John Billing

For the English organist, composer and writer, see John Clare Billing.

John Billing, FRIBA was an English architect from Reading, Berkshire. His grandfather Richard Billing (circa 1747–1826),^[3] father Richard Billing (1784–1853), brothers Richard (1814–84) and Arthur (1824–96) and nephew Arthur Ernest (died 1920) were also architects.^[2]

John Billing
Born	1816[1] or 17[2]
Died	1863[1][2]
Nationality	British
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	St. Giles' parish church, Tetsworth

Career

St. Giles' parish church, Tetsworth (1855)

Until at least 1854, Billing practiced in Reading, Berkshire, where he was Borough Surveyor.^[4] Billing addressed a meeting of the 1849–50 session of the Oxford Architectural Society on the subject of "Parsonage Houses".^[5]

Billing had moved his practice to London by 1856, in which year he was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.^[1] Philip Webb (1831–1915) was a pupil of his.

Works

• Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford: repairs, 1853–56^[6][7]
• St. Giles' parish church, Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, 1855^[8]
• St. Mary's parish church, Sydenham, Oxfordshire: restoration, 1856^[9]
• St. Leonard's parish church, Seaford, East Sussex: transepts and apse, 1861–62^[10]
• St. Katherine & St. Leonard's Rectory, Drayton St. Leonard, Oxfordshire, 1862^[11]

References

1. Brodie, 2001, page 180
2. Colvin, 1997, page 124
3. Colvin, 1997, page 123
4. Dils, Joan A (1999). "From Village to Suburb: Caversham 1840 to 1911". Oxoniensia. LXIV. Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society: 92.
5. Prout, David (1989). "'The Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture' and 'The Oxford Architectural Society', 1839-1860". Oxoniensia. LIV. Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society: 387.
6. Sherwood & Pevsner, page 115
7. Tyack, 1998, page 225
8. Sherwood & Pevsner, page 805
9. Sherwood & Pevsner, page 801
10. Nairn & Pevsner, 1965, page 603
11. Sherwood & Pevsner, page 588

Sources

• Brodie, Antonia; Felstead, Alison; Franklin, Jonathan; Pinfield, Leslie; Oldfield, Jane, eds. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834–1914, A–K. London & New York: Continuum. p. 180. ISBN 0-8264-5513-1.
• Colvin, H.M. (1997). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 123–124. ISBN 0-300-07207-4.
• Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 603. ISBN 0-14-071028-0.
• Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 115, 588, 801, 805. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
• Tyack, Geoffrey (1998). Oxford An Architectural Guide. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. p. 225. ISBN 0-19-817423-3.

External links

• Works by or about John Billing at Wikisource