John Nash (architect)

John Nash (18 January 1752 – 13 May 1835) was an English architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London. He was the most important architect of the period 1800 to 1835

 Life 
Nash was born in Lambeth. He studied architecture as an apprentice to Sir Robert Taylor for nine years.Tyack, Geoffrey (Ed) (2013) John Nash Architect of the Picturesque, English Heritage, p. 3. 

From 1810, Nash would take very few private commissions. He was a dedicated Whig and was a friend of Charles James Fox, who was Foreign Secretary in 1806. Perhaps through Fox, Nash came to the attention of the Prince Regent (later King George IV). For the rest of his career he would largely work for the Prince. His first major commissions in 1811 from the Prince was Regent Street and the development of an area then known as Marylebone Park.

With the Regent's backing Nash created a master plan for the area, put into action from 1818 onwards, which stretched from St James’s northwards and included Regent Street, Regent's Park and its neighbouring streets, terraces and crescents of elegant town houses and villas. Nash did not complete all the detailed designs himself; in some instances, completion was left in the hands of other architects. Nash was employed by the Prince to develop his Ocean Pavilion Palace in Brighton, originally designed by Henry Holland. By 1822 Nash had finished his work on the Ocean Pavilion, which was now transformed into the Royal Pavilion.

 His works 
Examples of his work include:

 London 
Buckingham Palace: the state rooms and western front
Regent Street
Regent's Park
Park Square
Park Crescent
Regent's Canal
Carlton House Terrace, London
St James Park
Marble Arch
Haymarket Theatre
Clarence House
Cumberland Terrace
Trafalgar Square (first version)
The Royal Mews

 England & Wales 
Cardigan Gaol
The Brighton Royal Pavilion
Luscombe Castle 
Sandridge Park 
Guildhall, Newport, Isle of Wight
Castle House, later extended to form Old College Aberystwyth University
Hereford Gaol
Whitson Court, near Newport
Sandridge Park
Caerhays Castle, Cornwall 
Ravensworth Castle
John Pattisons house. Newport iow

 Ireland 
Ballindoon House 
Killymoon Castle, near Cookstown, County Tyrone
Shanbally Castle, near Clogheen, South Tipperary
Rockingham House, Boyle, County Roscommon
Lough Cutra Castle, County Galway

 References 

Category:English architects
Category:People from the London Borough of Lambeth
Category:1752 births
Category:1835 deaths