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John Johnson (architect born 1810) [1871 Census]
. At least one other John Johnson is recorded in the 1880s so at least three architects of this name are known: they are known to have executed at least 50 buildings in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. John Johnson (1810 - 28 December 1878) was an English architect who worked mainly in London and its suburbs and built a number of Gothic Revival churches. He is, however, best remembered as the architect of the Alexandra Palace. For most of his career he had business addresses on two streets around the Adelphi: 9 John Street and 14 Buckingham Street.

Early life and work
Johnson's birthplace is not known. In 1833, he received the Gold Medallion of the Royal Society of Arts for a competition design, in 1835 the Silver Medal of the Royal Academy, and in 1836 a Travelling Studentship. He studied in Italy between 1836 and 1840, published Johnson's Churches of Northampton and worked for some years as District Surveyor of East Hackney. . At least 6 of his commissions are linked with Sir John Kelk: Grosvenor Square, Lancaster Gate, Prince's Gate, Bentley Priory and Tedworth, Wiltshire.

Buildings
Among Johnson's buildings and renovations were:

1840s

 * 1842: Church of St Thomas in the Liberty of the Rolls, with Christopher Davy (c. 1803 - 18 Feb 1849) (demolished in 1886)
 * 1846: Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London: renovation of the interior. The theatre burnt down in 1867.
 * 1846: No. 18, St. James's Square, alterations to the frontage
 * 1847-49: St Paul's Church, Camden Square, with Frederick W Ordish. One of Johnson's three Commissioners' churches. "Owing to damage sustained (1939–45) it was demolished in 1949, with the exception of the tower, spire and parish hall"
 * 1848-9: St Saviour, The Beach, Walmer "Altogether an up-to-date affair in its confident Gothicism."
 * 1848-50: Nos 1-11, Princes Gate, Hyde Park, for the developer John Kelk; demolished pre-1936
 * 1849-50: St Edward the Confessor, Romford. Some of the building material came from Nash's recently demolished Quadrant in Regent Street. "Large and ambitious ... Fussy enough to impress."

1850s

 * 1851: Christ Church, Stratford Marsh, London Borough of Newham. A Commissioners' church, demolished in 1975
 * 1851-6: St Matthew, Oakley Square, Camden Town, demolished in 1977. Johnson's vicarage, built at the same time as the church, survives - "boldly Gothic in polychrome brick".
 * 1852-54: St Andrew's Church, Thornhill Square, Barnsbury, Islington, with Francis B. Newman. The only one of Johnson's Commissioners' churches that survives. It is a Grade II listed building. "Like a medieval village church transposed into this classical urban lay-out.... Interior spoiled in the 1960s by ugly partitioning and the removal of the prominent Caen stone pulpit and pews."
 * 1854: St Matthew's Church, Cobo, Castel, Guernsey
 * 1855-6: St Mary's, Greenhithe, (Kent), with George John Vulliamy (1817–1886). H. S. Goodhart-Rendel's opinion was: "Extremely cleverly detailed, like all of Johnson's work; - whether you like it or not is a different matter."
 * 1856-61: St Luke, Kings Cross, London. The church was located on the corner of Midland Road, where St Pancras railway station now stands. The church, among other buildings, was taken down in 1866-7 to make way for the station.  It was re-erected, with alterations by Johnson, as a Congregational church in Wanstead. Johnson had hoped to be appointed as architect when a new Church of St Luke, benefiting from the compensation provided by the Midland Railway, was built in Kentish Town, and was not pleased when Basil Champneys was chosen instead.
 * 1857/8: Alterations to the Old Hall of Queen's College, Cambridge, including new window tracery.
 * 1858-9: Restoration of porch and nave of St Mary, Mellis, Suffolk.

1860s

 * 1861: Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Bramcote, Nottinghamshire
 * 1861: St Peter's, Upper Woolhampton, Berkshire. "Early English details, very gross inside, especially the chancel and the two-bay arcade to the low transepts."
 * 1861-2: St Andrew, Romford."Many of the original fittings remain."
 * 1862-3: Holy Trinity & St Peter, Merton Road/Broadway, South Wimbledon
 * 1862-7: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead
 * 1865: Terraces around the square at Lancaster Gate, Bayswater
 * 1866-7: United Reformed Church, Wanstead - see above, St Luke, King's Cross
 * 1867 (or 1869?): St Matthew, Midgham (Berks, near above)
 * 1869-76: St Andrew, Hertford by "J Johnson Jr", probably (but see church plans online below)
 * 1869-72: St Peter, Brimpton (Berks)

1870s

 * 1873; rebuilt 1875 Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, north London, with Alfred Meeson London 4 (North)
 * 1875-77 3 Grosvenor Square, London
 * 1878 St Mary's Church, South Tidworth, Wiltshire
 * http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/johnson/4.html
 * 1878-79 Tedworth House, South Tidworth, Wiltshire
 * http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/johnson/5.html
 * http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/johnson/index.html

Misc

 * Obituary in The Builder of 11th Jan 1879, p.53 "of 14 Buckingham Street, Adelphi" which he occupied c1870-1879. Johnson also had chambers at No. 9 St. John Street, Adelphi c1845-1865
 * List of Commissioners' churches in London
 * http://www.churchplansonline.org/show_people.asp?nameauthorityid=3840 JJ of Bury-St-E (1811-1891)!
 * http://www.churchplansonline.org/retrieve_results.asp?search_args=A%3DJOHNSON%2C+John%3A+b.+c.1807+-+d.+1878+of+London%7Ca%3D3839 JJ of London as above

John Johnson 3

 * St Bartholomew, Dalston Lane (1884) (London North)
 * Almshouses, Dartford, Kent 1889 (Pevsner p 249)
 * Gravesend,_Kent 1887 Pevsner p.292
 * + Brighton clock tower

St John's in the Marsh church (York)
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/plaza/al08/pages/hmpg.htm http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36375 http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/09/2010/hungate
 * St John, Hungate (44)
 * St John the Baptist, Hungate (3)
 * St John's, Hungate (7)
 * St John's in the Marsh (9)
 * St John in the Marsh (11) http://www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/live2006/report%202004-68.pdf (2004) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/churchpictures/message/13850

Search results: http://www.dighungate.com/results.asp?searcher=st+john

Seven eyesores of York

 * [[File:York's monstrosity - geograph.org.uk - 674980.jpg]]
 * 029-SFEC-YORK-20070827.JPG
 * [[File:Former Airspeed factory Piccadilly York - geograph.org.uk - 1705541.jpg]]
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 * [[File:The Park Inn Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 765352.jpg]]
 * [[File:Aviva offices - York - geograph.org.uk - 1465638.jpg]]
 * [[File:York Minster - geograph.org.uk - 1465621.jpg]]

plus White Swan, corner of Piccadilly and Coppergate - Flikr and York Stories.