1699 in architecture
Overview of the events of 1699 in architecture From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The year 1699 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
Buildings

- English architect and dramatist John Vanbrugh is commissioned to begin Castle Howard in Yorkshire.[1]
- Craigiehall, Scotland, designed by Sir William Bruce and James Smith,[2] is completed for William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale
- St Werburgh's Church, Derby, England[3]
- Thomas Lambert House, Rowley, Massachusetts completed[4]
- Trinity Cathedral in Pskov, Russia completed[5]
Births
- February 10 – Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo, Spanish Baroque architect (died 1725)
- February 17 – Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Prussian painter and architect (died 1753)
- date unknown
- Matthew Brettingham, English Palladian country and town house architect (died 1769)
- Edward Lovett Pearce, Irish Palladian architect (died 1733)
Deaths
- November – Stephen Manwaring, North Carolina architect (born c.1640)[6]
References
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