St Mark, Hyde Park and Woodhouse, Leeds|website=Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}
- 1824–1825: Purey-Cust Chambers, York{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-463320-purey-cust-chambers-#.WJw21PImDwE|title = Purey Cust Chambers, Guildhall, York|website=Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}
- 1829: Rotunda Museum, Scarborough{{NHLE|num=1273293|desc=|access-date=9 February 2017}}
- 1827–1830: Yorkshire Museum, York (interior details)[http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001427/18271101/009/0002 Yorkshire Museum.] Morning Advertiser - Thursday 1 November 1827. Retrieved 9 February 2017
- 1830: Plans for the Crescent, ScarboroughHall, C. (1998) The Crescent. The Archeological Journal, 154, pp.239-240
- 1832: Trinity House, Scarborough{{Cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101243198-trinity-house-scarborough-castle-ward|title=Trinity House, Scarborough, North Yorkshire|website=Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|access-date=7 July 2022}}
- 1834: Hull Assembly Rooms (now the Hull New Theatre){{Cite web |url=http://www.blueplaqueplaces.co.uk/r-h-sharp-and-new-theatre-blue-plaque-in-hull-7804#.WJwr2fImDwE |title=R. H. Sharp and New Theatre blue plaque in Hull | Blue Plaque Places |access-date=9 February 2017 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075227/http://www.blueplaqueplaces.co.uk/r-h-sharp-and-new-theatre-blue-plaque-in-hull-7804#.WJwr2fImDwE |url-status=dead }}
- 1837: Swimming Baths, Museum Gardens, York.{{cite book |author1=Bell, C. R. |date=1970 |chapter=The Swimming Baths on the Manor Shore 1937-1923 |title=Yorkshire Philosophical Society Annual Report for the Year 1969 |pages=33–42}}
- 1843: St Mary's Church, Roecliffe{{Cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101150316-church-of-st-mary-roecliffe|title=Church of St Mary, Roecliffe, North Yorkshire|website=Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|access-date=7 July 2022}}
- 1844–45: Rebuild of the north and south aisles of St Saviour's Church, York{{Cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101256707-church-of-st-saviour-and-attached-gates-and-railings-guildhall-ward|title=Church of St Saviour and Attached Gates and Railings, Guildhall, Yorkf|website=Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|access-date=7 July 2022}}
Death
Richard Hey Sharp died at his home at Heworth Moor, York, in 1853, aged 60.[http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000266/18530226/061/0005 Deaths.] Yorkshire Gazette - Saturday 26 February 1853. Retrieved 8 February 2017
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