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GC/DOM/PD/04/01/01
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- 23 Apr 1809 (Creation)
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1 folder Printed
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(1778-1839) Architect. Admitted to Caius, 1796; elected Fellow, 1803-11. Known in Cambridge for his designs for Downing College, King's and Trinity. Also designed Haileybury College, University College London and the National Gallery. FRS, 1831.
(For further biographical information, see the Dictionary of National Biography, the Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College, Vol II, and The Age of Wilkins (2000))
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Marked as having been presented by G. Markham-Eyle, Trinity College, 1868.
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Written observations regarding the history and style of the gate. Accompanied by three engraved plates drawn by Wilkins and engraved by James Basire, showing the south and north fronts of the gate, its flank and plan.
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corresp rel to Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds Branch
1817, 1831-46: corresp with Hudson Gurney and Gurney , family re Keswick Hall
Norfolk Record Office.