Gandon, James
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Gandon, James (1742–1823). London-born English architect. He was apprenticed to
Chambers and established his own practice
c.1765. With John Woolfe (
d. 1793) he produced the fourth and fifth volumes of
Vitruvius Britannicus (1767 and 1771), and also published
Six Designs of Frizes (1767) and two volumes on ornament (1778). He designed Nottingham County Hall (1770), and went to Dublin in 1781 to oversee the erection of his Custom House, the design of which owes much to Chambers's Somerset House in London. His excellent contacts ensured he had plenty of work, including the Four Courts (1786–1802) and the new
portico and screen-wall for the Parliament House (1785–9), Dublin. His architecture was influenced by French
Neo-Classicism (through Chambers), but he also admired
Wren. He created some of Ireland's most outstanding buildings.
Bibliography
Colvin (1995);
M. Craig (1969, 1982);
H. Duffy 1999);
Gandon (1969);
McParland (1985);
Mulvany (1969);
Summerson (ed.) (1993)
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