page_title: Architecture of Wales
section_title: Developed Classicism, Thomas Harrison of Chester and the Shrewsbury group of architects
hierarchical_section_title: Architecture of Wales / Neoclassicism and Greek revival architecture / Developed Classicism, Thomas Harrison of Chester and the Shrewsbury group of architects
caption_attribution_description: English: Gateway to theStable Block at Nanteos, SE of Aberystwyth. Probably by the Shrewsbury Architect Edward Haycock
context_page_description: Architecture of Wales is an overview of architecture in Wales from the Medieval period to the present day, excluding castles and fortifications, ecclesiastical architecture and industrial architecture. It covers the history of domestic, commercial, and administrative architecture.
context_section_description: This is comparatively well represented in Wales. As a style it is more severe and modeled more closely on Greek Architecture. Thomas Harrison of Chester was a leading exponent of the style and in Anglesey was responsible for the Holyhead Memorial and the Marquess of Anglesey's Column in Llanfairpwll on Anglesey in 1816–1817, to commemorate the feats of Marquess of Anglesey in the Napoleonic Wars. 
    Harrison may well have influenced Joseph Bromfield and Edward Haycock of Shrewsbury who developed an extensive practice in central and northern parts of Wales. Bromfield's most notable house was Glansevern at Berriew. 
  This was in a restrained Greek revival style with an entrance flanked by Doric columns.
  Harpton Court, near New Radnor is a further example of a house remodelled in a Classical revival style around 1840.  It was built in 1750 for the Lewis family and was later modified by John Nash. It was then remodelled on the south front by an unknown architect in stone with nine bays, with the three central bays broken forward with pilasters and surmounted with a pediment. The house was sold in 1953 and partially demolished in 1956.
   
  During the earlier part of the 19th century, architecture in many parts of Wales came increasingly under the influence of a small group of Shrewsbury architects and also Thomas Penson, an architect who worked from offices in Oswestry in Shropshire. Thomas Penson had trained under Thomas Harrison in Chester, and his most notable building in the classical style was the Flannel Exchange in Newtown of 1832, which although still standing, was badly defaced by its conversion into a cinema in the early 20th century. The Shrewsbury architects, Joseph Bromfield and the Haycock family had been influenced by the talented Farnolls Pritchard, the original designer of the Iron Bridge. While this group of architects worked in various styles, they particularly developed the classical style in Wales. Edward Haycock's most important works were Glynllifon near Caernarfon, the facade to Nanteos stables and Clytha Park near Abergavenny,  and the laying out of the small town of Aberaeron in Ceredigion.
caption: Gateway to Stable Block, Nanteos Ceredigion
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